52,600 pkgs
Matrix Regional Sorter
The largest piece of automated processing equipment, the Matrix Regional Sorter, can sort up to 52,600 packages an hour.
Fact source: Network Operations
eInduction process
1,102
eInduction mailers
The eInduction process simplifies mail induction by using electronic documentation, Intelligent Mail container barcodes and handheld scanner technologies to verify the payment and preparation of commercial mail containers. In 2024, 1,102 mailers took advantage of eInduction.
Enterprise Payment System
46.6 billion
in EPS revenue
The Enterprise Payment System (EPS). EPS allows customers to pay for and manage their use of Postal Service products and services online, using an integrated single payment account. In 2024, EPS collected $46.6 billion in revenue, which is a 5.9 percent increase over 2023.
Electronic Verification System
$16.2 B
in eVS revenue
The Electronic Verification System (eVS) allows high-volume package mailers and package consolidators to document and pay for postage, including extra service fees, using electronic manifest files. In 2024, eVS processed 4.7 billion packages and collected $16.2 billion in revenue.
Mail delivery systems
Systems
at work
The daily operations performed by the Postal Service depend on an astonishing network of people and technologies that collect, transport, process and deliver the nation’s mail.
Tray sorting machines
10
million trays
Tray sorting machines sort more than 10 million trays per day through conveyor systems.
Pieces of automation processing equipment
9,000 pieces
of processing equipment
The Postal Service operates more than 9,000 pieces of automated equipment that processes and sorts nearly half the world’s mail.
Stamps cancelled per hour
36,000
stamps postmarked per hour
The Advanced Facer Canceller System positions letter mail and postmarks stamps at 36,000 pieces per hour.
Miles of conveyors
200
miles of conveyors
The Postal Service is one of the largest material-handling systems in the world for moving mail. There are more than 200 miles of conveyors within postal facilities.
Hand-addressed letters
Optical
character recognition
The Postal Service is the world leader in optical character recognition technology, with machines reading nearly 98 percent of all hand-addressed letters and 99.5 percent of machine-printed mail.
Intelligent Mail barcode
TRACKING
Intelligent Mail
A unique Intelligent Mail barcode identifies individual pieces of mail, trays, sacks and containers to track them through the postal processing system from induction to delivery.
Robotics systems
165
robotics systems
The Postal Service has the largest gantry robotic fleet in the world with 165 robotics systems moving 300,000 mail trays per day.
