UPS was founded by Claude Ryan and Jim Casey in Seattle, Washington. The company name was formerly the American Messenger Company and was a private company until November 1999, when the company went public at $50 per share.
UPS headquarters are located in Sandy Springs at 55 Glenlake Parkway NE, 30328, just outside Atlanta, Georgia. Besides a courier service, UPS also operates more than 5,000 brick and mortar UPS Stores in the US and Canada.
The UPS CIK number is 0001090727. A CIK is a Central Index Key Number assigned by the Securities and Exchange Commission to identify filings in online government databases. It is different from other identification numbers issued, such as an EIN.