FBA prep USA: the 2026 landscape.

Michigan-based FBA prep center operating since 2005, owner-operated by Nathan and a small team. Specializes in small-to-mid wholesale and private-label Amazon sellers who want direct phone and email access to the operator. 24 to 48 hour turnaround. 14 days inventory storage included on every tier. Repeatedly recommended on FBA seller forums and podcasts; the personalized-service position is the moat.

Urva Prep Center is a multi-service Amazon FBA and Walmart WFS prep operation in tax-free Newark, Delaware, running a primary 25,000 sq ft facility at 301 Ruthar Drive plus a 10,000 sq ft site in Bear. FBA and WFS prep is the productized core, with wholesale prep from $1.00 down to $0.55/unit by volume and online-arbitrage prep from $1.50 down to $1.00/unit. Alongside prep it offers FBM and DTC order fulfillment (same-day before the 7am EST cutoff), two-step dropshipping, FTL inbound consolidation at $0.20 to $0.50/lb, shrink-wrap, and a software dashboard. Storage is free for 14 days then $0.01/unit/day. Hazmat is accepted. Because it runs fulfillment alongside prep, confirm scope directly if you want a prep-only relationship.

Yellowstone Prep and Ship is an Amazon, Walmart, and eBay prep operation in Billings, MT, a sales-tax-free state, run by owner Katy Byrd since 2022. The per-unit card is public and budget-priced: $1.25 per unit sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month with FNSKU labeling included, a $75 one-time registration, and 24-48 hour typical turnaround. It carries the deepest third-party review record of the Montana centers we list: 55 dated reviews at 5.0 on a prep-industry directory spanning 2024 to 2026, plus a 4.5-of-5 Walmart marketplace seller rating. This listing carries a warning for two reasons: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property under their posted terms, and the website still contains live Wix template debris (a placeholder shop and template service pages), so use the price sheet and direct contact, not the site's stray pages. Note for comparison shoppers: another Billings operator we list, Tailwind Pack & Ship, publishes a rate card and terms identical to this one; Yellowstone's is the older operation.

Tailwind Pack & Ship is a small Amazon prep operation in Billings, MT, a sales-tax-free state, run by owner Trina Weston, who is named on the site's own contact page. The per-unit card is public and budget-priced: $1.25 per unit sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month with FNSKU labeling included, a $75 one-time registration fee, and 24-48 hour turnaround. This listing carries a warning, and two terms deserve your attention before shipping: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property under their posted policy, and they disclaim liability for damage or loss in transit to Amazon. The operation publishes no street address (it appears home-based), its Montana registration could not be checked by automated means, and its 24 five-star reviews live only on one signup-gated prep directory, so independent reputation is effectively unverified.

EnZone PrepWorks is an Amazon FBA prep center in Conroe, TX, north of Houston, run by Enzone LLC (Texas filing, active since November 2023) with registry-confirmed owners Melissa and Keith Armstrong. The offer is prep for OA, RA, and wholesale sellers on a dated public rate card: FNSKU processing from $1.20 per unit at volume, carton forwarding from $3.50, with inspection, polybagging, and bundling itemized. Budget for the fixed costs: a $35 setup fee and a $47 monthly membership apply on top of per-unit rates. Six real-named reviews on a third-party prep directory average 5.0 across January 2024 to May 2025. Cautions we record honestly: the website footer and the operator's own customer documentation show two different Conroe addresses (a likely move we could not reconcile), and the over-6-years-experience claim belongs to the owners' earlier ventures, not this 2023 entity.

Live Free or Die Distribution is a family-run Amazon FBA prep center at 115 Highland Street in Rochester, NH, a sales-tax-free state. The LLC has been registered with the NH Secretary of State since January 2025, is in good standing with its 2026 annual report filed, and owner Andrew Tompson is confirmed by the registry. The per-unit FBA card is public: $1.75 per unit at base volume down to $1.00 at 3,000+ units a month, with a $199 start-up fee, a roughly $97-$99 monthly minimum below 300 units (the site lists both figures), and a 3% payment-processing fee on invoices. The center requires sellers to have at least 1 year of active Amazon selling history. We found no third-party reviews anywhere yet; the on-site testimonials are specific and internally consistent but self-hosted, so treat service quality as unvouched and test responsiveness first.