A local courier service is the same thing as a same day delivery service.  A courier service can be a short distance delivery of an enveloppe or a long distance haul of large parts.  Typically courier companies are a time sensitive delivery business and offer a higher quality sensitive delivery route.

There are several different types of local courier delivery services.  There are motorcycle couriers, bicycle couriers, cars, trucks of all sorts, rail and airplane.

Local courier services range in their service delivery area from a few miles around a city to national couriers services such as Naparex.  A same day delivery company will typically use independent contractors or employee drivers to move the packages.  The contractors are under certain guidelines to ensure a quality and time sensitive delivery.

It is not uncommon for a local courier service to utilize the services of other same day delivery companies.  In many cases, many deliveries require the use of several different existing delivery mechanisms, such as using one courier service in one city, then linked through the Internet to the airlines and communicate a pick up and delivery in another city.  This can be done from one side of the country to the other in 8 hours, from the time of the call to the delivery.

There are many local courier services in the United States.  They range in size from one driver to several hundred, some in the thousands of drivers.  The typical size of the average local courier service in the United States is estimated to be around a $2.5mm business and according the US Census bureau, there are roughly 8,500 local same day delivery services in the United States.

Courier Services such as Naparex use several hundred regional and local couriers around the country to move packages.  Using software to ensure quality, Naparex is the only company to employ sophisticated technology to use most optimized delivery route.  Naparex also owns and operate 8 of their own physical warehouse hubs in 7 states.