Operations
Dispatch, onboarding, settlement, and driver support.
2026 Industry Report · Delivery & Courier Networks
The seven-tool stack is becoming a compliance risk.
Delivery and courier networks ranked highest on tool fragmentation, contractor-support hours, and payment clarity complaints. The report shows why confidence trails the operational load.
Wingspan Survey of 500+ leaders
Delivery & Courier Networks
41%
run seven or more tools across dispatch, settlement, MVR, and 1099.
The highest fragmentation rate of any industry Wingspan surveyed.
What's inside
- 01 Where delivery and courier networks rank against the full survey sample.
- 02 How tool fragmentation affects settlement, support, and classification records.
- 03 What leading owner-operator networks are doing differently.
- Delivery respondents
- 75
- Total sample
- 500+
- Company size
- ~43% have 1,000-4,999 employees
- Source
- 2026 Future of Flexible Work Report
Who this is for
For teams running 1099 owner-operator networks.
Built for delivery, courier, final-mile, and auto-transport operators at scale.
Finance
Per-stop settlement, reconciliation, and pay clarity.
Compliance
MVRs, credentials, classification records, and 1099s.
Network leaders
Tool consolidation, audit readiness, and contractor confidence.
Full report
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From page 1
Delivery leads on fragmentation and trails on confidence.
The first data page shows a fragmented operating model: settlement, credentialing, support, and tax records often sit in different tools.
41%
run seven or more tools across contractor operations.
+15 pts above the cross-industry baseline.
24%
spend 81+ hrs/month on contractor support alone.
Three times the next-closest industry rate.
75%
flag 2+ misclassification-risk indicators.
The audit-anxiety signal in the report.
The takeaway
A fragmented stack buries classification documentation and makes settlement statements harder for contractors to verify.
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