The paper deals with actual situation in Latvia concerning the logistics centers development. It presents the basic characteristics of logistics centers, activities connected with transport, logistics and goods distribution. In the paper the main goals and tasks of national approach to logistics centers development are discussed. In the situation when the projects of creating international and regional logistics centers have not gone further than stage of feasibility studies many business units have decided to engage in their own undertakings. Many relatively small, functionally and territorially disintegrated objects of local center type have been set up. These are most often object developed and operated by business units and transport forwarding companies. Part of the objects is warehousing centers built by developers and rented to various users. In research it has been revealed that industrial parks, business parks and even simple warehouse complexes position themselves as the logistical centers. During conducted research structures have been shown, to function of the logistical centers in Latvia, and also services offered by them. The carried out analysis has shown - absence of uniform understanding of strategy of development of the logistical centers. This factor doesn't allow to use completely possibility of already created logistical centers for attraction of additional goods traffics and to rendering of qualitative logistical services In the article experience of other countries in creation and development of the logistical centers is analyzed. On the basis of the spent analysis new approaches for the decision of the created situation have been offered.