Our priority is and always will be delivering great service that’s affordable and dependable. When you ship with Priority Mail, you get free shipping supplies, flat-rate options, insurance included, USPS Tracking and easy online tools. It all adds up to one of the best values in the shipping business!
Postal vehicle
KID FUN. A USPS-licensed ride-on vehicle from Kid Trax was honored in 2021 as one of the best toys of the year by Good Housekeeping and Parents magazines, as well as Toy Insider.
Collaboration
The Postal Service is routinely ranked among the most admired and trusted brands in the nation, so it’s no surprise that businesses want to incorporate postal images and logos into their products.
In 2022, the skateboarding shoe and apparel company Vans unveiled a collection of licensed clothing, including sneakers, a cuffed beanie and a pullover hoodie.
printing services
The Postal Service is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to offer fingerprinting services at more than 80 locations nationwide.
Fingerprinting services are offered to customers applying for an identity history summary check, which is required for adoptions, visas and other purposes. After fingerprints are taken, the information is sent to the FBI for processing.
kiosks in CA
Californians can now complete many tasks that would normally require a visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles by using self-service kiosks at four Postal Service locations throughout the state.
With just a few taps, customers can complete many common DMV tasks through the kiosks, including renewing vehicle registration, receiving a replacement registration card or sticker, and obtaining a vehicle record.
GREETINGS
Informed Greetings blends the traditional “mail moment” with a modern digital experience by integrating a personalized digital message into the recipient’s Informed Delivery email when they send a physical greeting card.
Customers can also select artwork that complements their card from hundreds of designs in six different categories.
Vehicles
NGDVs. Next Generation Delivery Vehicles. The Postal Service has placed an order for 106,000 vehicles with Oshkosh Defense. The order includes 66,000 electric vehicles, making it one of the largest electric fleets in the nation.
deliver!
The Postal Service moves mail by planes, hovercraft, trains, trucks, cars, boats, ferries, helicopters, subways, bicycles, mules and feet. #WeDeliverForYou
BROKER
This service solves the ever-increasing problem of customers conducting business online and not being able to print shipping labels.
With Label Broker, customers can get a shipping label on their mobile device, in the form of a matrix barcode, directly from the merchant. The customer uses the code to print a label at a Post Office or on a printer connected to usps.com. Label Broker is also the foundational technology that has enabled USPS Operation Santa to expand and evolve in a digital format.
For more information, go to www.usps.com/business/label-broker.htm
bargain
The price of a First-Class postage stamp is a global bargain.
Group
The Postal Service is one of 37 members of the .POST Group. The UPU’s .POST Group, created in 2013, is a trusted internet domain, established exclusively for the global postal sector and sponsored by the UPU.
The mission of the .POST Group is to support posts in providing their customers with reliable and secure web services.
Service Cooperative
The Postal Service is a member of the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative. The EMS Cooperative was created by the UPU in 1999 and consists of 174 postal operators. It allows access to more than 180-member countries to provide EMS — the UPU’s fastest cross-border international postal product.
The Postal Service is a member of the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative.
Post Group
The Postal Service is one of 11 members of the Kahala Post Group (KPG).
The Postal Service is one of 11 members of the Kahala Posts Group (KPG).
post corporation
The Postal Service is one of 25 members of the International Post Corporation (IPC). The IPC is a cooperative association of posts in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The Postal Service is one of 25 members of the International Post Corporation (IPC). The IPC is a cooperative association of posts in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Postal Union
The Postal Service is a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations' organization.
The Postal Service is a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations’ organization.
pounds of mail fly each day
The Postal Service uses 140 domestic airports to fly six million pounds of mail each day.
International Mail revenue
International Mail is a $1.6 billion business for the Postal Service.
GLOBALLY
The Postal Service works closely with posts around the world to improve service and increase its annual share of the international shipping market.
in a shipping container
The Power, MT (59468) Post Office, built in 2019, is the first Post Office built using a shipping container.
24/7 Post Office
One of a kind. There is a 24-hour, unstaffed, self-service Post Office in Northern Virginia that allows customers to conduct most shipping and mailing transactions quickly and easily themselves. The self-service Post Office provides round-the-clock accessibility to PO Boxes, as well as self-service kiosks and an automated package drop.
In 2023, nearly 8,000 customers used this convenient office.
in short-paid revenue
The Automated Package Verification (APV) program automates the detection and collection of postage due for mail pieces with insufficient postage using automated package processing equipment. The APV program collected $114.2 million in short-paid revenue in 2023.
usps.com pages
The top five pages, on usps.com in 2023, in order of popularity, were USPS Tracking, Informed Delivery, The Postal Store, COVID-19 tests and Post Office Locator.
