Echo Global Logistics 10-K 2018 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

(1) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-165535) of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., pertaining to the Amended and Restated Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

(2) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-184789) of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., pertaining to the Amended and Restated Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated June 20, 2012)

(3) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-204632) of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., pertaining to the Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 2015 Inducement and Retention Stock Plan for Command Employees

(4) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-219557) of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., pertaining to the Amended and Restated Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated June 16, 2017)

of our reports dated February 22, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Echo Global Logistics, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 22, 2019