Swedish Parcel Market 2021

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) is responsible for monitoring the developments in the postal market, ensuring that postal services meet society’s needs, and promoting efficient competition in the market. Since 2018, the PTS is the designated national regulatory authority for Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on Cross-Border Parcel Delivery Services, which aims to promote competition and price transparency in the parcel market. Since the coming into force of this regulation, the PTS has gained increased powers to collect data from businesses operating in the Swedish parcel market. The purpose of this report is to describe the developments in the Swedish parcel market in terms of market growth and market concentration. Based on these statistics, the PTS can conclude, that the parcel market is a dynamic and growing market, with an increasing number of actors operating within the various segments in the market.

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