Sales Performance: Printing & Shipping Franchises

Overall category sales of $7.6 billion

Moderate Category Growth as Some Brands See a Decline

In a category that’s struggled to sustain consistent growth in recent years, it’s again Minuteman Press and The UPS Store that are leading the pack in terms of sales and unit increases. Minuteman Press grew sales 9.3 percent in 2024 to finish the year at $637 million. The UPS Store, a franchised subsidiary of United Parcel Service, posted modest 2.4 percent sales and 2.8 percent unit growth. “Reaching over 1,000 Minuteman Press franchise locations has long been a goal of ours. This is a huge accomplishment that could not have been done without the dedication of our franchise owners and the hard work of our regional teams as well as the staff at world HQ,” said President Nick Titus. Unishippers rebounded from a down year in 2023 to post its best results in years, up 7.3 percent. “We do a ton of internal tracking and accountability with all our franchisees every single week to see where they stack up against their peers. It’s really helped our bottom line,” said Dustin Wesley, who oversees franchise development for Unishippers. On the other end of the spectrum, Signarama, Fastsigns and Allegra Marketing all reported small percentage declines in overall sales.

—Joe Halpern

Mailing, Shipping and Packaging
Rank '25	Rank '24	Franchise Concept	Sales Growth %	Global Sales ($M)	Total Units
99	109	Unishippers	7.3%	758	206
182	191	InXpress	3.8%	325	437
30	30	The UPS Store	2.4%	3,890*	5,776
Printing, Graphics and Signs
Rank '25	Rank '24	Franchise Concept	Sales Growth %	Global Sales ($M)	Total Units
122	134	Minuteman Press	9.3%	637	1,016
309	321	SpeedPro	4.6%	109	121
254	273	Sir Speedy Print Signs Marketing	4.3%	170	133
359	369	PIP Marketing Signs Print	1.6%	76	52
233	242	Image360	0.7%	209	273
153	160	SIGNARAMA	-0.4%	416	680
95	94	FASTSIGNS	-1.6%	772	789
223	223	Allegra Marketing Print Mail	-4.8%	225	220