Home/American Shipper/3PL spend growing at Fortune 500 firms American Shipper 3PL spend growing at Fortune 500 firms FreightWaves Staff · Friday, July 12, 2013 More than 85 percent of Domestic Fortune 500 companies utilize 3PLs, and the amount of money these companies spend on 3PL services has grown by 67 percent since 2005 to $250.2 billion.