About 63 million packages are delivered in the US every day
Americans shipped 23.1 billion parcels in 2025, according to the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index. Spread across the calendar, that works out to about 63 million packages delivered every day, or 732 parcels every second. Volume grew 3.3% over 2024, and Pitney Bowes projects 31 billion parcels by 2031, which would push the daily average past 85 million.
The daily figure hides a milestone. In 2025, for the first time, Amazon Logistics delivered more US parcels than any other carrier, including USPS. Two independent trackers agree on the flip: Pitney Bowes counts 6.9 billion Amazon parcels for the year, and ShipMatrix counts 6.7 billion. Either way, the company that leaned on UPS for delivery a decade ago now runs the largest parcel operation in the country.
- 63 million packages per day, US average — 23.1 billion parcels in 2025, up 3.3% year over year (Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, 2026 edition)
- 732 parcels shipped every second in the US — 67 parcels per person and 171 per household across the year (Pitney Bowes, 2025 data)
- Amazon Logistics is the new #1 US carrier: 6.9 billion parcels in 2025 per Pitney Bowes, 6.7 billion per ShipMatrix — roughly 18 to 19 million per day
- USPS handled 6.84 billion packages in fiscal 2025, about 18.7 million per calendar day, alongside 108.7 billion total mailpieces (USPS FY2025 results, November 2025)
- UPS averaged 17.5 million US packages per operating day in 2025, and nearly 20 million per day in the fourth quarter (UPS 4Q 2025 earnings, January 2026)
- FedEx moves more than 17 million shipments per business day worldwide (FedEx corporate overview, April 2025)
- Amazon delivered over 13 billion items the same or next day globally in 2025, more than 8 billion of them in the US (Amazon, February 2026)
- Worldwide, roughly 441 million parcels moved per day in 2022, the most recent year with a full global count — 161 billion for the year, forecast to reach 225 billion by 2028 (Pitney Bowes global index)
"Per day" means three different things
When a carrier says it delivers 17 million packages a day and an index firm says the same carrier moves 12 million a day, both are usually right. They divide by different days. Carriers report volume per operating day, and they only operate 250 to 305 days a year depending on the network. Index firms divide annual volume by all 365.
| Approach | Who publishes it | The math | Example figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar-day average | Pitney Bowes, ShipMatrix | Annual volume ÷ 365 | US total: ~63M/day (2025) |
| Operating-day average | Carrier earnings reports | Annual volume ÷ delivery days | UPS: 17.5M/day US (2025) |
| Peak-quarter average | Carrier Q4 disclosures | Q4 volume ÷ Q4 operating days | UPS: ~20M/day US (Q4 2025) |
The two systems reconcile cleanly. UPS reported 17.5 million US packages per operating day in 2025. Multiply by roughly 251 operating days and you land on the same 4.4 billion annual parcels ShipMatrix counted from the outside.
Comparing carriers or sizing the market? Use calendar-day averages, because every carrier sits on the same denominator. Quote operating-day figures only when describing one carrier's own operations, and label them. Mixing the two inflates whichever carrier you quoted from its earnings report by 30 to 40 percent.
Fiscal calendars add a second layer. USPS reports October through September and FedEx June through May, while UPS, Amazon, Pitney Bowes, and ShipMatrix all work in calendar years. The carrier figures below name their year basis for that reason.
How many packages each carrier delivers per day
2025 rearranged the leaderboard. Amazon Logistics took the top spot by volume, USPS slipped to second for the first time, and UPS kept the revenue crown while deliberately shedding parcels. Here is the market on a common calendar-day basis.
| Carrier | 2025 US parcels | ≈ Per calendar day | Self-reported figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Logistics | 6.7B (ShipMatrix) / 6.9B (Pitney Bowes) | 18.4–18.9M | 13B+ items same or next day globally |
| USPS | 6.6B (ShipMatrix) | 18.1M | 6.84B packages, FY2025 (Oct–Sep) |
| UPS | 4.4B (ShipMatrix) | 12.1M | 17.5M per operating day, US |
| FedEx | 3.6B (ShipMatrix) | 9.9M | 17M+ shipments per business day, global |
Source: ShipMatrix 2025 estimates via Supply Chain Dive (March 2026); self-reported figures from carrier disclosures linked in each section below.
