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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Couriers and Messengers
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Couriers and Messengers:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.
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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following extended five-year forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.
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Industry Insights
Major trends affect the Couriers and Messengers industry include:- Increased e-commerce demand
- Same-day delivery services growth
- Technological integration for route and delivery optimization
- Environmental regulations pushing for sustainable practices
- Rise of gig economy and freelance couriers
- Greater emphasis on contactless deliveries
- Use of drones and autonomous vehicles for delivery
- Cybersecurity concerns due to increased digitalization
- Global supply chain challenges
- Consumer demand for transparency and tracking
- Shift towards localized supply chains to reduce costs
- Collaborations and partnerships with retailers and tech companies
- Increase in urbanization influencing last-mile delivery solutions
Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Couriers and Messengers industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Transportation Of Non-Perishable/Climate-Controlled Boxed, Palletized, And Other Packed Goods, By Air |
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Transportation Of Documents And Parcels |
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Local Transportation And Delivery Of Small Purchased Or Serviced Items |
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Transportation Of Boxed, Palletized And Other Packed Goods, Not Climate-Controlled And Not In Intermodal Containers, By Road, Le |
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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.| Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) |
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Couriers and Messengers company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.| Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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| Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Couriers and Messengers industry is performing. | |
| Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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| Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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| Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Couriers and Messengers measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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| Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
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| Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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| Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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| Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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| Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
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Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.| Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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| Management Occupations | 2% | Order at top of page |
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| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 1% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 10% | |||
| Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers | 7% | |||
| Couriers and Messengers | 8% | |||
| Couriers and Messengers | 8% | |||
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 84% | |||
| Motor Vehicle Operators | 46% | |||
| Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers | 46% | |||
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 7% | |||
| Light Truck Drivers | 38% | |||
| Material Moving Workers | 33% | |||
| Laborers and Material Movers | 31% | |||
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 30% | |||
Couriers and Messengers Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Couriers and Messengers industry and adjacent industries either have large market share or are developing new business models and methods that could disrupt the status quo. We look at leading and emerging companies in the Couriers and Messengers industry and adjacent sectors:| Market Leaders: Direct Competitors Companies with the largest market share, focused in this industry |
Market leaders: Diversified Competitors Largest companies that have diversified operations in this and other industries |
| Innovators: Direct Competitors Innovative, Emerging, and Disruptive Companies that may influence the future direction of the industry. |
Innovators: Diversified Competitors Innovators and Disruptors in adjacent industries that may also affect the Couriers and Messengers industry. |
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- Why Aren’t Local Delivery Jobs in Sync With Consumers’ Nonstore Spending? - Why have local delivery jobs stalled while nonstore retail keeps growing? This column from FTR's Avery Vise breaks down the surprising disconnect and what it reveals about e-commerce and labor trends. (07/09/2025)
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- Smallest known protein-based enzyme HARP reveals dual role in tRNA processing - To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where they read the genetic instructions from messenger RNA, mRNA, and deliver the right amino acids to ribosomes, (07/08/2025)
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