MAGYAR POSTA – HUNGARY’S UNIVERSAL POSTAL OPERATOR
On 1 January 2013 Hungary joined the liberalised postal market of the European Union. Under the designating provision of the
Postal Services Act, Magyar Posta performs the tasks of the universal service provider until the end of 2030. In this capacity,
we have the statutory opportunity and obligation to ensure that all citizens have access without discrimination to postal
services that meet the basic needs of customers.
In this spirit, we work to provide services at affordable prices by means and at a technological standard that are accessible
to everyone anywhere in Hungary.
LETTERS – NOW TRACKED AS WELL
Magyar Posta delivered more than 300 million letters in 2025.
Since February 2019, similarly to parcels, tracking has been available for domestic registered letters as well on the posta.hu
website and through our mobile application under Tracking in the menu. If you want to check the progress of your letter
click here.
You can post your letter, postcard or picture postcard at any post office or pop it into one of the familiar red post boxes
to be found in streets all over the country.
PARCELS – AT AROUND 3,500 PICK-UP POINTS
Magyar Posta is one of the most important players in the courier, express and parcel (CEP) market. In 2025, around 30 million
parcels were handled by the Company. Of all the Hungarian courier companies, we were the first to set up a parcel locker network.
Currently, parcels can be sent and collected at 700 MPL parcel terminals nationwide. Instead of home delivery, picking up
parcels in person is now also available. Today parcels can be collected at petrol stations and retail outlets, in many places 24 hours a day, as well as through the postal network, and their progress can be tracked on our website.
In order to facilitate the efficient processing of the volume of parcels steadily growing from year to year, Magyar Posta
is constantly improving its infrastructure. The aim is to ensure that the Company can flexibly handle the rising number of
parcels even during peak periods and provide efficient parcel logistics services meeting customer needs by taking advantage
of state-of-the-art IT solutions. As part of the MPL+ Programme, by the end of 2023, the Company had established or modernised
17 depots and put into service 14 automated conveyor lines, resulting in even faster parcel processing.
BILL PAYMENTS, ICSEKK, BILL PAYMENT TERMINALS
In 2025, 120 million bill payment forms were settled at post offices. However, payment no longer has to be made in person
at post offices. Over recent years, Magyar Posta has introduced electronic solutions for bill payments. Our iCsekk application is highly popular as it means bills can be paid conveniently in just a few seconds anywhere at any time. Over the last year,
around 15 million bills, having a total value of more than HUF 155 billion, were paid through mobile applications (through
iCsekk and mobile app solutions incorporated into partners’ apps). This means that over 11% of all bill payments now take
place through mobile applications.
SAVINGS
In addition to letters, parcels and payment services, a range of retail financial products is also available at Posta locations.
Customers trust Magyar Posta and willingly choose from the financial services mediated by us. At our post offices, customers
can access government securities with favourable interest rates, insurance products, bank accounts, credit cards and even
loan contracting services. Magyar Posta is the only place where customers can obtain printed government securities free of
charge, available at more than 1,700 post offices nationwide. At 558 designated locations, customers can also open a securities
account free of charge, enabling them to purchase dematerialised government securities as well.
By the end of 2023, Magyar Posta had completed 1.8 million government security transactions, which means that the portfolio
of government securities purchased at post offices accounts for 12% of the total domestic retail government securities.
A wide selection of insurance products is also available: in addition to life insurance, customers can insure their homes,
cars and travels. And should any damage occur, our colleagues across the entire network are ready to provide personal assistance
throughout the claims process.
NEW POST PARTNER SCHEME
Since the launch of the new type of Post Partner Scheme in February 2023, more than 1,000 partner applications have been
received, and now more than 850 new type post partner service points are operating across the country.
STAMPS
Hungarian stamp issuance is as old as Magyar Posta, and over the last 150 years we have released 5,500 stamps. Hungarian stamps
have spread the country’s good reputation all over the world for many decades, and the stamp designs of Hungarian graphic
artists win prestigious international prizes year in year out. Our stamps are characterised by creativity, innovation and
high-standard execution. The latest stamp specialities are available on our website, where visitors can browse philatelic
news and even purchase the selected stamps
in our webshop.
