DHL Group
Logistics · Germany
DHL Group is the German parent of DHL and Deutsche Post, moving urgent parcels, freight and e-commerce parcels worldwide, running warehouses for clients and delivering mail and parcels across Germany.
What makes it different
It runs its own air force of freight planes.
>275Aircraft flying only for DHL ExpressFY2025
More than 275 aircraft fly only for DHL Express, and the group also buys space from about 300 other carriers.
How big it is
How big is DHL Group?
€82.86BRevenueFY2025
248MExpress shipmentsFY2025
583,998EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Four big divisions, one smaller.
- Express29%€23.81B
- Supply Chain21%€17.69B
- Post & Parcel Germany21%€17.41B
- Global Forwarding, Freight21%€17.30B
- eCommerce8%€6.65B
How the business works
Fast express pays; other divisions add volume.
- 1Time-definite express worldwide
- 2Freight and warehouses for clients
- 3Letters and parcels in Germany
Express earns about half of the divisions' profit while freight, warehousing and parcels add volume.
Who owns it
- Other shareholders81.92%
- KfW Bankengruppe17.73%
CEO: Tobias Meyer
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1490Franz von Taxis founds the modern postal system
- 2000Deutsche Post AG goes public
- 2002Deutsche Post acquires DHL
- 2005The group acquires Exel
- 2009Strategy 2015 and sale of Postbank
Sources
Every number on this page comes from DHL Group's own reports.
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What DHL Group tracks24 metrics
Time Definite International shipments per day
Air freight exports
Ocean freight
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Europe (excluding Germany)
Germany
Americas
The full timeline20 moments
2022
2025
2026
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