Without them, nothing works in online trading: The top 30 largest postal companies

Published on: September 4, 2018 / Update from: September 4, 2018 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

Shopping is becoming increasingly easier for consumers in a digital world, but one important aspect of convenient online shopping remains analogue: packing, transporting and delivering packages. In 2017, over 3.3 billion shipments were sent in Germany. Who are the service providers who keep this gigantic machine running? Here is the answer:

Without them, nothing works in online trading: The top 30 largest postal companies

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

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

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

With 938,494 employees, China Post has by far the most employees; The company is in fourth place in the top list.