La Poste’s price for postage for letters and parcels will increase on average by 6.73% on January 1, 2027, including an increase of almost 10% for the Green Letter for daily mailings, which will increase to 1.67 euros compared to 1.52 today, the group announced on Monday July 27.
The public company justifies this increase in postage rates by the need to “ensure the sustainability of the universal postal service with high quality”, while the continued decline in the number of letters transported has been reducing La Poste’s revenues for years. At the start of 2026, these prices had increased by an average of 7.4%.
The universal postal service, one of La Poste’s four public service missions, along with press distribution, land use planning and banking accessibility, notably guarantees delivery six days a week. But the group, which achieved 34 billion euros in turnover in 2025, is chronically faced with mail attrition, which costs it “500 million euros in turnover” each year, its new CEO, Marie-Ange, recently recalled. Debon.
Its public service missions are also all undercompensated by the State, which has led to “an overall deficit of more than a billion euros”, warned a parliamentary report at the beginning of July.
Letters and parcels, all concerned
Among the increases planned for January 1, 2027, the price of a 20g registered letter will be increased from €6.11 to €6.47, while that of the services plus letter (sends of important documents) will increase from €3.47 to €3.67. The price of the e-Red Letter (urgent items delivered the next day) will be increased from 1.60 to 1.70 euros, and that of the international letter up to 20 g from 2.25 to 2.45 €.
Customers of the online stamp service to print at home (My Stamp Online) will benefit from a discount of 4 cents, with for example a Green Letter priced at 1.63 euros. Finally, the prices for Colissimo sent by individuals to mainland France and internationally will increase on average by 4.1%, with packages sent between mainland France and overseas, conversely, expected to see a drop of 5%.
The household budget for postal services, which represents “less than €27 per year on average”, should nevertheless decrease by 8.7% in 2027 with the drop in mailings, assures La Poste.
The group, which unveiled its new strategic plan at the beginning of July, is banking on parcels, banking and insurance to reach 40 billion euros in turnover in 2031.
