United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) was founded in 1907 as a private messenger and delivery service in Seattle, Washington. Today, UPS is leading the logistics industry; UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company and a premier provider of global supply chain management solutions. We deliver an average of 20 million pieces per day, or a total of 5.1 billion packages. Each business day, UPS delivers packages for 1.5 million shipping customers to 9 million recipients ("consignees") in over 220 countries and territories. Worldwide, whether your business is high tech or handmade, or anything in between, our expert-designed e-commerce shipping services can make your small business run more efficiently.