Is UPS running on New Year's Day?
UPS · New Year's Day
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No — UPS doesn't pick up or deliver on New Year's Day.
New Year's Day is one of the seven days on the UPS holiday list: no Ground or Air pickup, no delivery, and no drop-box collection. Packages already in the network stay where they are, and every scheduled delivery date that lands on the holiday moves to the next business day.
UPS Express Critical still runs. Tracking keeps updating too, so a shipment that sits at "in transit" through January 1 hasn't stalled — there is simply nobody moving it until the network restarts. The day before is its own case: on New Year's Eve, Air deliveries run but Ground doesn't move in either direction.
| Holiday | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Thursday, January 1, 2026 | Closed UPS holiday — no pickup or delivery. Express Critical still runs. |
| New Year's Eve | Thursday, December 31, 2026 | Modified Air deliveries run; no Ground pickup or delivery on New Year's Eve. |
| New Year's Day | Friday, January 1, 2027 | Closed UPS holiday — no pickup or delivery. |
What else on New Year's Day?
| Who | Status |
|---|---|
| Banks | Closed No — banks are closed on New Year's Day. |
| Mail & the Post Office | Closed No — there's no mail delivery on New Year's Day, and post offices are closed. |
| The Stock Market | Closed No — the stock market is closed on New Year's Day. |
| FedEx | Closed No — FedEx is closed on New Year's Day, with no pickup or delivery. |
| Federal Offices | Closed No — federal offices are closed on New Year's Day. |
| Trash Pickup | Varies Usually not — New Year's Day is one of the six holidays most cities take off, but your hauler sets the schedule. |
| Schools | Closed No — January 1 falls inside winter break in nearly every district. |
Questions people ask
Is anything delivered by UPS on New Year's Day?
Only Express Critical, the emergency service, which runs every day of the year and is arranged with UPS directly. Every other service waits for the next business day.
Are UPS drop boxes emptied on New Year's Day?
No — drop-box collection runs with the pickup schedule, so a package left in one on the holiday goes out with the next business day's pickup and gets its first scan then.
Checked against the UPS holiday schedule, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses.