President Donald Trump‘s plan to increase tariffs continues to impact U.S. and global trade and commerce. United Parcel Service, also known as UPS, is expected to cut around 20,000 jobs and close 164 buildings due to ‘new or increased tariffs,’ USA TODAY reports.
Will Ohio locations be affected? Here’s what to know.
UPS layoffs affect roughly 4% of its workforce
The layoffs were announced on Apr. 29 in UPS’ first quarter earnings report.
In 2024, UPS employed approximately 490,000 people globally, including around 330,000 jobs represented by Teamsters in the United States. Cutting 20,000 jobs represents about 4% of UPS’ workforce.
By the end of June, UPS will close 73 buildings, with a total of 164 buildings expected to be closed by the end of the year.
Are UPS locations in Ohio affected?
Currently, UPS has not specified which locations and which types of buildings will close.
The job cuts and building closures are expected to save UPS $3.5 billion in 2025, per the earnings report. UPS’ consolidation and cost-saving initiative, “Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined,” is expected to end in 2027, according to the company.
UPS has over 40 hubs, customer centers, airport facilities and railroad operations in Ohio, including:
- Athens: 1 Kenny Dr.
- Austinburg: 1553 Route 45 S
- Boardman: 95 Karago Ave.
- Brilliant: 500 Labelle Ave.
- Canton: 4850 Navarre Ave.
- Celina: 1851 Industrial Dr.
- Chillicothe: 1536 N Bridge St.
- Cincinnati: 1276 W 8th St.
- Cincinnati: 640 W 3rd St.
- Clairsville: 44191 Lafferty Rd, St.
- Cleveland: 4300 E 68th St.
- Cleveland: 331 Bishop Road
- Cleveland: 5203 W Hangar Road
- Columbus: 5101 Trabue Road
- Columbus: 2162 Reserve Road
- Dayton: 1308 Brandt Pike
- Defiance: 820 Carpenter Road
- Elyria: 246 Warden Ave.
- Findlay: 1301 Commerce Pkwy.
- Fremont: 727 Hagerty Road
- Girard: 800 Trumbull Ave.
- Hamilton: 1951 Logan Ave.
- Hebron, Kentucky: 1260 Aviation Blvd. (Near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
- Lancaster: 511 S High St.
- Lima: 801 Industrial Ave.
- Mansfield: 875 W Longview Ave.
- Marietta: 105 Industry Road
- Marion: 1476 Likens Road
- Maumee: 1550 Holland Road
- Middleburg Heights: 17940 Englewood Dr.
- Milan: 12614 Rt. 250
- Newark: 1099 E Main St.
- New Philadelphia: 241 8th St. SW
- North Baltimore: 16615 Deshler Road
- Obetz: 2450 Rathmell Road
- Piqua: 8460 Industry Park Dr.
- Portsmouth: 21 Gingersnap Road
- Sharonville: 11141 Canal Road
- Springfield: 500 W Leffel Lane
- Toledo: 2101 Hill Ave.
- Wadsworth: 478 Corporate Pkwy.
- West Carrollton: 225 S Alex Road
- Wooster: 3250 Old Airport Road
- Zanesville: 1507 Augusta Ave.
UPS reducing Amazon delivery volume by 50%: CFO
UPS cautioned in January that it was expediting its plan to reduce millions of deliveries for its largest customer, Amazon.com, which accounted for 11.8% of its overall revenue in 2024, CNBC reported.
“We are reducing the amount of volume we deliver for Amazon by more than 50% by June 2026,” Brian Dykes, UPS’ chief financial officer, said in a statement to USA TODAY. “Associated with this volume reduction, we are undertaking the largest network reconfiguration in our history.”
According to Dykes, UPS’s “planned reductions are in line with the total Amazon volume decline.”
