Uber's package delivery service drives rapid growth for small businesses

Uber Connect is helping deliver packages across 23 cities. Total deliveries over the past two years have covered a distance enough to circumnavigate the earth 1,100 times

Ride-hailing giant Uber said that Connect, its package delivery line of business, has completed two years of operations, helping deliver packages across 23 cities and driving growth for many small businesses around the country. Altogether total deliveries through Uber Connect over a period of the last two years have covered a distance enough to circumnavigate the earth over 1,100 times.  

The product, launched in 2020 during the nationwide lockdown, was initially intended to help people deliver packages safely while staying within the comfort of their homes. The testing times the country faced during those days meant Connect was used by