3rd Party Logistics and Warehouse in South Overland Park, KS
Midwest inventory support for Johnson County shippers, run from Gratton's single Omaha facility.
Why South Overland Park Businesses Choose Gratton Warehouse

South Overland Park covers the southern stretch of Johnson County's largest city, roughly from 135th Street toward 179th, where newer subdivisions, retail centers along Metcalf Avenue and professional offices sit within the Blue Valley school district. Home-based sellers, specialty retailers, contractors, medical suppliers and small distributors all operate here, and many of them outgrow a garage or a rented storage unit sooner than they expect.
Let us be direct about geography. Gratton is a Nebraska warehouse
Single Omaha FacilityThe lone Gratton site, 11005 E Circle in Omaha, is roughly four hours north of South Overland Park, and Kansas clients receive service through freight shipments. hub rather than a local depot: we have one facility, at 11005 E Circle, Omaha, NE 68137, about 202 miles and close to four hours from South Overland Park. That distance suits companies that want a second place to hold stock, serve Nebraska and Iowa customers, and keep Kansas City inventory lean.
Space is the first pinch for a growing south county business. A garage fills with cartons, a flex-space lease is a long commitment, and seasonal peaks leave empty shelves for months. Handing part of that load to a third-party logistics provider in Omaha lets you pay for the room you use. Whether the need is contract, seasonal, public or overflow space, it is rented by the month, with no volume floor. Many Kansas companies send slow-moving or bulk goods north and keep a small working supply near home, so cash is not locked inside idle square footage while sales staff keep selling.
The drive is long enough that we plan around it rather than hide it. Shipments move by LTL or full truckload up I-29 and I-80, and our crews handle container unloading, cross-docking transfers and break-bulk work when a trailer arrives. A South Overland Park online brand can ship parcels to the Upper Midwest straight from Omaha through UPS, FedEx or USPS. Anyone who prefers to collect can use will-call, and expedited delivery covers the occasional rush. A single unit as heavy as 5 tons can roll across our dock, which carries the matching rating.
Long distance works only if you can see your stock from afar. Extensiv, supplied by 3PL Central, is the cloud-based software we use, so a purchasing manager at an Overland Park desk or a sales rep in the car can pull up counts, orders and shipments on any device. Wireless RF scanners capture every receipt and pick as it occurs, and surveillance cameras watch every facility. inventory reports arrive in plain form for owners who answer to lenders or partners. Three memberships round out the profile: the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, AIB and the National Safety Council.
Beginning is a single phone call. Dial (402) 339-9993 on a weekday during office hours, 8:00 am at the earliest and 4:30 pm Central at the latest, and describe what you sell, the size of your SKU list (anything from 1 to 5,000) and your heaviest pieces, up to 10,000 pounds. A dedicated account manager then sketches how receiving, order fulfillment and outbound freight would work from Omaha, including how often trucks should run between Kansas and Nebraska. Owners who already ship with one regular carrier can keep that relationship and simply route pickups to our dock, so nothing about your current routines has to be rebuilt. With family ownership dating to 1894 and a fourth generation now in charge, you speak to people who answer for the result. Many Johnson County owners set a storage quote beside their local lease costs before deciding.
How Gratton Supports South Overland Park Businesses
Companies south of 135th Street use a warehouse in Omaha, NE
Regional Staging PointA midcontinent storage site lets Kansas City companies position goods for Nebraska, Iowa and northern customers without leasing extra space of their own. in several different ways. The four setups below are the ones Johnson County clients ask about most.

Online Brands
Online sellers launched from a spare room or a small suite along Metcalf Avenue can move bulky inventory north and keep their daily work focused on marketing.
Gratton receives your cartons, scans them into the system and stores them until orders arrive. From there our floor team ships web orders, with RF scanners confirming each item, and parcels ship by UPS, FedEx or USPS. Returns management handles goods that come back to Omaha. Because the distance from Kansas is real, many sellers send inventory north in full pallet lots rather than in frequent small deliveries. Seasonal contract warehousing terms let you add storage for holiday volume and release it again in January.

Medical Suppliers
Johnson County's large health care sector relies on distributors who need clean, organized storage for supplies that move on a regular schedule.
Gratton keeps general merchandise and consumer products in a facility with surveillance cameras and barcode-controlled records. A supplier serving clinics in South Overland Park can hold back-stock in Omaha on pallet racks, then ship replenishment loads by LTL when a Kansas site runs low. Document storage is also available for records that must be retained. Temperature-controlled storage and hazmat services are offered for items that need them, and special project assistance covers one-time jobs. Each movement is recorded, so your team can pull inventory reports and follow stock without a phone call.

