How to Print a Shipping Label at The UPS Store
You can get a shipping label printed at The UPS Store in three ways. If you made a UPS label on ups.com or the UPS app, choose the mobile barcode option and show the barcode at a location that offers mobile barcode printing — staff print the label there. If you have the label as a PDF, ask the store to print it. Or bring the package with the addresses and let the store create the label and take payment at the counter. The UPS Store locations are individually owned, so services and fees vary — call ahead if you need something specific. Bring the package packed and sealed unless you want the store's packing service.
Step-by-step
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Decide which way you'll get the label
Mobile barcode: you've already made and paid for a UPS label online and chose the barcode option. Label PDF: you have the label file (for example a return label a store emailed you). Store-made label: you have no label yet, and the store will create one for you.
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Get the package ready
Pack and seal the box, and remove or cover any old labels if you reuse a box. If you want the store to pack it, bring the item and allow time — packing is a paid service.
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Find a nearby The UPS Store
Use the store locator on theupsstore.com or the UPS location finder on ups.com. Opening hours and services are set by each store, so check the store's own page before you go.
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At the counter
Show the mobile barcode on your phone, or open the label PDF and ask for it to be printed. For a store-made label, give the from and to addresses; the store weighs the package, shows you the price and prints the label. Ask whether there is a fee for printing or any extra service before they start.
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Keep the receipt and tracking number
The tracking number is your proof the package entered the UPS network. Keep it until the package is delivered — or, for a return, until your refund arrives.
Good to know
- •UPS Simple Rate labels must be made online. The UPS Store accepts a package with a Simple Rate label or prepaid mobile barcode, but it can't create a Simple Rate label in the store.
- •Returns: if the store gave you a QR code or mobile barcode, take the package to the location named in your return instructions. Packaging rules vary by return program.
- •Fees: The UPS Store locations are individually owned and set their own fees for printing, packing and other services. Dropping off a package that already has a prepaid UPS label is normally just a drop-off — ask if unsure.
- •ShippingLabel.co makes label PDFs but does not sell UPS postage. A label from our tool is not paid UPS shipping — buy the label on ups.com, through a shipping platform, or at the store.
Frequently asked questions
Can The UPS Store print my shipping label from my phone?
Can The UPS Store make a shipping label for me?
Do I need a printer to ship with UPS?
Can The UPS Store print USPS or FedEx labels?
Is The UPS Store the same as a UPS Customer Center?
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