Parcel Shipping Index Ebook Final
Parcel Shipping Index Ebook Final
Parcel Shipping Index Ebook Final
2021
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Introduction
The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping
Index measures parcel volume and Jason Dies The latest Parcel Shipping Index is remarkable not
spend for business-to-business, EVP and President, Sending only in the volume and revenues it reveals, but in the
Technology Solutions, accurate forecasts created. After almost two years
business-to-consumer, consumer-to- Pitney Bowes of turbulence and uncertainty, there are signs that
business and consumer consigned we can look ahead with cautious optimism for the
shipments with weight up to 31.5kg industry. Forecasts expect parcel volume to double
Now in its sixth year, the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping
(70 pounds). in the next five years. Our Index suggests 18% year-
Index has built a reputation as one of the industry’s most
over-year growth for 2021, with volume reaching
reliable and respected sources of shipping and logistics
155 billion and continuing to gain momentum.
It tracks data for Australia, Brazil, intelligence. Our market analysts study over one
hundred sources of information to extract detailed
Canada, China, France, Germany, trends and insights on 13 of the world’s major markets.
At Pitney Bowes, we’ve had the honor of supporting
India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, hundreds of thousands of customers with their
The result is a powerful market report cited across the
mailing and shipping for more than a century. Now
the United Kingdom and the world, anticipated by reporters, quoted by analysts and
we deliver innovative postage-in-the-cloud, APIs and
United States. discussed in board rooms.
next-generation shipping software to drive value for
our clients. We’ve helped businesses continue their
In 2020, the Index reveals:
stories of evolution and growth, with a firm
The Index represents the parcel
• Over 4000 parcels were shipped every second commitment to client experience as our North Star.
shipping activity of 3.8 billion people The Parcel Shipping Index is considered invaluable
across 13 of the world’s major markets
across these markets. across our business, helping us shape our products
• US and UK parcel volume increased at a faster rate than and services to drive our clients’ future success.
China for the first time since the inception of the Index
• Carrier parcel revenue grew 22 percent to over I hope you find this year’s Index as exciting, insightful
$400 billion and compelling as we do.
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Global trends
131bn
More than 131 billion parcels were shipped across the 13 markets Up from 103bn
tracked in the Index during 2020, equating to more than 4000 parcels in 2019
every second. This represents 27% year-over-year growth, up from
103 billion in 2019. On average, 34 parcels were generated per person.
Up 27%
Parcel volume increased across all regions in 2020 with the exception
of India.
parcels in 2020 year-over-year
China remains the largest market by volume, with parcel numbers
reaching 83.4 billion in 2020 although this was the first year US and
UK parcel volume increased at a faster rate than China since the
inception of the Shipping Index.
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average revenue generated per parcel was $5, with the highest being
$9.3 in France and the lowest being $1.5 in China. The US remains the
market with the highest carrier revenue of all regions in the Index. The
UK saw the highest increase in carrier revenue, up 37% year-over-year parcels per second parcels per day parcels per person
to $22.2 billion. average
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Forecasts
Parcel volume is likely to double in the next five years, to reach 266 China to
billion in 2026 with a 11% CAGR from 2021-26. Due to market Volume generate
uncertainties, the Index provides a range that estimates parcel volume
could reach 232 billion or as high as 303 billion by 2026.
x2 266bn 100bn
Based on forecasts from Pitney Bowes, China is expected to become the parcels by 2026
within 5 years parcels in 2021
first country in the Index to reach 100 billion parcels by volume, which it
is projected to generate in 2021.
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Australia
1bn parcels
in 2020
• Up from 934m in 2019
33
parcels per second
2.8m
parcels per day
40
parcels per person
up from 37 in 2019
• Up 10% year over year
Australia breakdown
• Australia post generated over $3 billion in 2020, an increase of 16% from 2019.
• Toll Holdings saw a 15% growth in parcel revenue from $720 million to
$830 million. • Australia Post grew parcel volume by 18%.
• TNT Express grew from $260 million to $300 million, which was the highest • TNT Express by 15%.
parcel revenue growth of the bunch at 18%. • Toll Holdings by 13%.
• Other delivery operators saw an increase of 2% in parcel revenue from • Other non-descript delivery operations by 4%.