Regional Distributors
Wholesalers covering both Kansas City and the northern plains can stage goods midway through their territory instead of juggling several small storerooms.
Omaha sits on I-80 and a direct run up I-29 from Kansas City, which makes it a practical staging point for sellers who also serve Nebraska and Iowa. Trucks unload at our docks, and crews can break pallets into store-sized orders or combine partial loads. Industrial products, electronics, apparel and toys, like everyday consumer goods, move through the same distribution services workflow. South Overland Park firms keep their Kansas customers served from a small local stock while Omaha handles the northern accounts.

Seasonal Retailers
Garden, gift and sporting-goods sellers see sharp peaks, and paying for year-round space to cover a few busy weeks rarely makes sense.
Gratton's seasonal and overflow storage lets a South Overland Park retailer ship in stock ahead of the peak, then draw it down and let the space go. Pallets are logged on arrival. Kitting and sub-assembly, plus packing by case or piece, turn loose items into gift sets or promotional bundles before they travel south. JIT scheduling means goods leave Omaha in time for a store reset instead of sitting in a Kansas back room. Month-to-month terms with no minimums keep the commitment small when the season ends and the calendar slows.
About Gratton Warehouse Company

Gratton Warehouse Company has been a family-owned Omaha Nebraska warehouse
Four Generations StrongFamily ownership since 1894 means generations of handling freight for regional companies, and its 2023 Best of B2B recognition came from B2B Omaha. since 1894 and today the fourth generation leads it, which gives South Overland Park shippers a partner with more than 130 years of practice and steady know-how. G5 Logistics powers the company, and B2B Omaha listed it among the 2023 Best of B2B winners. None of that changes the plain fact that we work from one site, so we focus on being honest about what that means for a Kansas client: space beyond your own walls and clear reporting in return for a longer haul. Many of our clients value that candor more than a sales promise, because it lets them plan freight, safety stock and reorder dates with real numbers instead of guesses about transit.
For contract warehousing customers in Johnson County, the practical benefit is a flexible second location. The building is a short hop from I-80, with other major highways close, so trucks heading to or from Kansas City spend little time on city streets, which keeps inbound and outbound runs simple. Instead of opening a satellite building near Overland Park, one location covers the region, and that keeps our storage simple: clients rent the space they need and nothing more. Instead of guessing, you can compare our month-to-month rates with the lease, utilities and labor of running your own back room, then decide how much inventory belongs in Omaha and how much should stay in Kansas.
Storage Matched to Your Goods
Every account begins with the products themselves, so that is where our first conversation starts. The pallet storage floor takes a load as light as one pound or as heavy as ten thousand, and the dock is rated for 5-ton units. Shelves already hold apparel and textiles, toys, electronics, machinery for industry, consumer products and general merchandise, plus grocery, natural foods and movie sets. We can add hazmat handling or temperature control for items that call for it. A catalog of one SKU or thousands, up to 5,000, fits the same system, which suits South Overland Park companies that change models often.
Extra services fill out the picture. Crews run parcel orders as well as sub-assembly, kitting, special projects and just-in-time releases, and returns management covers unsold goods. An FDA-registered, food-grade facility serves producers who need food-grade storage handling. Clients who would rather pick up their own orders can use will-call. All of these tasks are recorded in our system, so Kansas managers can read the outcome on a screen rather than calling to ask. Because the data is shared in real time, a controller in Overland Park and a floor lead in Omaha are always looking at the same count.
A Partner for South Johnson County
