India emerges as the most-preferred market for expansion among APAC-based 3PL firms

New Delhi [India],: India emerges as the most preferred market for expansion by third-party logistics players in the Asia-Pacific region, and approximately 70 percent of the invaders are planning to expand their footprints in the country in the next two years.

3PL players allow their customers to focus on their basic jobs by addressing all their supply chain and logistics operations.

According to Anshuman magazine, President and CEO-India, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, CBRE, India’s rapid economic expansion and flexibility between global geopolitical uncertainties made an attractive place for investments from AC-based 3PL companies.

“India, which is fueled by durable economic growth, emerges as a leading place for storage expansion among businesses. In the 2025 AC Logistics Occupation Research, 83% of India -based 3PL participants stated that their business performances will recover within the next 24 months.” He said.

In the last report, approximately 80 percent of the third-party logistics players in India are planning to expand their portfolios over 10 percent in the next two to five years in order to meet the increase in demand for the emergence of markets that are not graduals as e-commerce, fast trade and growth HUBs.

These companies have positioned themselves as the most demanding forces for the country’s logistics real estate market. According to the report, 3PL providers are 40-50% of the total rental activity of the sector between 2021 and 2024. In H1 2025, they got a share of more than 30 percent.

In addition, more than 60 percent of India -based 3PL companies participating in the survey are preferred to stay as an asset light that states that they will prefer a space in very calcareous buildings for the next 24 months instead of building their own facilities. This follows the development of the organization and the purchase of existing assets.

In the report, he added that there is a clear shift towards the future storage solutions to support rapid business growth and competitiveness. Approximately 76 percent of the 3PL companies participating in the survey, now that they have adopted warehouse management software in logistics operations, he said.

In addition, technologies such as 3PL assets, internet sensors, conveyor and sorting systems and goods collection systems are increasingly adopting a wider shift in smart, automatic warehouses. Automatic storage and retrospective systems and robotic arms / cobots also gain traction as companies try to reduce errors, improve inventory management and improve yield.

Between 2021 and 2025, 3PL companies were the primary driving forces of the “large box” leasing in India in terms of both value and volume. This reflects the need for increasing scales to meet the increase in demand from e-commerce, retail and production.

In addition, Delhi-NCR has emerged as the largest 3PL centers in the country, which constitutes 25% of total real estate rental activities since 2021. Bengaluru appeared as the third largest Hotspot for the sector with a 16% share. The first six cities, including Chennai, Calcutta and Haydarabad, represents approximately 70% of a total of 3PL rental activities between 2021 and 2025 YTD.

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