Door to door distribution from the most trusted & biggest in the UK
Door Drop & Leaflet Delivery Services with Nationwide UK Coverage
Our cost-effective door drop and leaflet delivery services provide reliable nationwide coverage across the UK. We work with businesses, local councils, government bodies, and other organisations that need high-volume flyer distribution targeted to specific postcode areas, neighbourhoods, and regions.
Business door drops are one of the most effective direct marketing methods for reaching customers locally. When used strategically, door-to-door leaflet distribution delivers high engagement and response rates while remaining significantly more affordable than large-scale digital or broadcast marketing campaigns. This makes door drops an ideal solution for businesses looking to maximise return on investment.
If you are searching for professional door-to-door distribution solutions, we offer trusted, compliant, and experienced leaflet distribution teams operating nationwide. Our delivery services ensure your flyers reach the right households, in the right locations, at the right time, helping you achieve consistent results across the UK.
How It Works
To get started, simply email us the residential postcode areas you would like covered. We will then provide a full breakdown, including a property count, a clear delivery map, and a detailed quote. If you would prefer a fully managed service, we can also arrange the print for you, handling everything from start to finish and removing any stress from the process.
Most customers choose a professionally printed A5, double-sided flyer on 150gsm paper in full colour. A strong, eye-catching design helps your message stand out, and including an offer such as a discount or coupon can significantly increase engagement, as people naturally respond well to added value.
Once your booking is confirmed, coverage can usually begin the following week. If you are working to a tight deadline, we will always do our best to accommodate your schedule where possible. We regularly use experienced, trusted delivery teams and back them up with independent verification to ensure consistent standards.
For added reassurance, we use a back-checking system to confirm completion. When an area has been finished, calls are made to selected street names to ask residents if they recall receiving the item. For every 1,000 items, up to 10 calls are carried out, with a required recall rate of 40–60% to meet our quality benchmarks. Further details on this process can be found via the link provided.
We work with a nationwide network of experienced distributors who deliver door-to-door on our behalf. Every member of our team is carefully vetted and trusted, with a long-standing relationship with us, ensuring consistent standards and reliable coverage across the UK.
You can have complete peace of mind knowing your campaign will be handled smoothly and professionally from start to finish. By using dependable, well-managed teams, we help ensure your message reaches households effectively and generates the strongest possible response.
Many of our distributors enjoy the active nature of the work, with plenty of walking helping them stay fit and motivated. It’s a role that combines reliability with energy, contributing to high-quality results on the ground.
Door drops are often referred to by various terms, including door-to-door delivery, blanket coverage, unaddressed mail, and other industry terms used to describe the same approach.
This type of marketing focuses on reaching large numbers of residential households by placing printed materials directly through letterboxes. It remains a cost-effective way for businesses and organisations to increase local awareness, communicate offers, and reach customers at scale without relying on addressed mail or digital channels.
The cost of a door-to-door or letterbox drop typically ranges from £50 to £150 per 1,100 items, depending on the service option you choose.
Pricing can vary based on several factors, including whether you select a solus delivery, where your material is delivered on its own, or a GPS-tracked solus option. GPS-tracked services usually cost around £150 per 1,000 items and provide additional tracking data for campaigns that require enhanced verification.
Solus deliveries generally offer a stronger return on investment, making them a better value overall. As we work exclusively with experienced and trusted delivery teams, GPS tracking is not always necessary, and many customers achieve excellent results without it.
| Door-drop delivery type | Cost per 1000 |
|---|---|
| Shared delivery | £50 |
| Paired | £65 |
| Solus | £99 |
| Solus letterbox drop over 100,000 | £87 |
| GPS Tracked | £149 |
Booking and organising a door-to-door campaign with The Direct Mail Company is straightforward and efficient. Enquire with us today to get started and receive expert support from the outset.
Simply send an email to sales@thedirectmailcompany.co.uk and we will respond within minutes. If you include the postcode areas you would like to target, we can quickly provide a full house count, coverage map, and clear quotation.
With competitive rates starting from £87 per 1,000 plus VAT, most campaigns can be delivered within seven days of your initial enquiry. This fast turnaround is supported by our extensive UK-wide network of trusted delivery staff, allowing us to operate efficiently at scale.
We expanded into door-to-door services after establishing ourselves as one of the best direct mail companies in the UK. As one of the largest mailing houses, we have printed and managed millions of addressed mailings each year, which naturally led us into broader household coverage services.
During this growth, we found that many clients were dissatisfied with their existing provider, which motivated us to raise standards across the industry. We operate to 5-star service levels in everything we do and use an independent company to conduct back-check reports after each campaign is completed.
To make the process even easier, we can also manage the printing for you, ensuring consistently high-quality results. By outsourcing the entire job to us, you can remove the pressure and focus on your own priorities while we handle the rest.
Royal Mail does offer a door-drop service; however, many organisations find there are notable limitations when using it. One of the most common concerns is lead time, which typically ranges from 4 to 6 weeks throughout the year.
