FedEx demand surcharges 2026: amounts and dates by service
Three periods. The peak tier starts November 23.
FedEx demand surcharges are per-package fees FedEx adds each holiday season, with a higher tier in the peak weeks, and GoatLabels shows FedEx beside USPS and UPS with one price per rate before you buy. Shippers below FedEx's 20,000-package weekly line pay the flat amounts; only enterprise shippers above it pay the volume tiers.
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What are the FedEx demand surcharges for 2026?
FedEx demand surcharges for 2026 are fixed per-package amounts added to U.S. domestic shipments from late September 2026 to January 17, 2027, with a higher amount from November 23 to December 27. The table lists every row of FedEx's U.S. package table by period.
Table 1: the flat rows, which are what a shipper under 20,000 packages a week pays.
| FedEx service or charge | Starts | To Nov. 22, 2026 | Nov. 23 to Dec. 27, 2026 (peak) | Dec. 28, 2026 to Jan. 17, 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx Ground Residential and FedEx Home Delivery Residential | Oct. 26, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.80 | $0.50 |
| FedEx First Overnight, Priority Overnight and Standard Overnight (not One Rate) | Oct. 26, 2026 | $1.30 | $2.55 | $1.30 |
| FedEx 2Day A.M., 2Day and Express Saver (not One Rate) | Oct. 26, 2026 | $1.20 | $2.35 | $1.20 |
| FedEx Ground Economy (contract-only) | Oct. 26, 2026 | $2.55 | $4.05 | $2.55 |
| Demand Additional Handling Surcharge | Sept. 28, 2026 | $8.80 | $11.85 | $8.80 |
| Demand Oversize Charge | Sept. 28, 2026 | $95.75 | $117.25 | $95.75 |
| Demand Ground Unauthorized Package Charge | Sept. 28, 2026 | $535 | $595 | $535 |
Amounts and periods from the FedEx demand surcharges page (U.S. package section updated July 22, 2026), read on October 26, 2026, with the Express and residential Ground rows read again on November 2, 2026. Page reviewed . We could not open FedEx's site that day, so each FedEx document cited on this page keeps the date it was read, and the table was compared with trade-press reports such as Supply Chain Dive on July 23, 2026, which agree with it. Confirm on FedEx's page before you price a parcel.
FedEx facts, read on FedEx's page
- FedEx's U.S. package demand surcharges run in three periods: a first period to Sunday, November 22, 2026, a peak period from Monday, November 23 to Sunday, December 27, 2026, and a last period from Monday, December 28, 2026 to Sunday, January 17, 2027. (FedEx demand surcharges page)
- The first period opened on Monday, September 28, 2026 for the three big-box rows and on Monday, October 26, 2026 for the per-package rows. (FedEx demand surcharges page)
- FedEx Ground Residential and FedEx Home Delivery Residential shipments: $0.50 per package in the first and last periods and $0.80 in the peak period. The Express rows exclude FedEx One Rate packages. (FedEx demand surcharges page)
- A separate Demand Residential Delivery Charge applies only to enterprise customers who ship more than 20,000 residential and FedEx Ground Economy packages in a calculation week. (FedEx demand surcharges page)
- FedEx says demand surcharges are determined for each market from regular assessments of shipment volume and network capacity, and it reserves the right to reassess or reinstate them. (FedEx demand surcharges page)
Published FedEx prices, fees and service windows are a benchmark, not what a GoatLabels label costs: a GoatLabels quote is one price per rate for your packed parcel, shown before you buy.
The split into a first period, a peak period and a last period is FedEx's own: each row of its table prints three amounts beside three date ranges. Trade-press summaries often give only a range for each charge, so the document to check is FedEx's demand surcharges page, in the section headed U.S. package Demand Surcharges.
FedEx's periods run Monday to Sunday and UPS's Sunday to Saturday, so the two carriers' tiers change one day apart; the UPS amounts are on UPS demand surcharges 2026 and all carriers side by side on peak season surcharges for 2026.
Who pays which FedEx demand surcharge under 20,000 packages a week?
