June 14: That’s a lot of packages to deliver

Amazon Logistics shipped 8.4 billion parcels to customers in 2021. (Yeah, billion.)

Source: Pitney Bowes
Published: May 2022

That’s a lot of packages to deliver

It’s not just you; Americans are shipping more and more packages.

U.S. parcel* volume grew 6% in 2021, reaching a record high of 21.5 billion. That’s 683 per second.

Marketshare:

• USPS - 32%

• UPS - 24%

• Amazon Logistics - 22%

• Fedex - 19%

• Other - 3%

Amazon Logistics deep-dive

• Grew revenue to $22 billion (+19% YoY)

• Shipped 8.4 billion parcels in 2021

• Amazon Logistics delivered 57% of parcels (4.8 billion). The remaining 43% were passed to carriers for last-mile delivery.

*Parcel shipping refers to smaller boxed items that are under 100 lbs.

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