Despite the worsening market conditions, the Polish company InPost recorded an increase in revenues by 82% in 2021, up to PLN 4.6 billion. The company intends to continue investing in new parcel lockers and developing operations in France and Great Britain.
Rafał Brzoska, founder and president of the management board of InPost said that the 2021 year was another period of strong growth for the company. “Our parcel lockers are not only the most frequently chosen by customers but also the most environmentally friendly form of delivery in e-commerce. We increased our market share by installing nine times more parcel lockers than all our competitors combined. We currently have over 2.4 million lockers, which means 96% of all available ones on the entire Polish market.”
For more than half of Poland’s inhabitants, InPost parcel lockers are available within a 7-minute walk.
He emphasized that his company’s services are the most preferred form of last-mile delivery for the vast majority of consumers in Poland. 91% of them choose InPost parcel lockers as their first, preferred form of delivery.
“This proven e-commerce delivery model gives us great potential for growth in other European markets. We have also managed to significantly accelerate our international expansion thanks to the acquisition of the French company Mondial Relay – the largest player in out-of-home parcel deliveries on the French market and also a significant player in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal”, added Rafał Brzoska.
Adjusted EBITDA of InPost Group increased by 63.7% in 2021 to PLN 1,626 million.
More than 38,000 online stores use 16,445 InPost parcel machines in Poland,
In 2021, the total number of InPost boxes in Poland increased from 1.48 million to 2.41 million. This increase accounted for 90% of all new net caches on the market, which means that at the end of 2021 InPost had 96% of all existing caches in Poland. According to the volume of parcels, it is estimated that InPost’s share in the locker market in 2021 reached 98%.
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