Nothing works in online retail without them: The top 30 largest postal companies

Published on: September 4, 2018 / Updated on: September 4, 2018 – Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

For consumers, shopping in a digital world is becoming increasingly easy, but one important aspect of convenient online shopping remains analog: the packaging, transport, and delivery of parcels. In 2017, over 3.3 billion packages were sent in Germany. Who are the service providers that keep this gigantic machine running? Here's the answer:

Nothing works in online retail without them: The top 30 largest postal companies

Eight German companies are among the top 30 largest postal and courier companies.

In 2017, the United States Postal Service, the world's leading postal and courier company, employed 503,103 people and recorded a revenue of US$70 billion.

Deutsche Post AG follows in second place in the top list of the world's largest postal companies with a turnover of US$68 billion in 2017.

With 938,494 employees, China Post has by far the most employees; the company ranks 4th in the top list.