[citation needed] It matches a user’s delivery route to that of a transport provider’s and connects them which, minimise costs and cut down CO2 emissions by optimising storage space and haulage.

As of December 2015, AnyVan’s services are available nationwide across the UK and in other European countries such as Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy.

[citation needed] An online marketplace was created which Elphinstone believed would optimise capacity and minimise unused haulage and delivery space.

AnyVan, as a provider, matches a consumer’s delivery route with an existing transporter partner already traveling that way.

In 2012, it expanded to Germany and started allowing transporters based in that country to bid for delivery jobs.