For an audited baseline, the fully published Pitney Bowes 2024 carrier set ran: USPS 6.9 billion (31% share), Amazon Logistics 6.3 billion (28%), UPS 4.7 billion (21%), FedEx 3.7 billion (17%), and everyone else 0.8 billion — out of 22.4 billion total. Twelve months later, Amazon held the top spot.
How many packages does Amazon deliver a day?
Amazon Logistics delivered between 18 and 19 million US packages per calendar day in 2025, from an annual total of 6.7 billion (ShipMatrix) to 6.9 billion (Pitney Bowes). That count covers only parcels Amazon's in-house network delivered itself; packages Amazon hands to USPS or UPS are counted under those carriers.
Per year, that makes Amazon a 6.7 to 6.9 billion-package operation in the US alone. Amazon's own preferred headline is items rather than packages: over 13 billion items arrived the same or next day worldwide in 2025, including more than 8 billion in the US, up over 30% year over year. Items, orders, and packages are three different metrics — our breakdown of how many orders Amazon gets per year untangles them. For a network-level look at Amazon's shipping machine, Red Stag Fulfillment's analysis of how many items Amazon ships per day goes deeper than we do here.
How many packages does USPS deliver a day?
USPS handled 6.84 billion packages in fiscal 2025 (October 2024 through September 2025), about 18.7 million per calendar day — a 5.7% volume decline from the prior year, even as package revenue rose 1.0% to $32.6 billion on higher prices. ShipMatrix's calendar-2025 estimate puts USPS at 6.6 billion, second place for the first time.
Packages remain a sideline by piece count and a lifeline by dollars: they make up about 6% of the 108.7 billion mailpieces USPS moved in fiscal 2025, but roughly 40% of its $80.5 billion operating revenue.
How many packages does UPS deliver a day?
UPS averaged 17.5 million US packages per operating day in 2025, per its fourth-quarter earnings release — about 12 million per calendar day, from 4.4 billion annual parcels. In the October-to-December peak, the daily average climbed to nearly 20 million.
The volume is shrinking on purpose. UPS spent 2025 walking away from lower-margin Amazon volume, and its parcel count fell 8.6% while it kept the industry's largest revenue share at 29.8% (ShipMatrix). Red Stag Fulfillment tracks the operating detail in its UPS daily-volume breakdown.
How many packages does FedEx deliver a day?
FedEx moves more than 17 million shipments per business day across its global network, per its April 2025 corporate overview. On a US calendar-day basis, its 3.6 billion 2025 parcels (ShipMatrix) work out to about 10 million per day. FedEx reports on a June-through-May fiscal year and posted $94.7 billion in fiscal 2026 revenue. Red Stag Fulfillment's FedEx daily-volume page covers the network math in more detail.
How many packages are delivered worldwide each day
The last full global census, the Pitney Bowes Global Parcel Shipping Index covering 2022, counted 161 billion parcels worldwide — about 441 million per day, or 5,102 parcels every second. China alone generated 111 billion of them, more than two-thirds of the planet's total. Pitney Bowes forecast global volume to reach 225 billion by 2028, which would mean roughly 616 million parcels a day.
Pitney Bowes has not published a full global edition since the 2022 data year. Any "packages delivered per day worldwide" number quoted for 2025 or 2026 is modeled, not measured. Applying the index's own 6% growth forecast to the 161 billion baseline puts 2025 global volume near 190 billion, roughly 525 million parcels a day — a reasonable estimate, as long as it is labeled one.
Where daily volume goes next
US parcel volume reached 21.5 billion in 2021, 22.4 billion in 2024, and 23.1 billion in 2025. Pitney Bowes' most likely scenario reaches 30.5 billion by 2030 and 31 billion by 2031 — call it 85 million packages a day by the early 2030s.
US carriers collected $203.2 billion in parcel revenue in 2024, but revenue per parcel has been flat to declining, and the majors have responded by defending yield instead of chasing count. UPS shed 8.6% of its volume in 2025 while its revenue share slipped from 34% to 31.6%. The beneficiaries were the carriers most shippers still call "alternative."
