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53% -- last mile delivery cost share for e-commerce last-mile delivery (2025)
Last-mile delivery accounts for up to 53% of total shipping costs.
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2025
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30
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45
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95
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Insider Intelligence
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https://www.caliper.com/maptitude/route-mapping-software/default.htm ↗
Source Article
Route Mapping Software
10 December 2025
The delivery route planning tools in Maptitude mapping software identify optimal routes for travel and deliveries among waypoints, calculate the distances between destinations, and produce driving directions.
- Why Choose Maptitude for Delivery Route Optimization?
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Insider Intelligence
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Vendor product page citing Insider Intelligence; figure presented as an upper bound ('up to 53%') for last-mile delivery's share of total shipping costs. Page dated 10 December 2025.
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e-commerce last-mile delivery: 53% last mile delivery cost share. Source: Insider Intelligence (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-delivery-53-pct-of-shipping-costs
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-delivery-53-pct-of-shipping-costs" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>53%</strong> -- last mile delivery cost share for e-commerce last-mile delivery<br><small>Source: Insider Intelligence (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-delivery-53-pct-of-shipping-costs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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