Dansk Avis Omdeling
Dansk Avis Omdeling A/S, known simply by its acronym DAO, is a Danish logistics company, which specialises in print media distribution and postal delivery. It was founded in 1921 to deliver newspapers and magazines in the Jutland region on behalf of its owners, which are the three of the country's main newspaper publishing companies; JP/Politikens Hus, JFM and Berlingske Media. Today, it handles operations nationwide throughout Denmark.
Postal service
Since 2011, the company gained a domestic courier licence from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, the office that deals postal licensing in parcel delivery under the Post Act 2010, which liberalises Denmark's postal market. It utilizes its network of local newsagents to handle and distribute letters and parcels, with the company's couriers delivering the mail.On 6 March 2025, DAO's main rival, the incumbent PostNord Danmark announced that it would pull out of the postal delivery business at the end of the year, saying it was losing money delivering letters. In response, DAO said it would assume the role of national mail operator. To help in the transition to becoming the nation's mail carrier, DAO received a one-off government grant of 110 million kroner. This would also include delivering any international correspondence to Danish households. However, it would not be adopting the country's outdoor post boxes to deposit outbound mail, in effect phasing them out. Instead customers who want to send letters would be required to either send their letters via franchised postal outlets called daoSHOPs, or get them collected by couriers for a small fee.