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New Flexport Inc. fulfillment center will bring 300 jobs to Pleasant Prairie.

What happened

Flexport, Inc. increases headcount by 300.

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New Flexport Inc. fulfillment center will bring 300 jobs to Pleasant Prairie. Company expects to begin operations in August May 19, 2026 1:20 pm Subscribe to BizTimes Daily - Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. A global logistics and supply chain management company is planning to occupy a 336,840-square-foot building at 9091 88th Ave. in Pleasant Prairie, bringing 300 full-time jobs to the area, according to village documents. San Fransisco-based Flexport Inc. will take over a site previously occupied by Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co., which closed its facility in November 2025. To continue reading this article... Logged in and still seeing this? Click here

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Event
Headcount growth

What this signalsFast hiring often means budgets are growing.

Headcount
300
Location
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

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Numbers

Headcount named in the story
300

Extraction

Confidence
55%
Detected
May 19, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
increases_headcount_by

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  "signal_type": "news",
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    "title": "New Flexport Inc. fulfillment center will bring 300 jobs to Pleasant Prairie.",
    "excerpt": "New Flexport Inc. fulfillment center will bring 300 jobs to Pleasant Prairie.\n\nCompany expects to begin operations in August\n\nMay 19, 2026 1:20 pm\n\nSubscribe to BizTimes Daily - Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin.\n\nA global logistics and supply chain management company is planning to occupy a 336,840-square-foot building at 9091 88th Ave. in Pleasant Prairie, bringing 300 full-time jobs to the area, according to village documents. San Fransisco-based Flexport Inc. will take over a site previously occupied by Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co., which closed its facility in November 2025.\n\nTo continue reading this article...\n\nLogged in and still seeing this? Click here",
    "summary": "Flexport, Inc. increases headcount by 300.",
    "location": "Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States, Northern America, Americas",
    "planning": false,
    "headcount": 300,
    "image_url": "https://assets.biztimes.com/2025/11/Kroger-Pleasant-Prairie.jpg",
    "confidence": 0.5544,
    "published_at": "2026-05-19T18:20:15Z",
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    "article_sentence": "New Flexport Inc. fulfillment center will bring 300 jobs to Pleasant Prairie."
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