# UPS

> UPS connects businesses and consumers through an integrated air and ground delivery network, with freight forwarding, customs brokerage, healthcare logistics and returns services. Its current strategy favors higher-value shipments over low-return parcel volume.

- **Founded:** 1907
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** James E. Casey (Co-founder), Claude Ryan (Co-founder)
- **Products:** UPS Ground, UPS air and international shipping, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, UPS Healthcare and UPS Premier, Happy Returns
- **Notable:** Delivered 5.2 billion packages in 2025., 2025 revenue of $88.7 billion., Reported $3.5 billion of network reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined savings in 2025.

## Products & services

- **UPS Ground** — Domestic parcel delivery through the ground network.
- **UPS air and international shipping** — Time-definite express and cross-border parcel transportation.
- **UPS Supply Chain Solutions** — Freight forwarding, distribution, contract logistics and customs brokerage.
- **UPS Healthcare and UPS Premier** — Specialized healthcare transportation, temperature-sensitive logistics and priority shipment monitoring.
- **Happy Returns** — Returns software and consolidated, box-free, label-free retail drop-offs; acquired by UPS in 2023.
- **Roadie** — Same-day delivery platform within UPS’s digital business.
- **UPS developer APIs** — Shipping, rating, tracking, address validation and international shipping integrations.
- **RFID package sensing** — Automatic sensing using RFID labels and readers; broad U.S. network rollout announced in April 2026.

## Achievements

- Delivered 5.2 billion packages in 2025.
- 2025 revenue of $88.7 billion.
- Reported $3.5 billion of network reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined savings in 2025.
- Acquired Andlauer Healthcare Group for approximately US$1.6 billion in November 2025.
- Happy Returns announced a 10,000-location U.S. Return Bar network in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Happy Returns integrated with TikTok Shop for participating U.S. sellers.
- **2026-07** — UPS reported Q2 revenue of $22.8 billion and said its Amazon volume reduction and related network reconfiguration had been completed; raised annual revenue guidance to about $91.2 billion.
- **2026-04** — UPS announced broad U.S. RFID sensing deployment, with cumulative investment exceeding $100 million.
- **2026-04** — Happy Returns expanded its Return Bar network to 10,000 U.S. locations.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ups.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ups
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ups
- GitHub: https://github.com/UPS-API
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ups
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ups/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ups
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ups

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Last updated: 2026-10-22