Regional and alternative carriers grew volume 13% in 2025 (ShipMatrix) and their share of US parcel revenue jumped from 3.4% to 7.2% (Pitney Bowes). The national-carrier oligopoly is loosening at the edges, which is exactly the leverage diversified shippers have been waiting for.
Common questions about daily package volume
How many packages are delivered each day in the US?
About 63 million per day on average — 23.1 billion parcels across 2025, per the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index. That is 732 parcels every second, counting every carrier.
How many packages are delivered each day worldwide?
The last full global count, for 2022, works out to about 441 million parcels per day (161 billion for the year). Forecasts point to roughly 616 million a day by 2028. Any figure quoted for the current year is an extrapolation.
Which carrier delivers the most packages?
By volume, Amazon Logistics — 6.7 to 6.9 billion US parcels in 2025, ahead of USPS for the first time. By revenue, UPS still leads with about 30% of US parcel revenue.
How many packages does Amazon deliver a day?
Roughly 18 to 19 million US packages per calendar day in 2025, counting only parcels its in-house network delivered. Amazon separately reported over 13 billion items delivered same or next day worldwide in 2025.
How many packages does UPS deliver a day?
17.5 million US packages per operating day in 2025 by its own reporting, or about 12 million per calendar day. Peak-quarter volume ran close to 20 million per operating day.
How many packages does FedEx deliver a day?
More than 17 million shipments per business day globally. Its US parcel count — 3.6 billion in 2025 — averages about 10 million per calendar day.
Does USPS deliver more mail or packages?
Mail, by a wide margin: 108.7 billion total pieces in fiscal 2025 versus 6.84 billion packages. But packages generate about 40% of USPS revenue on 6% of its piece count.
How many packages will be delivered per day in 2030?
Pitney Bowes' most likely scenario puts US volume at 30.5 billion by 2030 — about 84 million per day, rising to 85 million on 31 billion parcels by 2031.
What the number actually tells you
If you cite one figure, cite 63 million US packages a day — 23.1 billion parcels in 2025, from the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, the closest thing the industry has to an official count. Then name your denominator. Calendar-day averages are the honest basis for market comparisons; operating-day figures belong to individual carrier operations. Most contradictory package statistics in circulation are just those two systems colliding.
The deeper story in the 2025 data is structural. Amazon Logistics is now the largest parcel carrier in the country, USPS is shrinking its package business for the first time in years, UPS is trading volume for margin, and the regional carriers underneath them doubled their revenue share. For shippers, a market where the top four all have different incentives — and the fifth option is growing 13% a year — is one where shipping rates and service levels are worth renegotiating more often than they used to be.
How we built this
This page reflects publicly available data as of August 2026. US totals and per-second rates come from the Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, whose 2026 edition covers calendar 2025; the 2025 carrier-level split comes from ShipMatrix estimates reported by Supply Chain Dive, with Pitney Bowes' fully published 2024 carrier set as the audited baseline. Carrier self-reported figures come from earnings releases and fiscal-year reports, with each figure's year basis named inline because USPS (October–September) and FedEx (June–May) do not report on calendar years. All per-calendar-day figures are our derivation: annual volume divided by 365, rounded. Operating-day figures are quoted as the carriers report them. The global figure comes from the last full Pitney Bowes global edition (2022 data); the 2025 global estimate applies the index's own 6% growth forecast to that baseline and is labeled as modeled.
- Pitney Bowes — Parcel Shipping Index (2026 edition, 2025 data)
- Pitney Bowes — Parcel Shipping Index 2025 release, 2024 data (Business Wire)
- Supply Chain Dive — Amazon overtakes USPS as top delivery provider by volume (ShipMatrix, March 2026)
- UPS — 4Q 2025 Earnings and 2026 Guidance
- USPS — Fiscal Year 2025 Results
- FedEx — Corporate Overview, April 2025
- Amazon — Over 13 Billion Items Same or Next Day in 2025
- Pitney Bowes Global Parcel Shipping Index — 2022 data (via trans.info)
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