China[edit]

International courier services in China include TNT, EMS International, DHL, FedEx and UPS.
These companies provide nominal worldwide service for both inbound and outbound shipments,
connecting China to countries such as the USA, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
Of the international courier services, the Dutch company TNT is considered to have the most
capable local fluency and efficacy for third- and fourth- tiered cities. EMS International is a unit of
China Post, and as such is not available for shipments originating outside of China.
Domestic courier services include SF Express, YTO Express (), E-EMS (E) and many
other operators of sometimes microscopic scales. E-EMS, is the special product of a co-
operative arrangement between China Post and Alipay, which is the online payment unit
of Alibaba Group. It is only available for the delivery of online purchases made using Alipay.
Within the Municipality of Beijing, TongCheng KuaiDi (), also a unit of China Post,
provides intra-city service using cargo bicycles.

United Kingdom[edit]
The genus of the UK sameday courier market stems from the London Taxi companies but soon
expanded into dedicated motorcycle despatch riders with the taxi companies setting up separate
arms to their companies to cover the courier work. During the late 1970s small provincial and
regional companies were popping up throughout the country. Today, there are many large
companies offering next-day courier services, including DX Group, UKMail and UK divisions of
worldwide couriers such as FedEx, DHL, UPS and TNT City Sprint.
There are many 'specialist' couriers usually for the transportation of items such as
freight/palettes, sensitive documents and liquids.
The 'Man & Van'/Freelance courier business model, is highly popular in the United Kingdom, with
thousands upon thousands of independent couriers and localised companies, offering next-day
and same day services. This is likely to be so popular because of the low business requirements
(a vehicle) and the lucrative number of items sent within the UK every day. However, since the
dawn of the electronic age the way in which businesses use couriers has changed dramatically.
Prior to email and the ability to create PDFs, documents represented a significant proportion of
the business. However, over the past 5 years documentation revenues have decreased by 50
percent. In addition customers are also demanding more from their courier partners. Therefore, a
shift where, more and more, organisations prefer to use the services of larger organisations who
are able to provide more flexibility and levels of service is being witnessed which has led to
another level of courier company, the regional couriers. This is usually one of the local
companies who have expanded to more than one office to cover an area.
Royal Mail was up until recently a reasonable competitor of most of the large couriers; offering
next day and special delivery services. This has however changed, with higher costs, strike
action and a lowering public perception of the company.[citation needed] With companies like Royal Mail,
it can be difficult to draw a clear-cut line between postal services and couriers.
Some UK couriers offer next-day services to other European countries. FedEx offers next-day air
delivery to many EU countries. Cheaper 'By-Road' options are also available, varying from 2
days delivery time (such as France), to up to a week (former USSR countries).
Large couriers often require an account to be held (and this can include daily scheduled
collections). Senders are therefore primarily in the commercial/industrial sector (and not the
general public); some couriers such as DHL do however allow public sending (at higher cost than
regular senders).
In recent years, the increased popularity of Black Friday in the UK has placed some firms under
operational stress.[3]

United States[edit]
The courier industry has long held an important place in United States commerce and has been
involved in pivotal moments in the nation's history such as westward migration and the gold
rush. Wells Fargo was founded in 1852 and rapidly became the preeminent package delivery
company. The company specialised in shipping gold, packages and newspapers throughout the
West, making a Wells Fargo office in every camp and settlement a necessity for commerce and
connections to home. Shortly afterward, the Pony Express was established to move packages
more quickly than the traditional stagecoach. It illustrated the demand for timely deliveries across
the nation, a concept that continued to evolve with the railroads, automobiles and interstate
highways and which has emerged into today's courier industry.
The courier industry in United States is a $59 billion industry, with 90% in 2009 of the business
shared by four companies, including DHL, FedEx, UPS and USA Couriers. On the other hand,
local courier carrier and delivery services were highly diversified and tended to be smaller
operations; the top 50 firms accounted for just a third of the sector's revenues.

Ireland[edit]
The main courier services available in Ireland as alternatives to the national An Post system
are Parcel Direct Ireland, SnapParcel, DHL, UPS, TNT, DPD and FedEx.

Australia[edit]
The courier business in Australia is a very competitive industry and is mainly concentrated in the
high population areas in and around the capital cities. With such a vast mass of land to cover the
courier companies tend to transport either by air or by the main transport routes and national[citation
needed]

Singapore[edit]
There are several international courier companies in Singapore including TNT, DHL and FedEx.
Despite being a small country, demand is high for courier services. Hence, there are also many
local courier companies which have sprung up to meet this demand. Most courier companies in
Singapore only focus on local deliveries instead of international freight.

India[edit]
International courier services in India include Xpress Couriers (A Venture of Dhanania
Group),DHL, FedEx, Bluedart, Ekart, DTDC et.al. Apart from these, several local couriers also
operate across India. Almost all of these couriers can be tracked online. Indian Postal Service is
another major player and it has about 154,939 post offices, of which 139,222 (89.86%) are in
rural areas and 15,826 (10.14%) are in urban areas. [4]

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