A logistics contractor that runs delivery routes out of two North Texas Amazon fulfillment centers is shutting down entirely, wiping out more than 160 jobs. Dylan Logistics notified the Texas Workforce Commission that it will lay off 97 employees at 1303 Ridgeview Drive in Lewisville and 70 employees at 15501 North Beach St. in Fort Worth, with the cuts beginning October 12, bringing the total to more than 160 positions eliminated across both sites.
The Lewisville address is tied to an Amazon fulfillment center, as is the Fort Worth site, and the layoffs mostly affect drivers who worked those delivery routes, according to The Dallas Morning News. The cuts also include two employees with the job title of owner, per the same report. The Texas Workforce Commission received two separate WARN letters from the company, one for each location, and the company's owner was listed as the designated contact on both filings but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Company Built Entirely Around Amazon Routes
Dylan Logistics is registered to a residential address in Highland Village and is authorized as a for-hire interstate carrier. Federal motor carrier records reviewed by CarrierSource show the company operated 150 drivers and logged 1.2 million miles in 2025 under USDOT number 3304705, though the Dallas Morning News reported the figure as more than 1 million miles for that year. Those drivers reportedly served a 100-mile radius, based on the same federal filings.
Job postings for Dylan Logistics positions in Lewisville, captured on ZipRecruiter, advertised delivery driver wages between $20.25 and $22.00 an hour and $18.00 an hour for driver helpers, with 8-to-10-hour day shifts, weekly bonuses, and tuition assistance. Drivers operated company-provided cargo vans on GPS-coordinated routes across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, according to the same listings. The company is conducting the layoffs due to a total cessation of operations at both locations.
How Amazon's Contractor Model Spreads the Risk
Amazon uses third-party contractors extensively in its delivery network, a structure the company built out through its Delivery Service Partner program starting in 2018. Under that model, Amazon supplies routing technology, branded vehicles, and delivery volume, while independent operators like Dylan Logistics directly employ and manage the drivers, according to Amazon. That arrangement means when Amazon shifts its fulfillment network or a contractor's business collapses, the resulting job losses land squarely on the contractor's payroll rather than Amazon's own workforce.
Under the federal WARN Act, employers with 100 or more full-time workers must give at least 60 days of advance written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff affecting 50 or more employees at a single site, per the U.S. Department of Labor. Texas relies on that federal standard rather than a separate state law. The requirement explains why Dylan Logistics' filings landed with the Texas Workforce Commission well ahead of the October 12 start date.
Part of a Bigger Wave Hitting North Texas Logistics
The Dylan Logistics shutdown lands amid a broader stretch of pain for North Texas warehousing and freight jobs. State WARN filing analysis cited by the Dallas Morning News found that roughly 1,100 North Texas logistics and warehousing employees received layoff notices in just the first quarter of 2026. Hoodline previously reported that Kuehne + Nagel cut 90 jobs in Lewisville in June as it shifted operations to Louisville, Kentucky, while DSV Contract Logistics eliminated 391 jobs at a Wilmer distribution center in April after losing a major client contract, according to FreightWaves.
The trend extends well beyond Texas. FreightWaves reports that more than 7,000 commercial logistics and freight distribution jobs were eliminated nationwide in August 2026 alone due to shifting client contracts and facility consolidations, with other Amazon delivery partners, including New York-based Flagship Logistics, filing WARN notices the same week. Amazon DSP closures have already surfaced elsewhere this year, too — Hoodline reported that Amazon contractor Aloha Logistics permanently shuttered its last-mile hub in Taunton, Massachusetts, in April after filing its own WARN notice. It remains unclear whether Amazon plans to bring in a new delivery contractor at the Lewisville and Fort Worth fulfillment centers or whether the drivers being let go will have a path to work for a replacement operator.
