American technology company
Pitney Bowes Inc. Formerly Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company Company type Public NYSE : PBI S&P 600 Component Industry Business services Founded April 23, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-04-23 ) Founders Headquarters 3001 Summer Street, , United States
Key people
Services Revenue US$ 2.027 billion (2024)Number of employees
7,200 (2024) Website pitneybowes .com Footnotes / references [ 1]
Pitney Bowes Inc. is an American technology company[ 2] most known for its postage meters and other mailing equipment, services, and other technologies.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] The company was founded by Arthur Pitney , who invented the first commercially available postage meter ,[ 9] and Walter Bowes as the Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company on April 23, 1920.[ 2] [ 9] [ 10]
The company provides services of the mailing, shipping, and financial varieties[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] to approximately 750,000 customers globally, as of 2021[update] .[ 14] Pitney Bowes is a certified "work-share partner" of the United States Postal Service ,[ 15] and helps the agency sort and process 15 billion pieces of mail annually.[ 16] Pitney Bowes has also commissioned surveys related to international e-commerce.[ 17]
Pitney Bowes is based in Stamford, Connecticut , and as of October 2021[update] employed approximately 11,000 people worldwide.[ 18]
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^ "Pitney Bowes Promotes Its President" . The New York Times . The Associated Press. March 20, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
^ "Profit Rises at Pitney Bowes and Its Shares Gain" . The New York Times . Reuters. February 5, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
^ Perlberg, Steven (January 14, 2015). "Mail Giant Pitney Bowes Unveils Logo to Emphasize Digital Savvy" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 3, 2024 .
^ Baskin, Brian (March 25, 2016). "Pitney Bowes Gauges New Path Away From Mass Mailings" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved May 23, 2017 .
^ Tsidulko, Joseph (September 15, 2016). "Legacy Tech Vendor Pitney Bowes Is Rolling Out Cutting-Edge Geospatial Software to the Channel" . CRN . Westborough, Massachusetts. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
^ a b "America's Mailing Industry: Pitney Bowes" . National Postal Museum (Smithsonian Institution ). Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
^ Bosak, Chris (August 4, 2016). "Innovation at Pitney Bowes impresses Esty" . The News-Times . Danbury, Connecticut: Hearst Communications. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
^ Singer, Stephen (October 12, 2020). "Pitney Bowes, turning 100, shifts to ecommerce as its trusted postage meter recedes into the past" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 22, 2022 .
^ Schott, Paul (May 4, 2020). "Pitney Bowes sees revenues flatline, loss for first quarter" . The Advocate . Retrieved March 22, 2022 .
^ Jakab, Spencer (August 21, 2020). "Pitney Bowes Is Unboxing E-Commerce Bonanza" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved March 22, 2022 .
^ Brown, Steve (March 19, 2021). "Business equipment firm lands at DFW Airport with shipping hub" . Dallas Morning News . Retrieved March 22, 2022 .
^ "Pitney Bowes acquires Naperville's ProSORT" . Daily Herald . Arlington Heights, Illinois: Paddock Publications. February 15, 2017. OCLC 18030507 . Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
^ Stock, Kyle (September 16, 2015). "Pitney Bowes, Maker of Postage Machines, Believes in Life After Mail" . Bloomberg . Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Schott, Paul (October 18, 2016). "Pitney Bowes survey: Online shopping goes global" . The Advocate . Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
^ Schott, Paul (October 13, 2021). "Stamford-based Pitney Bowes awarded $79M federal contract" . The Advocate . Retrieved March 22, 2022 .