Serpost

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title: "Serpost" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-established-in-1991", "1991-establishments-in-peru", "companies-based-in-lima", "postal-organizations", "government-owned-companies-of-peru", "postal-system-of-peru", "communications-in-peru"] description: "Peruvian government post-service company" topic_path: "general/companies-established-in-1991" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpost" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Peruvian government post-service company ::

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Field	Value
name	Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A.
logo_size	100px
logo_caption	Current logo
type	Sociedad anónima
industry	Postal service
predecessor	Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos
founded
hq_location_city	Lima
hq_location_country	Peru
owner	Ministry of Transport and Communications
website
image	Fachada SERPOST Cusco 01.jpg
image_caption	Post office in Cusco
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| name = Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A. | logo = | logo_size = 100px | logo_caption = Current logo | type = Sociedad anónima | industry = Postal service | predecessor = Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos | founded = | hq_location_city = Lima | hq_location_country = Peru | owner = Ministry of Transport and Communications | website = | image = Fachada SERPOST Cusco 01.jpg | image_caption = Post office in Cusco Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A., trading under the name Serpost, is a state-owned postal service and courier of Peru. As the country's national post office, it employs 563 postal workers, 1,744 other workers and has 158 offices in Peru.

The state-owned company is dedicated to the service of correspondence, money orders, and the national and international parcel and delivery market, and fulfills the functions of the Universal Postal Service.

History

The company was created on November 5, 1991 through Supreme Decree #685, succeeding the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos, which had a monopoly on the postal service of Peru since 1916. It formally started functioning on November 22, 1994.

References

References

1. "Serpost recibe más de 260 000 transacciones al mes por compras electrónicas". La República.
2. "Nómina Activa de SERVICIOS POSTALES DEL PERU SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SERPOST S.A.". DatosPerú.org.
3. "El otrora poderoso servicio postal". El Comercio.
4. (1991-11-05). "Decreto Legislativo 685, Declaran al Servicio Postal, de Necesidad y Utilidad Pública y de Preferente Interés Social".
5. "Quiénes somos".

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