FedEx group to buy InPost for European out-of-home parcel network

A consortium of backstage investors led by FedEx connected Monday reached an statement connected an all-cash connection to bargain publically traded InPost, a fast-growing explicit transportation steadfast based successful Poland for 7.8 cardinal euros (equivalent to $9.2 billion) arsenic FedEx moves to seizure a larger stock of the of the European B2C market.

FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which would instrumentality a 37% involvement successful InPost, is partnered with backstage equity steadfast Advent; concern institution A&R, which is controlled by InPost laminitis Rafal Brzoska and presently owns 12% of InPost shares; and PPF Group, a ample concern and concern holding company.

FedEx’s number involvement volition let the parcel logistics integrator to rapidly pat into the accelerated maturation of out-of-home parcel transportation crossed cardinal European markets and let planetary customers to entree InPost’s network, wherever parcel volumes person quadrupled implicit 5 years arsenic consumers progressively marque retail purchases online.

The fiscal backing volition assistance InPost proceed its enlargement crossed Europe and instal much automated parcel machines. The companies said successful their announcement that determination is an accidental to importantly turn InPost’s out-of-home transportation web crossed Europe with rising user request for frictionless transportation service.

InPost specializes successful out-of-home delivery, utilizing a web of 61,000 parcel lockers and much than 34,000 pick-up/drop-off points successful respective countries to enactment much than 100,000 e-commerce sellers. It besides offers front-door service. InPost past twelvemonth acquired Yodel for $144 million, making it the third-largest autarkic parcel relation successful the UK, and Spain-based courier Sending. The carrier’s parcel volumes successful 2025 accrued 25% to much than 1.4 billion.

Under the tentative deal, Advent volition besides clasp 37% of InPost, with A&R owning 16% and PPF holding 10%. InPost volition proceed to run arsenic a standalone company, with Brzoska arsenic CEO.

The buyers said they enactment InPost’s strategy to further grow its European footprint successful France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Benelux and the United Kingdom, the largest e-commerce marketplace successful Europe. The concern besides volition let InPost to further make its mobile app, which allows retail consumers to unfastened automated parcel lockers, way shipments, person accomplishment notices and marque labelless returns.

“Building connected our occurrence successful Poland, this transaction volition enactment our adjacent signifier of maturation arsenic we proceed to turn crossed Europe. By partnering with the long‐term fiscal and strategical investors of the consortium who cognize our concern and the manufacture well, we payment from the expertise, stableness and resources needed to capitalize connected the beardown tailwinds including expanding e-commerce penetration, rising user request for velocity and convenience and the displacement towards much sustainable transportation solutions,” said Brzoska successful the announcement. “Together, we volition fortify our web and scope much consumers with enhanced accelerated and flexible transportation options arsenic we proceed our nonsubjective of redefining the European e-commerce sector.”