Top five pages on com, in order of popularity, in 2023:
package delivery
Our Sunday best. The Postal Service continues to expand Sunday package delivery to meet the shipping needs of customers shopping online.
YOU!
Priority: YOU! The Postal Service priority is and always will be serving you. With free shipping supplies, flat-rate options, $50 worth of free insurance, improved tracking and easy online tools, Priority Mail offers you one of the best values in the shipping business.
Here’s more you should know:
Priority Mail Express offers you overnight delivery to many U.S. locations with up to $100 of insurance coverage included with most shipments.
With Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes, there’s no need to weigh or calculate postage of packages up to 70 pounds.
Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express boxes, envelopes and labels, as well as customs pouches for international mailing products are available at no charge. They can be ordered at usps.com and delivered to your door or picked up at a local Post Office.
Priority Mail is the environmental choice — boxes are recyclable!
Click-N-Ship labels
Click-N-Ship allows customers to print shipping labels with postage for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Global Express Guaranteed, Priority Mail International, Priority Mail Express International and First-Class Package International Service. Click-N-Ship customers created more than 28.6 million labels, which generated nearly $400 million in sales in 2023.
visits to USPS mobile site
The USPS Mobile app was downloaded more than 5.9 million times from the Apple App and Google Play stores. In 2023, there were more than 3.1 billion visits to usps.com from a mobile device.
The Post Office on your phone. The Postal Service app — USPS Mobile — is available on Apple and Android platforms. Some of the most popular functions currently available on usps.com — USPS Tracking, Informed Delivery, Post Office Locator, ZIP Code Lookup, The Postal Store, calculating postage, holding mail, requesting Package Pickup and ordering shipping supplies — are now available on most smartphones.
USPS mobile app downloads
There's a Post Office on your phone. In 2023, the Postal Service app -- USPS Mobile -- was downloaded nearly 6 million times from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
The free usps.com iPhone app was launched in 2009.
Some of the most popular functions currently available on usps.com — Informed Delivery, USPS Tracking, Post Office Locator, ZIP Code Lookup, calculating postage, holding mail, requesting Package Pickup and ordering shipping supplies — are now available on most smart phones.
In 2023, there were more than 3.1 billion visits to usps.com from a mobile device.
point-of-sale terminals
Retail Systems Software (RSS point-of-sale software) is used to serve customers with their mailing and shipping needs at 20,459 locations. RSS is currently installed on 48,223 window service, military, business partner and self-service kiosk systems.
in SSK revenue
In 2023, the Postal Service received $267.9 million in revenue from 2,788 postal self-service kiosks (SSK).
passport applications
The Postal Service accepted 8.6 million passport applications in 2023.
Postal Service revenue from passport applications in 2023 was $387.2 million.
historic buildings
More than 1,400 postal-owned buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Our History is the History of America
They are treasures. But they’re not hidden. Many of our buildings are historical properties. Inside -and outside – many of our Post Offices, you’ll find impressive works of art that reflect the stories of our people and our nation.
if a private sector company
If it were a private sector company, the Postal Service would rank 52nd in the 2023 Fortune 500. In the 2023 Global Fortune 500 list, the Postal Service ranked 159th.
providing technical advice
Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). Representing select mailing associations, this group works to enhance the value of mail by providing technical advice and recommendations to the Postal Service. More information can be found at postalpro.usps.com/mtac.
annual industry conference
National Postal Forum (NPF). The annual mailing industry conference provides educational and networking opportunities for thousands of business customers. Attendees learn about the latest mail trends and innovations through more than 100 workshops and seminars. More information can be found at npf.org.
More information can be found at npf.org.
Care Kit
The Postal Service is the best way to ship directly to APO, FPO and DPO locations. The Military Care Kit contains six Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes — two large-sized and four medium-sized — six address labels, one roll of tape and six customs forms, and can be ordered at no charge at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-610-8734.
The Military Care Kit — and the special pricing offered for APO, FPO and DPO destinations — makes it easy to send care packages to loved ones stationed overseas.
mailpieces
With Picture Permit Indicia, commercial mailers can modify the permit imprint indicia on First-Class Mail and USPS Marketing Mail with a corporate logo, brand image or trademark to raise brand awareness and market products and services.
more than $5B in revenue
Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM). This online service began in 2011 and is designed to help business mailers direct their Marketing Mail pieces to customers in a select neighborhood, city or ZIP Code. Since 2011, more than 33 billion pieces of EDDM have been sent, resulting in $5 billion in revenue. Nearly 3 billion pieces were sent in 2023, equating to $700 million in revenue.
