United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is an American global package delivery company headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. It delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.

UPS is well known for its brown trucks, internally known as package cars (hence the company nickname "Brown"). UPS also operates its own airline (IATA: 5X, ICAO: UPS, Call sign: UPS) based in Louisville, Kentucky.

History
On August 28, 1907, James Casey founded the American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington, capitalized with $100 in debt. In 1913, the first delivery car appears, a Model T Ford. Casey and Ryan merge with a competitor, Evert McCabe, and form Merchants Parcel Delivery. Consolidated delivery is also introduced, combining packages addressed to a certain neighborhood onto one delivery vehicle. In 1918, Charles W. Soderstrom, is recruited and helps manage the company's ever-growing fleet of delivery vehicles. In 1919, Service begins in Oakland, California. The name United Parcel Service is adopted. The first official logo is released.