Stretch wrap for Dallas-Fort Worth
Distribution centres in Grand Prairie, Alliance north of Fort Worth and the southern Dallas County corridor wrap a constant flow of retail and e-commerce cartons, so most DFW buying is machine film by the pallet. Texas summers are hard on film kept in hot trailers or docks, and on pallets left outside before loading. For mixed outbound orders, a blown hand roll handles awkward shapes better than cast.
Who wraps pallets in Dallas-Fort Worth
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage (counties BLS discloses)82,593
- Food manufacturing (counties BLS discloses)25,839
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 1.6 times its national share of employment.
DFW's warehouses spread across Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties, round the airport and along I-35 and I-20. Most loads are distribution pallets: machine film by the pallet, with blown hand film for mixed orders.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Big DFW distribution centres buy enough film to compare quotes on yield. Ask for pallets per roll, and weigh a roll before and after a shift to check what you are getting. Look at the scrap bin, too: a lot of film thrown out half-used points to a roll or core problem rather than a price problem. Fixing breaks on the carriage usually saves more than switching supplier.
Around Dallas-Fort Worth
The state page, and the other metros in it.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, 2023 metropolitan area delineation files (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 35 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, all private industries (reviewed 2026-11-12)
Facts on this page last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Ask for a stretch film quote in Dallas-Fort Worth
DFW requests come from large distribution centres in Grand Prairie, Lancaster, Wilmer and around Alliance, and from food plants across both counties. List each dock's ZIP, the number of wrappers, and any outdoor staging. Some sites run three shifts, so mention delivery windows. Frozen-food distributors work south of Dallas.
Put the Dallas-Fort Worth delivery ZIP first: the quote is made out for that dock.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know