Romania is followed by Hungary, Portugal and Greece. Germany is Europe’s biggest courier services market, with a market value above EUR50 billion.
Romania’s courier services market in 2020 posted significant growth as restrictions forced people to spend more time at home and buy more online. The domestic e-commerce, e-tailing and services market revolved around EUR7 billion, up 36% year-on-year.
The courier services market went beyond the RON5 billion threshold in 2020, but the positive trend stalled in the first half of 2021 amid looser restrictions.
Romania’s courier services market expanded considerably during the 2008-2020 period. From an overall turnover of RON875 million in 2008, it got to over RON5 billion ten years later, which translates into an almost sixfold increase.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)