Correos

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Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E.

Current Correos logo
Main headquarters in Campo de las Naciones
Trade name	Correos
Company type	Sociedad anónima Sociedad mercantil estatal
Industry	Postal services, courier
Predecessor	Entidad Pública Empresarial Correos y Telégrafos
Founded	1716; 308 years ago (1716)[1]
Headquarters	Madrid , Spain
Services	Letter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, freight forwarding, third-party logistics
Owner	Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales
Number of employees	53,065 (2018)[2]
Website	correos.es

Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E., trading under the name Correos ("packages"), is a state-owned postal service and courier for Spain and Andorra, the latter bilateral with French-equivalent La Poste. Based in Madrid, it is one of the largest postal services in the world. Across Spain, it has more than 53,000 employees, over 10,000 branches and sends 5.4 billion pieces of mail each year.

Correos dates back to 1716, a dynasty change in Spain ended the tradition of giving the duty to take care of postal services to notable families. On 8 July 1716, King Philip V appointed Juan Tomás de Goyeneche as Chief Superintendent and General Administrator of the Postal Offices, making the State responsible postal services.

The company is 100% state owned, through the SEPI Group. Its subsidiaries are Correos Express (express mail); Correos Nexea (business to business communication and document management services) and Correos Telecom for telecommunication infrastructure.