Dansk Avis Omdeling

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Dansk Avis Omdeling
Company type Aktieselskab
DAO
Industry Postal services, courier
FoundedJanuary 1, 1921;104 years ago (1921-01-01)
HeadquartersVelje, Denmark
ServicesPrint media distribution, Letter post, parcel service
Number of employees
1569 (October 2025)
Website dao.as
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A DAO post van

Dansk Avis Omdeling A/S, known simply by its acronym DAO (Danish: Danish Newspaper Distribution) is a Danish logistics company, which specialises in print media distribution and postal delivery. It was founded in 1921 to deliver newspapers and magazines in the Jutland region on behalf of its owners, which are the three of the country's main newspaper publishing companies; JP/Politikens Hus (51%), JFM (32%) and Berlingske Media (17%). [1]

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Postal service

Since 2011, the company gained a domestic courier licence from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, the office that deals postal licensing in parcel delivery under the Post Act 2010, which liberalise Denmark's postal market. [2] It utilities its network of local newsagents to handle and distribute letters and parcels, with the company's couriers delivering the mail.

On the 6 March 2025, DAO's main rival, the incumbent PostNord Danmark announced that it is pulling out of the postal delivery business at the end of the year, saying it was losing money delivering letters. [3] In response, DAO said it would take over the running of being the main letter courier for the country. [4] However wouldn't be taking over country's post boxes, in effect phasing them out. Instead customers who want to send letters would be required to either send their letters via franchised post outlets, or get them collected by couriers for a small fee.

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References

  1. ↑ "About dao | Read more about us and our delivery services". dao. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Postal Permit". Trafikstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  3. ↑ "PostNord will deliver its final letter at the end of 2025". www.postnord.dk. Archived from the original on 2025-11-30. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  4. ↑ Enstrøm, Louise (2025-03-06). "Efter PostNord-exit: - Vi er klar" [After PostNord's exit - We are ready!]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-12-23.
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