Posti Group

Posti Group Corporation
Native name
Finnish: Posti Group Oyj
Swedish: Posti Group Abp
Company typeJulkinen osakeyhtiö
IndustryPostal service, logistics, financial process automation
Founded6 September 1638; 386 years ago (1638-09-06)
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
Revenue€1.652 billion (2022)[1]
OwnerGovernment of Finland
Number of employees
20,316 (2017 on average)[2]
Websiteposti.com
Posti Group's logo before 2015

Posti Group Oyj (previously Suomen Posti during 1994–2007 and Itella during 2007–2015), trading internationally as Posti Group Corporation, is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland. The State of Finland is the sole shareholder of the company. Posti has a universal service obligation that entails weekday deliveries of letters in all of Finland's municipalities. Posti's head office is located in Pohjois-Pasila in Helsinki. Posti's history spans nearly 400 years.

The Finnish company is divided into three business groups: Postal Services, Parcel and Logistics Services, and OpusCapita. Posti's net sales in 2016 amounted to EUR 1,647 million. Posti has 20,300 employees. Of the net sales, approximately 96% comes from businesses and organizations. The company's key customer sectors are commerce, services and media.

As of 2015, the group is headed by Heikki Malinen, and Arto Markku Pohjola is Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company has operations in ten countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and United States. Åland Post is the independent postal operator for the Åland Islands.

  1. ^ "Posti Group 2022: Sales and profitability grew. Successful peak season execution resulted in strong Q4 profitability", www.posti.com
  2. ^ "Posti's Key Figures". Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.