Business Mail

Make day-to-day business post work harder for you, and save money with Royal Mail

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All businesses need to communicate with customers, and mail is one way to get important messages to them. Business Mail such as bills, invoices, appointments, customer service updates and administrative information create added value for businesses and their customers. It significantly boosts customer experience which has a positive impact on an organisation’s bottom line.

Why Royal Mail for Business Mail?

  • Discounts based on quantity, address accuracy, and sorting
  • Flexible options for ways to prepare and present your mail
  • Manage it all through your Online Business Account (OBA)

Mail formats

Maximum letter sizes

Format Dimensions Weight limit

Letter

Up to 240mm x 165mm x 5mm

Up to 100g

Large letter

Up to 353mm x 250mm x 25mm

Up to 750g

Large letter if machine-readable

Up to 345mm x 245mm 10mm

Up to 750g

 

Business Mail prices

Retail Letters price guidepdf, 2.88 MB

Business Mail discounts

You can save up to 3p per letter by using our barcoded services. 

You can use the new barcoded products if:

  • You send your customers letters and large letters that we sort on your behalf
  • You currently use our standard Business Mail product (code: STL), our Advertising Mail product (code: CLN) and/or 1C & 2C Account Mail product (code: BPL)
  • You hold or set up an account with us
  • You send non-fulfilment items via your account

Find out more about barcode savings

Benefit from discounts based on the quantity of mail you send. You only need to meet the minimum threshold, starting at just 250 for machine-readable unsorted letters.

A guide to using mail more sustainably

From targeting and design through to recycling, learn about the steps you need to help you create more sustainable mail campaigns

Download the report

Help and technical information

Business Mail help

 

Product documentation and downloads

Royal Mail Business Mail Summarypdf, 157.73 KB

Business Mail User Guidepdf, 460.03 KB

Account Barcode Unsorted User Guidepdf, 1.14 MB

Specific Terms for Marketingpdf, 141.97 KB

Business Mail permitted items guidancepdf, 136.12 KB

 

Royal Mail will print and post your mail for you

Create, print and send mail from anywhere with Hybrid Mail

Helping you streamline your mailing processes. Send mail online with a few simple clicks
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Subscription and Publishing Mail

Specialist mail services for publishers

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Benefits of mail and research

  • 43% of Business Mail drives commercial actions* such as going online, discussing with others or making a purchase
  • Business Mail makes a lasting impression. 99% of it is engaged with in some way.* It’s opened, read, shared and discussed
  • 71% of consumers say they trust mail
  • 83% of consumers say they want a choice of both digital and mail communications from brands
  • Consumers prefer to receive sensitive or confidential information by post
  • Business Mail help to reduce branch visits, call traffic and costly missed appointments

Mail is memorable and trustworthy, and it makes your customers feel valued. Read our research report written in collaboration with Customer Experience experts Accenture to see how Business Mail can work harder for you.

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*JICMAIL, Kantar TNS, Q2 2017 - Q1 2018.

Sources: Marketreach and Accenture report, Customer Mail The Physical Connection that Transforms Customer Experience, 2022.