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Mailing Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Mailing service providers are most often known as presorters, although they commonly offer mail services beyond sorting, such as direct mail or fulfillment services. Mailing services aid business productivity by reducing the time spent on mailing activities, such as labeling, inserting, sorting, and metering. Typical buyers are government agencies, businesses, and educational institutions, whereas providers are typically small regional suppliers.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Mailing Services procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Mailing Services market in the United States includes Mailing Services for Standard Postcards, Mailing Services for Letters, Mailing Services for Brochures, Mailing Services for Full Page Flyers, Mailing Services for Business Cards, Presorting Services, Mailing List Services and First Class Mail. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-8219-Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities, NACE-82.19-Photocopying, Document Preparation And Other Specialised Office Support Activities, NAICS-561430-Business service centres and UNSPSC-80141800-Mailing services.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Mailing Services procurement coverage includes Presorting (The process of grouping mail by zip code.), Flat (A flat piece of mail larger than the standard letter size.), Processing Time (The length of time between mail pickup from a buyer and mail submission to the USPS.), Commingling (The process of combining mail from multiple businesses to take advantage of bulk mailing rates.) and Earned Value Reply Mail (A promotional mailing technology that uses an intelligent barcode containing a mailer's registered Mailer ID (MID) to keep track of and deliver postage credits for every mail piece that is sent.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Mailing Services procurement report as suppliers are United Business Mail Inc., Professional Mail Services Inc., Mailing Solutions, Inc., Automated Presort Services and Automated Mailing Systems Inc..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Mailing Services market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per 100 units of mail, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Mailing Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Mailing Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Mailing Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Mailing Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Mailing Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Mailing Services is $62.96 per 100 units of mail. Prices have declined at a CAGR of -1.06 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Mailing Services market?
The top vendors in the Mailing Services market include United Business Mail Inc., Professional Mail Services Inc., Mailing Solutions, Inc., Automated Presort Services and Automated Mailing Systems Inc..
What industries supply the Mailing Services market?
The top industries supplying the Mailing Services market are Computer Stores in the US, Computer Manufacturing in the US, Power Tools & Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing in the US, Iron & Steel Manufacturing in the US, Truck Dealers in the US and Truck & Bus Manufacturing in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Mailing Services?
Fragmented vendor landscape increases buyer power and flexibility. With low market share concentration and most vendors operating regionally, buyers are well-positioned to drive price competition and negotiate more favorable terms. Buyers should leverage RFP processes to push for lower prices, and can leverage the large pool of competing suppliers to adopt a multi-supplier purchasing strategy.
What factors affect the price of Mailing Services?
The type of mail significantly affects pricing, as different mail types have varying costs associated with printing, preparation, and postage. For example, letters may be printed on multiple pages and must be folded and placed in an envelope, increasing the cost cost of producing and mailing this type of mail relatice to the cost of a standard post card.
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