June 14: That’s a lot of packages to deliver
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Jun 14, 2022
Source: Pitney Bowes
Published: May 2022
That’s a lot of packages to deliver
It’s not just you; Americans are shipping more and more packages.
U.S. parcel* volume grew 6% in 2021, reaching a record high of 21.5 billion. That’s 683 per second.
Marketshare:
- USPS — 32%
- UPS — 24%
- Amazon Logistics — 22%
- Fedex — 19%
- Other — 3%
Amazon Logistics deep-dive
- Grew revenue to $22 billion (+19% YoY)
- Shipped 8.4 billion parcels in 2021
- Amazon Logistics delivered 57% of parcels (4.8 billion). The remaining 43% were passed to carriers for last-mile delivery.
*Parcel shipping refers to smaller boxed items that are under 100 lbs.
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