A shipper under 20,000 packages a week pays the flat rows only: one fixed amount per package, set by the service and the period, with no volume tier. For most small shops that means the Ground Residential and Home Delivery row on parcels to homes, and an Express row on anything sent overnight or two-day.
| Your parcel | Row in FedEx's table | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ground or Home Delivery parcel to a home | Ground Residential and Home Delivery Residential | Every shipper, per package. |
| FedEx Ground parcel to a business address | No flat row in the table | The big-box rows still apply if the box draws one. |
| Overnight, 2Day or Express Saver parcel, home or business | The matching Express row | Every package except FedEx One Rate. |
| Box that draws Additional Handling, Oversize or Unauthorized | The matching big-box demand row | Any volume, per package. |
A reading of the FedEx demand surcharges page, read . The missing business-address Ground row describes FedEx's table; FedEx does not state it as a rule.
The Express rows are not residential-only: an Overnight, 2Day or Express Saver package to an office pays the same demand amount as one to a home. FedEx Ground Economy has the largest flat amount, but FedEx describes it as a contract-only service.
The three big-box rows apply at any volume, and they opened four weeks before the per-package rows. How the FedEx amounts sit beside the UPS ones is on peak surcharges on heavy and oversized boxes. A seller who buys labels through a reseller or a shipping platform may see different amounts from FedEx's list; the published table is a benchmark, not a promise of what any platform charges.
What does the FedEx demand surcharge add to a 5 lb Home Delivery box?
On a 5 lb box to a home, the demand surcharge is the smallest of three published amounts, after the base list rate and the residential surcharge.
Example: a 5 lb box sent FedEx Home Delivery to a home in zone 5, at FedEx's 2026 Standard List Rates.
| Period | List rate, 5 lb, zone 5 | Residential surcharge | Demand surcharge | Sum of the three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 26 to Nov. 22, 2026 | $18.53 | $6.45 | $0.50 | $25.48 |
| Nov. 23 to Dec. 27, 2026 (peak) | $18.53 | $6.45 | $0.80 | $25.78 |
| Dec. 28, 2026 to Jan. 17, 2027 | $18.53 | $6.45 | $0.50 | $25.48 |
List rate and residential surcharge from FedEx Standard List Rates 2026 (updated June 1, 2026), read November 2, 2026; demand amounts from the FedEx demand surcharges page, read and November 2, 2026. The sums are our arithmetic, before FedEx's weekly fuel surcharge and any Delivery Area Surcharge; they are FedEx list amounts, not GoatLabels prices.
The peak period adds thirty cents to this box compared with the weeks on either side of it. List rates for other weights and zones are on FedEx Ground and Home Delivery rates.
Are FedEx One Rate packages charged the demand surcharge?
No, not the Express one: both Express rows in FedEx's table are marked as excluding FedEx One Rate packages. One Rate is FedEx's flat pricing for its own packaging on six Express services, from Express Saver to First Overnight (FedEx One Rate pricing, read November 2, 2026).
So the same 2Day package can carry the Express demand amount when it is rated by weight and zone, and none in FedEx One Rate packaging. Whether that makes One Rate the lower price depends on the weight, the zone and the box size; the comparison is on FedEx One Rate.
What do enterprise shippers over 20,000 packages a week pay?
Enterprise customers who ship more than 20,000 residential and FedEx Ground Economy packages in a calculation week pay a separate Demand Residential Delivery Charge, set by how far that week's volume runs above a June baseline. This section does not apply to a shop below that line.
Table for enterprise customers over 20,000 packages a week only. A small seller does not pay these amounts; use Table 1 at the top of the page.
| Peaking factor, over 20,000 packages a week only | FedEx Ground and Home Delivery | FedEx Express services (not One Rate) |
|---|---|---|
| Over 105 to 125 percent | $1.70 | $3.05 |
| Over 125 to 150 percent | $2.40 | $3.75 |
| Over 150 to 200 percent | $2.70 | $4.05 |
| Over 200 to 300 percent | $3.35 | $4.70 |
| Over 300 to 400 percent | $5.60 | $6.95 |
| Over 400 percent | $8.00 | $9.35 |
From the FedEx demand surcharges page, read and not read again since, so confirm the tiers on FedEx's page.
FedEx measures the peaking factor against the weekly average of residential and Ground Economy packages shipped from June 1 to June 28, 2026, and applies each week's result two weeks later, through January 17, 2027. FedEx says the charge is assessed in addition to the regular Residential Delivery Charge, and that a contracted discount or cap on that charge does not apply to it.
How do the 2026 FedEx peak amounts compare with 2025?
