Market share of couriers and local delivery services - worldwide 2021

This statistic represents the global market share of express and courier service providers in 2018. In that year, United Parcel Service (UPS) held a global market share of about 22 percent.Express and courier service providers' global market share In most countries, the state once held a monopoly on mail services. Traditionally, governmental agencies have long managed the delivery of letters and parcels. Only very recently have policymakers begun to rid the public sector of such duties, although governments often retain a controlling minority stake. Germany’s Deutsche Post, for example, went public in 1995 and changed its name to Deutsche Post DHL in 2009. La Poste of France went public in 2010. In the United States, the UPS remains responsible for providing postal service but, despite collaboration with FedEx, finds itself in competition with private package delivery services. In light of the world’s growing digitization, the courier industry has adopted the use of new technologies to track vehicles and parcels. In addition to that, parcel processing systems able to sort through 20,000 packages in one hour have made the industry more efficient. Satellite computer systems have also improved the state of monitoring Internet-connected courier fleet trucks. While letter volumes are in decline due to the ubiquity of electronic messaging, courier services remain the beneficiaries of growing online retail sales.

本统计数据反映了2018年全球快递及快递服务提供商的市场份额。当年，联合包裹服务公司（United Parcel Service，简称UPS）占据了全球市场份额的大约22%。在全球多数国家，国家曾一度对邮政服务实行垄断。传统上，政府部门长期负责信件和包裹的投递。然而，政策制定者近期才开始着手将此类职责从公共部门中剥离，尽管政府通常保留控制性的少数股权。例如，德国的德意志邮政（Deutsche Post）于1995年上市，并于2009年更名为德意志邮政DHL。法国的法国邮政（La Poste）于2010年上市。在美国，联合包裹服务公司（UPS）仍负责提供邮政服务，尽管与联邦快递（FedEx）存在合作，但同时也面临着私营包裹递送服务的竞争。随着全球数字化进程的加速，快递行业已经开始采用新技术来追踪车辆和包裹。此外，能够在一小时内处理2万件包裹的包裹处理系统也使得行业效率得到了提升。卫星计算机系统也改善了监测互联网连接的快递车队的状态。尽管由于电子消息的普及，信件数量正在下降，但快递服务仍然是日益增长的在线零售销售的受益者。