South Bay pallet areas, door by door

The South Bay runs along a valley floor from the bay shore at Alviso to the garlic fields at Gilroy, and the pallet trade changes with it. Every area below is grouped the way the freight moves: San Jose's districts, the cities around it, and the farm country to the south.

How the metro is read

North of US-101 and around SR-237, the buildings are R&D, flex space and server halls, and the pallets are equipment skids and crates. In Milpitas and Fremont, contract manufacturers and wafer-tool makers receive parts by the trailer. Through the middle of San Jose, along Monterey Road and Senter Road, the docks are small: fabricators, contractors, food wholesalers. In Edenvale, newer warehouse and advanced-manufacturing buildings sit at the 101 and 85 interchange. South of Coyote Valley, Morgan Hill and Gilroy ship food and manufactured goods on clean 48x40s.

Stretch	What moves	Places
Alviso and North San Jose	Equipment, crates, data-hall freight	Alviso, North San Jose
Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas	Tools, electronics, aerospace and medical parts	Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas
Fremont	Vehicles, batteries, wafer tools	Fremont
Central San Jose	Small docks, yards, recyclers	Monterey corridor, Oakland Road, Edenvale
South County	Food, farm, test equipment	Coyote Valley, Morgan Hill, Gilroy

Counties

Most of the area is in Santa Clara County. A south Alameda County strip around Fremont belongs to the same market: see South Alameda County. The Peninsula north of Mountain View and the East Bay beyond Fremont are different freight markets.

The roads that join the areas

US-101 runs the length of the area, from North San Jose through Edenvale and Coyote Valley to Morgan Hill and Gilroy. I-880 ties Fremont and Milpitas to San Jose, and I-680 runs along the east side. SR-237 crosses the north from Milpitas to Sunnyvale, SR-85 meets US-101 at Edenvale, and SR-152 meets it at Gilroy. A load is placed by which of these it sits nearest.

Every door on the plan

Santa Clara CountySanta Clara County's docks, from Silicon Valley equipment makers in the north to food and farm plants in the south, and what each ships on.
South Alameda CountySouth Alameda County's industrial districts along I-880 and I-680, next door to Milpitas, and the pallets they ship on.
San JosePallets in San Jose: the industrial districts from North San Jose to Edenvale, Monterey Road and Oakland Road, the roads between them and who ships there.
North San JoseNorth San Jose's R&D, flex and data-center buildings leave equipment pallets and crates. How loads from Zanker Road to Alviso are described and cleared.
AlvisoAlviso's yards, recycling operations and data-center land: how pallet loads near San Jose's bay shore are described and cleared.
EdenvaleEdenvale's warehouses and advanced-manufacturing campuses at the US-101 and SR-85 interchange: how pallet loads here are described and cleared.

Questions

Which areas are covered?

Santa Clara County from Alviso to Gilroy, plus Fremont in south Alameda County.

Which county is Fremont in?

Alameda County, across the bay from Santa Clara County. See Fremont.

Keep reading

San JosePallets in San Jose: the industrial districts from North San Jose to Edenvale, Monterey Road and Oakland Road, the roads between them and who ships there.
Pallet buyers for South Bay docksSell surplus 48x40s, cores and odd sizes from South Bay docks. Tell us size, grade, count and how often, and send one request.
Clear a pallet pileClear mixed, broken and odd pallets from South Bay docks and lots. What gets reused, what gets ground, and what a pickup request needs.
Pallets by tradeSemiconductor tools, contract manufacturing, data center builds, medical devices, food and farm, 3PLs and stores: what each sheds and needs.

Sources, last reviewed 12 November 2026