For time-sensitive campaigns, this can be impractical. Our lead time is usually around 7 days, and in some cases, we can begin within 5 days or sooner if your deadline requires it. Improving turnaround time was one of our priorities from the outset.
Another lesser-known limitation is that Royal Mail only delivers to properties that receive mail on the day of the drop. This can reduce overall coverage. Our approach is different. We work to deliver to every property outlined in your agreed brief, on the specific days your campaign is scheduled to run, ensuring consistent and predictable coverage.
Account management is another area where clients often experience frustration. Speaking to a different person each time you call makes it difficult to track progress and resolve queries efficiently. With us, you are assigned a single, dedicated account manager for the duration of your campaign and for any future work, providing continuity, accountability, and a much smoother experience.
Printing for door-to-door campaigns
Because we handle large volumes of print, direct mail, and door-drop campaigns every week, we are able to offer highly competitive printing prices without compromising on quality. Many clients choose to use us as their print partner long-term due to the combination of reliability, finish, and cost-effectiveness.
If you require printing as part of your campaign, we can manage this for you as part of a fully integrated service. Handling print in-house also simplifies logistics, as it reduces coordination and helps ensure everything runs smoothly from production through to delivery.
We typically recommend A5 double-sided items, printed in full colour with an eye-catching design that is memorable and easy to read. This format offers a strong balance of impact and cost efficiency.
We can produce quantities ranging up to several million items, including:
Flyers and leaflets
Folded items
Magazines
Brochures
Catalogues
Business cards
Presentation folders
If you require enclosing, we can enclose your mail in envelopes of any size in our mailing house.
Likewise, we are seeing a huge demand for new and innovative mailing products, such as paper wrap mailings, which are quickly replacing poly wrap mailings.
On average, completing a letterbox drop of 1,000 items takes about 7–8 hours. This estimate is based on one distributor covering approximately 20km within a clearly defined area during that day.
As a result, if your campaign involves more than 5,000 items, delivery is typically spread over two or more days, depending on the size and layout of the area.
For larger campaigns or tighter deadlines, we simply allocate additional team members to ensure coverage is completed efficiently and within your required timeframe.
Which delivery option offers the best return on investment?
Based on our experience, a solus delivery provides the strongest opportunity for your material to be noticed and engaged with. As the item is delivered on its own, it avoids competing with other materials and is more likely to be picked up and read by the household.
The next most effective option is paired delivery, where two items are delivered together. This still offers good visibility while providing a more cost-efficient alternative for certain campaigns.
You can tell a lot about a direct mail house by their previous clients. We are quite proud of ours, to say the least. The world’s biggest brands use our direct mail services.
Have used the Direct Mail Company for our annual brochure send for the last 2 years. Efficient communication throughout, collection happened as planned and delivered to our audience in the time frame requested. Will be using again next year,
I worked with Katy to produce a client brochure and am very happy with the overall service. There was a bit of back and forth from our side whilst we were awaiting approval, and Katy was very patient with us, providing all of the information we needed. We’re very happy with the finished result and are looking forward to working together again.
I highly recommend using The Direct Mail Company for your mail drop needs. I have used their services for my job twice now and have had a smooth experience from start to finish. Katy is always helpful and quick to respond to any query.
Highly recommend – Katy was brilliant. We had a few problems along the way on our end getting our project together, and she was so helpful and patient, and sorted everything perfectly. Thank you so much!
Katy Robinson has been a great help. From quote stage providing advice on format, adjusting quotes for pagination and quantity. To production, keeping us informed on timings and delivery. The print is excellent and we were really pleased with final product. Having produced a LOT of brochures in my time I feel like everything right down to trim was well done. Thank you Direct Mail Company.
The company gave me a competitive quote, picked up the mail and sent it that same day. Would use again.
Quick turnaround from start to finish. We had 5,000 addressed mail printed and delivered to our customers and they had all received one that same week! Great service and will be using again!
After a successful first campaign we have just booked in our second canvassing campaign with The Direct Mail Company. Katy has been a great help in both instances and we look forward to seeing further results.
We used The Direct Mail Company for our church Christmas invitations and they were exceptional. Handled everything from printing to distribution and followed up with really helpful data. Katie helped us and was professional and easy to work with. We will use them again in the future.
Save 37% on Royal Mail bulk postage costs. We collect from you, bring it back to our sortation depots, then hand it over to Royal Mail for delivery, and you save significant amounts of money.
Here at The Direct Mail Company, we are committed to making it as easy as possible for our clients to send mailings.
Everything we print and post is quality controlled to ensure that mail leaves us as expected, with 98% of mailings leaving us on time.
We work with the biggest and best postal providers in the UK and Internationally, so you can be sure that we will get you the best postage prices.
We have built up a creative, driven, and passionate team. We are results-driven to get you the highest return on investment possible from your mailing.
From printing and packaging to mailing and fulfilment, we handle it all under one roof. Our end-to-end mailing solutions ensure a seamless process, saving you time, reducing costs, and delivering results.
