Our history
We have a proud and rich legacy of delivering smiles and happiness to Australians for over 100 years.
1921
Fleets Flyers was founded by Francis Edward Flight, who employed messengers on foot and bicycle to deliver theatre tickets in the Sydney City.
1961
The Taylor Group led by Hugh (Doc) Taylor, purchased Fleets Flyers, a small Sydney based courier company.
At the time of acquiring Fleets Flyers, The Taylor Group was a diversified business with interests in hotels, motels, Fleets Travel, Fleets Tennis and Ski.
1981
Throughout the 1980’s, the Taylor Group divested their broad hospitality and retail interest to focus entirely on transport.
In the 1990's, five state-based companies with strong local history and experience formally join under the federated model operating as Australian National Couriers.
With a focus on couriers, parcels, pallets and dedicated runs, the broader national service offering saw the collective brand start to win significant national clients and continue to expand.
2001
During the early 2000’s, the courier and transport industry went through a significant recalibration as the internet disrupted the delivery of documents and paper based goods.
With a diminishing market for traditional courier work, Fleets Flyers looked to secure their long term future by strategically focusing on the delivery of big and bulky goods.
As Australian National Couriers gained scale and reputation, they became known as ANC, and ultimately rebranded to ANC.
As the reputation for ANC grew and the national offering of local metropolitan delivery expertise expanded, brands including Bunnings Warehouse and IKEA engaged ANC as their transport partner.
2021
ANC proudly celebrated 100 years of delivering for Australians.
With ANC's ongoing growth and future focus on the complete customer experience in the last mile, with value added complex delivery services such as assembly and installation.
Today and tomorrow
Proving our resilience, willingness to adapt and ability to innovate through more than 100 years in the transport business, today ANC are proud to be leaders in last mile.
And we’re just getting started.
