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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!
$3.4 million
International Mail revenue
International Mail is a $3.5 million business within the Postal Service.
Next-
generation vehicles
In December 2022, USPS announced plans to acquire 106,000 new vehicles, including at least 66,000 battery electric delivery vehicles. This includes 21,000 commercial off-the-shelf battery electric vehicles and 45,000 battery electric next-generation delivery vehicles (NGDV).
The NGDVs provide better visibility, ergonomic seating, air conditioning, safety improvements and user-friendly operations.
USPS shipping container
Post Office
in a shipping container
The Power, MT, Post Office (ZIP Code 59468) was built in 2019 and is the first Post Office built using a shipping container.
The Postal Service is a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations' organization.
The Postal Service is one of 24 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 10 members of the Kahala Post Group (KPG), an international alliance of the world’s largest postal administrators.
Express Mail
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 more than 170 postal operators. It allows member countries to provide EMS — the UPU’s fastest cross-border international postal product.
The Postal Service works closely with posts around the world to improve service and increase its annual share of the international shipping market.
Top 5
usps.com destinations
The top five destinations on usps.com in fiscal year 2025, in order of popularity, were USPS Tracking, Informed Delivery, ZIP Code Lookup, The Postal Store and Post Office Locator.
Our Sunday best. The Postal Service operates Sunday package delivery to meet the shipping needs of customers.
Priority: YOU! The Postal Service priority is and always will be serving you. With free shipping supplies, flat-rate options, $100 worth of free insurance for most shipments, improved tracking and easy online tools, Priority Mail service offers one of the best values in the shipping business.
USPS
33 million
Click-N-Ship labels
The Click-N-Ship app allows customers to print shipping labels with postage for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail Next Day, Priority Mail International, Priority Mail Express International and First-Class Package International Service. Click-N-Ship customers created more than 33 million labels, which generated nearly $392 million in sales in fiscal year 2025.
4 billion
visits to USPS mobile site
The USPS Mobile app was downloaded more than 6 million times from the Apple App and Google Play stores.
In fiscal year 2025, there were more than 4 billion visits to usps.com from a mobile device.
6 million
USPS mobile app downloads
There's a Post Office on your phone. In fiscal year 2025, the Postal Service app — USPS Mobile — was downloaded more than 6 million times from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
NPF
annual industry conference
The National Postal Forum (NPF) is an annual mailing and shipping industry conference providing 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 is available at npf.org.
The Postal Service offers a Military Care Kit to ship directly to Army/Air Post Office, Fleet Post Office and Diplomatic Post Office locations. The kit contains Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes, address labels, tape and customs forms. It can be ordered at no charge at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-610- 8734.
655 million
customer visits
The Postal Service had 655.2 million customer visits in 2024.
In 2024, Postal Service retail revenue totaled $11.2 billion.
$419 million
in online sales
In fiscal year 2025, stamp and retail sales at The Postal Store, the official online Post Office, totaled nearly $419 million.
usps.com is one of the most frequently visited government sites with 5.1 billion visits in fiscal year 2025 — averaging more than 13.9 million visitors each day.
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.
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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