Pak & Ship All

What Pak & Ship All does

Pak & Ship All is a privately held, single-location retail service center operating from 1317 N. San Fernando Blvd in Burbank, California. The company has served the local community for over 36 years (founded circa 1988), offering a consolidated suite of mailing, shipping, and document services as an alternative to post offices and government offices. The business is owner-operated with no disclosed parent company, investors, or institutional capital.

The service portfolio centers on seven core offerings: shipping and packing via FedEx, DHL, and USPS (domestic and international); private mailbox rentals with a street address and optional 24/7 access; on-site notary public services available without appointment during business hours; live scan and ink fingerprinting transmitted to the Department of Justice and FBI; passport and ID photo services plus adult passport renewals; fax sending and receiving; and computer rental, document scanning, color copies, and shredding. The underlying technology is non-proprietary—standard carrier integrations, fax hardware, scanning equipment, and a WordPress-based website at packandshipburbank.com serve as the operating stack. No APIs, proprietary software, or technology platform has been disclosed.

The revenue model is a mix of transactional fees (shipping, notary, passport photos, fingerprinting, fax, scanning) and recurring mailbox rental subscriptions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and appears quote-based at point of service. Customer acquisition is driven by walk-in traffic, a 36-year local reputation, word-of-mouth referrals, and local SEO rather than paid digital marketing. The target customer base comprises local Burbank residents, home-based businesses and solopreneurs needing a professional street address, professionals requiring notarization or document services, and job applicants and licensing candidates needing certified fingerprinting.

Name

Pak & Ship All

Website

https://packandshipburbank.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pak & Ship All is a privately held Burbank, California retail service center offering shipping (FedEx, DHL, USPS), mailbox rentals, notary, passport photos, live scan fingerprinting, fax, and document scanning to local residents and small businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burbank

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Shipping Services: Revenue from packing and shipping services using FedEx, DHL, and USPS carriers. The company acts as a shipping point and provides expert packing services for domestic and international shipments.
2. Mailbox Rental: Monthly or periodic mailbox rental fees providing customers with a street address, 24/7 optional access, and package receiving services. Additional revenue from mail forwarding services.
3. Notary Public Services: One-time fees for document notarization services provided on-site during business hours with no appointment necessary.
4. Passport Photo Services: Fees for professional passport photos, ID photos, and passport renewal assistance services.
5. Live Scan Fingerprinting: Fees for electronic fingerprinting services for background checks, DOJ and FBI record registration, and licensing/employment requirements. Also offers ink fingerprinting on FD 258 cards.
6. Fax Services: Fees for sending and receiving faxes locally, long distance, and internationally. Customers can send documents to the business for pickup.
7. Document Scanning and Computer Rental: Fees for document scanning, digital copies, computer rental, internet access, color copies, and paper shredding services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Pak & Ship All is a local retail service center in Burbank, California that provides packing and carrier shipping, mailbox rentals, notary services, document scanning, passport photos, and live scan fingerprinting. The center serves individual consumers and small/home-based businesses in the surrounding community on a walk-in basis.

Product overview

Pak & Ship All is a local business services center offering a unified suite of mailing, shipping, and document management services. The core offering centers on Shipping & Packaging combined with Mailbox Rental for private street addresses. Supporting services include Fax Services, Notary Public, Live Scan Fingerprinting, Passport Photo Service, and Computer Rental & Document Scanning. All services are provided at a single physical location in Burbank, CA, and are designed to serve as a one-stop alternative to government offices and postal facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Packing & Shipping Retail packing and carrier shipping service for boxes, parcels, envelopes, and freight. Customers bring items to the Burbank counter for professional packing and shipment via major carriers; intended for local residents, travelers, and small businesses needing to send items domestically or internationally.
• Mailbox Rentals Rental of private mailboxes at the Burbank storefront, giving customers a stable commercial mailing address and in-person package receipt. Targeted at small businesses, home-based businesses, sole proprietors, and remote workers in the Burbank area.
• Notary Services In-person notary public service for acknowledgment of signatures and notarization of legal and financial documents. Available to walk-in customers during store hours.
• Document Scanning Walk-in digital document scanning service that converts paper documents into digital files for walk-in customers needing electronic copies for personal, legal, or business use.
• Passport Photos On-site capture and printing of compliant passport and ID photos for walk-in customers preparing travel or identification documents.
• Live Scan Fingerprinting California DOJ-certified Live Scan digital fingerprinting service for employment, licensing, background checks, and other state-regulated purposes. Performed in person at the Burbank store for walk-in applicants.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FedExcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFedEx is a shipping carrier partner providing domestic and international shipping services. Pak & Ship All serves as a FedEx shipping point, offering expert packing and shipping services to customers.
• DHLcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDHL is an international shipping carrier partner providing global shipping services. Pak & Ship All offers DHL shipping for international package delivery.
• United States Postal Service (USPS)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUSPS is a domestic postal carrier partner providing mailing and shipping services. Pak & Ship All offers USPS shipping options including Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, and Standard Post.
• Department of Justice (DOJ)coreOthersDOJ is the government agency to which Pak & Ship All submits live scan fingerprint data for background checks and employment verification purposes.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)coreOthersFBI is the federal agency to which Pak & Ship All transmits fingerprint data for criminal background checks and record registration as part of licensing and employment requirements.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• PostalAnnex (now Annex Brands): Long-standing franchise network (formerly PostalAnnex/Pack & Mail) operating retail shipping and business service centers with virtually identical service mix. Direct franchise peer in the same niche.
• Postal Connections: Retail shipping and business services franchise offering mailbox rentals, notary, passport photos, and packing services via UPS/FedEx/USPS. Operates in the same independent franchise category as Pak & Ship All.
• Goin' Postal: National franchise chain of independently-owned shipping centers offering packing, shipping via multiple carriers, mailbox rentals, and business services. Highly comparable business model and customer target.
• The UPS Store: Largest US franchise network of pack-and-ship centers offering the same core services as Pak & Ship All (shipping via UPS/USPS, mailbox rentals, notary, passport photos, document services). Operates 5,000+ locations nationally and represents the dominant direct competitor model.
• FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko's): FedEx's own retail chain offering packing, shipping via FedEx, document services, and printing. Direct overlap with Pak & Ship All's shipping and document scanning services, with greater brand recognition and corporate backing.
• Pak Mail Centers of America: National franchise network of packing, shipping, and business service centers with a similar one-stop model including mailbox rental, notary, and document services. Closely comparable independent-franchise alternative to Pak & Ship All.

Emerging players

• Boomerang (BAI Mobile): Digital mail service offering virtual mailbox and mail forwarding as an alternative to physical mailbox rentals. Targets the same home-based business customer with a digital-only delivery model.
• Stamps.com (Auctane): Online shipping platform enabling home/office printing of shipping labels for USPS, UPS, and FedEx. Represents the digital-native alternative that could erode the walk-in shipping value proposition Pak & Ship All relies on.
• Hyphen (formerly KeepItSafe / iPostal1): Virtual mailbox and digital mail service providing real street addresses and mail scanning/forwarding without physical store visits. Direct digital disruptor to Pak & Ship All's physical mailbox rental business.

Broad incumbents

• USPS (United States Postal Service): Federal postal agency whose retail post offices offer direct competition on shipping, PO boxes (mailbox rentals), and passport photos. As a partner carrier and a competitor simultaneously, USPS occupies a unique dual role relative to Pak & Ship All.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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