$3.6 billion to $3.66 billion
• Collectively, the other delivery providers also saw a total CAGR increase in
parcel revenue growth from 2014-20 of 12%.
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Brazil
Brazil breakdown
Parcel market share, by volume - Brazil 2020 • Brazil Post saw the biggest decrease in market share by revenue from 54% in
2019 to 39% of the market and by volume from 66% to 51%
• TNT decreased market share by revenue from 7% to 6%
• Total Express stayed the same as 2019 with 9% of the market share by revenue
• Jadlog also kept its market share by revenue at 6%
• Gollog stayed the same by revenue as 2019 at 2%
• DirectLog saw a small increase from 3% to 4% in market share by revenue
• Brazil Post generated the highest revenue at $1.93 billion, a decrease of 19%
• Direct Log generated the highest year-over-year revenue increase at 39%
to $0.18 bn • Directlog grew by 87% year-over-year
• Total Express grew revenue by 13% to $0.44bn • Jadlog grew by 74%
• TNT grew revenue by 5% to $0.30bn • Total Express grew by 51%
• Jadlog grew revenue by 12% to $0.28bn • Gollog grew by 41%
• Gollog grew revenue by 5% to $0.11bn • TNT grew by 41%
• Brazil Post grew by 12%
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Canada
Canada breakdown
China
China breakdown
France
France breakdown
Germany
Germany breakdown
India
2.4bn parcels
in 2020
• Down from 2.9bn in 2019
77
parcels per second
6.6m
parcels per day
1.7
parcels per person
• Down 16% year over year Down from 2.1 in 2019
India breakdown
Italy
1.3bn parcels
in 2020
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• Up from 1bn in 2019 parcels per second parcels per day parcels per person
• Up 31% year over year up from 17 in 2019
Italy breakdown
• Amazon Logistics generated the highest year-over-year revenue increase at • Amazon Logistics grew parcel volume by 111% to 138 million parcels
98% to $0.8 billion • BRT by 24% to 308 million parcels
• BRT generated the highest revenue at $2 billion an increase by 21% • DHL by 6% to 78 million parcels
• DHL grew revenue by 4% to $1.1 billion • FedEx by 11% to 87 million parcels
• GLS grew revenue by 26% to $0.8 billion achieving the highest CAGR in • GLS by 23% to 132 million parcels
revenue in Italy from 2014-2020 at 17% • Poste Italiane by 42% to 210 million parcels
• Poste Italiane generated a revenue increase at 39% to $1.3 billion • TNT by 10% to 81 million parcels
• UPS by 14% 135 million parcels
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Japan
Japan breakdown
• Japan Post generated the highest number of parcels (4.4 billion), although this
was a decrease of 3% from the 4.5 billion it shipped in 2019
• Yamato generated 2.9 billion parcels, up 5% from 2.8 billion in 2019
• Sagawa saw the highest increase year-over-year in parcel volume of the major
carriers, shipping 1.5 billion parcels in 2020 compared to 1.4 billion in 2019
• Yamato generated the highest revenue of the carriers, with $13 billion, up 10%
• Parcels shipped by other carriers reached 0.37 billion in 2020 up from 0.35
year-over-year. This was also the highest year-over-year increase of all major
billion in 2019
carriers
• Japan Post generated $10.7 billion, up 3%
• Sagawa generated $8.1 billion, up from $7.9 billion, while ‘Others’ generated
$1.5 billion, increasing revenue by 6%
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Norway
Norway breakdown
Parcel market share, by revenue - Norway 2020 Parcel market share, by volume - Norway 2020 • Posten Norge has a market share of 79%
• The other carriers have a market share of 21%
Sweden
Sweden breakdown
• Post Nord grew parcel volume by 14% generating 134 million parcels
• PostNord grew revenue by 5% to $286 million • Other carriers grew volume by 107% generating 36 million parcels
• Other carriers considerably increased revenue by 90% achieving $77million
with a CAGR in revenue from 2014-2020 at 19.6%
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UK
5bn parcels
in 2020
• Up from 3.8bn in 2019
160
parcels per second
14m
parcels per day
74
parcels per person
up from 56 in 2019
• Up 33% year over year
UK breakdown
US
US breakdown
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