Česká pošta Director General Richard Hodul said at a press conference on 22 October 2026 that the company posted a loss of around two billion crowns in 2025. He expects a smaller loss in 2027, with a gradual return to profit in 2028.[1]
Transformation
According to management, the transformation is to improve the financial result by five to six billion crowns. Around four billion is to come from stabilising current operations and one to two billion from new services. The company will keep its branch network of almost 3,000 branches, of which roughly 1,200 are Partner post offices, will widen the range of services and will examine moving selected branches to more suitable locations, for example shopping centres and retail parks. The parcel division Balíkovna, whose sale the previous management had considered, will remain part of the post office.[1][2]
The post office wants to strengthen its role as a contact point between citizens and the state, offer digital and hybrid services and new commercial services in finance and banking. The new branch concept provides for areas for service and advice and, at some post offices, a self-service zone with round-the-clock access. Hodul said that the post office's long-term problems will not be solved by layoffs or property sales alone, and that its range of services and internal operations need to change.[1]
Causes of the loss
According to Hodul, the company is pulled into loss by its parcel services, which fell by 2.5 billion crowns in 2025, and by a 57 percent drop in mail volumes in basic services over five years. Over the past ten years the state has not compensated the company for a loss on basic services of 6.1 billion crowns.[1]
Česká pošta is a state-owned enterprise and has been loss-making since 2018. In 2025 it delivered 52 million parcels and 233 million letters and employed 16,900 people. Headcount has fallen by 44 percent since 2016.[1]
Chronology
- — At a press conference the director general of Česká pošta said that the company ran a loss of about two billion crowns in 2025 and expects a gradual return to profit in 2028; its network of almost 3,000 branches is to be kept. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
- — On 19 October 2026, at a press conference after a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) read a statement calling on the Czech media not to take information out of context, not to manipulate public opinion and to reject personal attacks; he was responding to an appeal by the editors-in-chief of forty media outlets from the beginning of October. ČTK / České noviny Seznam Zprávy
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 22 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 22 October 2026