The USPS Printer Directory provides customers free access to local print, design and mail preparation services for Every Door Direct Mail and other direct mail products through a searchable database and mapping program. More than 700 listings populate the directory that serves small and medium-size businesses nationwide.
total retail offices
The Postal Service has 33,904 retail offices across the United States. This number includes contract locations. The Postal Service has 31,123 postal-managed retail offices.
Post Offices
There are 31,123 Postal Service-managed retail offices in the United States. Including contract offices, there are 33,904 offices.
customer visits
The Postal Service had 665.3 million customer visits in 2023.
Informed Delivery Customers
With Informed Delivery service, you can digitally preview your incoming mail and manage your packages from a computer, tablet or mobile device. More than 60 million customers have enrolled since it was launched in 2017.
Informed Delivery provides eligible residential customers with a digital preview of their household’s incoming mail scheduled to arrive soon. Users can view greyscale images of the exterior, address side of incoming letter-sized mail pieces (not the inside contents) via email or an online dashboard.
Informed Delivery also allows customers to track packages delivered by the Postal Service and see when they will be delivered.
For more information and to sign up, go to usps.com/informeddelivery.
retail space
The largest U.S. Postal Service retail space is the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, NY (10001), at 33,100 square feet.
a retail giant
We’re a retail giant. The Postal Service has the nation’s largest retail network (33,904) — larger than Subway (20,603), Dollar General (19,572), Starbucks (16,370) and McDonald’s (13,541).
money orders
In 2023, the Postal Service issued 63.3 million money orders, which equates to roughly more than 209,000 money orders each day.
During 2022, the Postal Service issued 66.4 million money orders.
online sales
In 2023, stamp and retail sales at The Postal Store, the official online Post Office, totaled nearly $403 million.
million visits
usps.com is one of the most frequently visited government sites with 1.3 billion visits in 2023 — averaging more than 7.3 million visitors each day.
package pickup
With Package Pickup, you can go online to request Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail packages be picked up at your home or offices as part of your mail carrier’s regular route — for free.
usps.com visits
In 2023, usps.com recorded 1.3 billion visits -- averaging more than 7 million visitors each day. It's one of the most frequently visited government sites.
online sales
In 2023, stamp and retail sales at The Postal Store, the official online Post Office, totaled nearly $403 million.
Trademarks
The Sonic Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship®, Deliver The Win®, EDDM®, ePostage®, Every Door Direct Mail®, Express Mail®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package International Service®, Forever®, Global Express Guaranteed®, IMb®, Informed Delivery®, Intelligent Mail®, Label Broker™, Parcel Select®, P.O. Box™, Post Office®, Pony Express®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!®, Postal Police®, #PostalProud®, Priority Mail Express International®, Priority Mail Flat Rate®, Priority Mail International®, Priority: You®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail®, The Postal Store®, United States Postal Inspection Service®, United States Postal Service®, U.S. Mail®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service®, USPS®, USPS BlueEarth®, USPS Mobile®, USPS Operation Santa®, USPS Tracking®, usps.com®, We are people delivering to people™, ZIP+4® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.
Non-Postal Trademarks
Dollar General®, Forest Stewardship Council®, How2Recycle®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Subway®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, The Climate Registry®.
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Trademarks
The Sonic Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship®, Deliver The Win®, EDDM®, ePostage®, Every Door Direct Mail®, Express Mail®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package International Service®, Forever®, Global Express Guaranteed®, IMb®, Informed Delivery®, Intelligent Mail®, Label Broker™, Parcel Select®, P.O. Box™, Post Office®, Pony Express®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!®, Postal Police®, #PostalProud®, Priority Mail Express International®, Priority Mail Flat Rate®, Priority Mail International®, Priority: You®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail®, The Postal Store®, United States Postal Inspection Service®, United States Postal Service®, U.S. Mail®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service®, USPS®, USPS BlueEarth®, USPS Mobile®, USPS Operation Santa®, USPS Tracking®, usps.com®, We are people delivering to people™, ZIP+4® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.
Non-Postal Trademarks
Dollar General®, Forest Stewardship Council®, How2Recycle®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Subway®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, The Climate Registry®.
Postal Facts 2024 provides the public with information about the U.S. Postal Service. The facts in this publication may be reproduced for the purpose of stating the fact itself, in a business, informational or academic context and the like, and in the body of text discussing factual subject matter relevant to the fact being presented. However, these facts may become outdated after publication and seeking the latest information is advised.
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© 2016-2024 United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