Every peak amount is higher in 2026 than the 2025 figure trade press reported for the same row. The 2025 column is not from a FedEx document, so read it as context, not as a checked rate.
| FedEx service or charge | 2025 peak, as reported | 2026 peak, FedEx's page |
|---|---|---|
| Ground Residential and Home Delivery Residential | $0.65 | $0.80 |
| First, Priority and Standard Overnight | $2.10 | $2.55 |
| 2Day A.M., 2Day and Express Saver | $2.10 | $2.35 |
| Ground Economy | $3.55 | $4.05 |
| Additional Handling | $10.90 | $11.85 |
| Oversize | $108.50 | $117.25 |
| Ground Unauthorized Package | $545 | $595 |
2025 column as reported by Supply Chain Dive on July 23, 2026 and Cahoot on July 31, 2026, fetched ; 2026 column from the FedEx demand surcharges page, read .
When do the FedEx demand surcharges end, and what overlaps them?
The peak amounts end on Sunday, December 27, 2026 and every U.S. domestic demand row ends on Sunday, January 17, 2027. Before that last date, FedEx's 2027 list rates take effect on Monday, January 4, 2027, so for two weeks the new rates and the last-period demand amounts overlap.
Demand periods are from the FedEx demand surcharges page, read . What changes on January 4, row by row, is on the FedEx and UPS 2027 rate increase. FedEx's international non-standard shipment demand fees run on a different clock, to February 7, 2027, and are covered on the peak season surcharges hub.
The first period's amounts run through Sunday, November 22, and the lower amounts return on Monday, December 28; FedEx's table lists the periods by date, so ask FedEx which date it applies to a parcel tendered at the edge. FedEx's last days to ship for the holidays are on FedEx holiday shipping deadlines and its closed days on FedEx holidays 2026.
How does GoatLabels fit around FedEx demand surcharges?
GoatLabels does not set, waive or change a FedEx surcharge; it prices FedEx beside USPS and UPS for your packed parcel before you buy.
What GoatLabels does and does not do. GoatLabels rate-shops USPS, UPS and FedEx on every domestic parcel, and DHL on international lanes, from one account, with one price per rate shown before you buy. Its FedEx services are Ground, Home Delivery, Express Saver, 2Day, Standard Overnight, Priority Overnight and First Overnight; which appear depends on the lane and the parcel. Each destination has a Residential yes/no toggle that feeds the quote.
GoatLabels does not sell FedEx Ground Economy, and the published FedEx amounts on this page are not GoatLabels prices. A carrier adjustment, if one follows, posts to the wallet as its own ledger line. Void an unused label and, after the carrier accepts the void, the credit posts back to your prepaid wallet as spendable balance, not a card refund. GoatLabels does not offer hazmat, freight or LTL, and it cannot use your own negotiated carrier accounts; perishables ship at the shipper's risk on a 2-day or overnight service and live animals only on a next-day service, under each carrier's rules.
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FedEx demand surcharges, answered
- When do FedEx demand surcharges start and end for the 2026 holiday season?
- FedEx's big-box rows opened on September 28, 2026 and its per-package rows on October 26, 2026. The peak amounts run from November 23 to December 27, 2026, and every row ends January 17, 2027.
- Is the FedEx demand surcharge only for residential deliveries?
- No. The Ground row is limited to Ground Residential and Home Delivery Residential shipments, but the Express rows apply to every Overnight, 2Day and Express Saver package except FedEx One Rate.
- Does a small shop pay the FedEx volume tiers?
- No. FedEx's Demand Residential Delivery Charge applies only to enterprise customers who ship more than 20,000 residential and FedEx Ground Economy packages in a calculation week. A shop below that line sees the flat per-package rows.
- Can FedEx change its demand surcharges during the season?
- Yes. FedEx reserves the right to reassess or reinstate its demand surcharges, so check FedEx's demand surcharges page before you set holiday shipping prices.
- Does GoatLabels waive or change FedEx demand surcharges?
- No. The surcharges are FedEx's, and GoatLabels cannot waive them. GoatLabels rate-shops USPS, UPS and FedEx on every domestic parcel, and DHL on international lanes, with one price per rate shown before you buy.
Related reading: peak season surcharges for 2026, UPS demand surcharges 2026, peak surcharges on heavy and oversized boxes, FedEx Ground and Home Delivery rates, FedEx One Rate, the FedEx and UPS 2027 rate increase, FedEx holidays 2026, FedEx holiday shipping deadlines.
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