UPS GRI 2025: TransImpact's Analysis General Rate Increase

UPS has announced a 5.9% General Rate Increase for 2025. The UPS GRI 2025 may feel like more of the same for most parcel shippers because it is the same 5.9% increase as last year and a similar increase to this year’s FedEx GRI. It also contains many of the same changes to individual base rates and surcharges its primary competitor will implement in 2025.

The experts at TransImpact have published the industry’s most complete analysis that explains in detail what you need to know and do to mitigate the cost increases.

As a preview, here’s a recap of some of the most impactful changes in the GRI 2025.

• Many of the largest increases will impact bulky packages.
• The average increase to the most-used surcharges is 13.6% (but some go up to 27%)!
• Distance shipped is a key factor influencing most service types with higher (a.k.a. longer) zones facing higher increases.
• UPS is implementing new ways to drive more revenue per piece with updates to the Additional Handling Surcharge Minimum Billable Weight and an updated DAS zip code list.

Our UPS GRI 2025 report contains over a dozen charts and illustrations that will quickly put you in the know and set your parcel operation up for success in 2025.

Click here to download our 2025 UPS GRI report.