Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. (MBE), a UPS company, is the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal, document and business service centers. The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® together comprise approximately 4,800 independently owned locations across the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, providing convenient and value-added business services to consumers, "road warriors" and the small-office/home-office (SOHO) market.