South Overland Park has a steady rhythm. Families settle near Blue Valley schools, weekends fill the paths at the Overland Park Arboretum, and the retail and service companies that follow those households grow in measured steps. They need room that can swell or shrink without a lease penalty. Gratton's public warehousing model does that: your footprint tracks demand across the months, there is no required minimum, and costs ease when volume dips.
Getting going is easy, and the first call is short and friendly. Bring a list of products, a monthly volume estimate and your carrier choices, and the team can discuss in plain language how your account might run, from receiving through racking to shipping. Container loading, unloading, break-bulk and JIT scheduling can come up on that first call too. After goods arrive, one dedicated account manager answers questions and changes. Passing freight chores to a third-party logistics partner returns hours each week to selling and service.
Certified Services
What South Overland Park shippers get, all handled at Gratton's lone I-80 site in Omaha.
- Full-service receiving & putaway
- Pick, pack & kitting
- Same-day order fulfillment
- Freight forwarding & cross-docking
- Temperature-controlled storage
- Hazmat certified facility
- Real-time cloud WMS visibility
- Dedicated account management
Technology & Services
Live stock visibility for Kansas clients, from any device.
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Getting to Gratton Warehouse from South Overland Park
The trip from South Overland Park to our dock covers about 202.4 miles and normally takes close to 227 minutes. Most drivers leave on Antioch Road, pick up I-35 and I-635, run I-29 north and follow I-80 west to exit 445 at West Center Road, an easy path for trucks bound for our dock.
- Leave South Overland Park, KS heading toward the nearest main road.
- Turn left onto West 85th Street.
- Take the ramp onto I-635 for about 12 miles.
- Keep slight left at the fork toward I 29 North for about 170 miles.
- Take the ramp onto I-80 Express for about 12 miles.
- Continue straight onto West Center Road.
- Turn right onto South 108th Street for about 0.9 miles.
- Turn right onto E Circle.
- Arrive at Gratton Warehouse, 11005 E Circle, Omaha, NE 68137, on the left.
Most Kansas clients send freight to the Omaha, NE warehouse
Will-Call PickupCustomers from Kansas may pick up orders in person during office hours once they have phoned the Omaha team. and let our staff handle the rest, so the long drive rarely comes up. A will-call order can still be collected in person, and a phone call during weekday office hours tells the team to expect you.
Markets We Serve
Gratton Warehouse ships from one facility in Omaha, Nebraska, to businesses across these markets.
Omaha & Nebraska
- Arlington NE
- Ashland NE
- Bellevue NE
- Bennington NE
- Benson Omaha NE
- Blair NE
- Boys Town NE
- Carter Lake IA
- Chalco NE
- Council Bluffs IA
- Dundee Omaha NE
- Elkhorn NE
- Florence Omaha NE
- Fort Calhoun NE
- Fremont NE
- Grand Island NE
- Greenwood NE
- Gretna NE
- Kearney NE
- La Vista NE
- Lincoln NE
- Louisville NE
- Midtown Omaha NE
- Millard NE
- North Omaha NE
- Offutt AFB NE
- Old Market Omaha NE
- Papillion NE
- Plattsmouth NE
- Ralston NE
- South Omaha NE
- Southwest Omaha NE
- Springfield NE
- Valley NE
- Wahoo NE
- Waterloo NE
- West Omaha NE
- Yutan NE
Kansas City 31 locations
- Belton MO
- Blue Springs MO
- College Blvd District Overland Park KS
- Corporate Woods Overland Park KS
- Country Club Plaza Kansas City MO
- Crossroads Kansas City MO
- East Kansas City MO
- Gardner KS
- Gladstone MO
- Grain Valley MO
- Grandview MO
- Independence MO
- Leawood KS
- Lee’s Summit MO
- Lenexa KS
- Liberty MO
- Merriam KS
- Mission KS
- North Kansas City MO
- Northland Kansas City MO
- Olathe KS
- Old Overland Park KS
- Prairie Village KS
- Raymore MO
- Raytown MO
- Shawnee KS
- South Overland Park KS
- Volker & Hospital Hill Kansas City MO
- Waldo Kansas City MO
- West Bottoms Kansas City MO
- Westport Kansas City MO
Chicago & Illinois 31 locations
- Addison IL
- Aurora IL
- Avondale Chicago IL
- Back of the Yards Chicago IL
- Berwyn IL
- Bolingbrook IL
- Bridgeport Chicago IL
- Cicero IL
- Des Plaines IL
- Elgin IL
- Elk Grove Village IL
- Evanston IL
- Harvey IL
- Humboldt Park Chicago IL
- Joliet IL
- Lawndale Chicago IL
- Logan Square Chicago IL
- Naperville IL
- Oak Brook IL
- Oak Lawn IL
- Orland Park IL
- Pilsen Chicago IL
- Pullman Chicago IL
- Romeoville IL
- Rosemont IL
- Schaumburg IL
- Skokie IL
- South Loop Chicago IL
- Tinley Park IL
- Waukegan IL
- West Loop Chicago IL
