- CEO
- Tobias Meyer
- Full Time Employees
- 580,580
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Integrated Freight & Logistics
- Address
- North Rhine-Westphalia Bonn Germany 53250
- IPO Date
- Jan 12, 2009
- Business
- Deutsche Post AG, operating as DHL Group and listed under the ticker DHLGY, is the world's leading logistics company, providing comprehensive parcel, express, freight transport, supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions through its DHL brand; it also delivers mail and parcels primarily in Germany via its Deutsche Post brand, including dialogue marketing, press distribution, and corporate communications services. The company, tracing its origins to postal services established in 1490 and privatized as a joint-stock corporation in 1995, maintains its headquarters in Bonn, Germany, and operates in over 220 countries and territories with more than 600,000 employees worldwide. Its five corporate divisions—Post & Parcel Germany, DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding/Freight, DHL Supply Chain, and DHL eCommerce—serve private and business customers across diverse segments such as national and international parcel delivery, air and ocean freight, industrial supply chain management, clinical trial logistics, and hybrid mail solutions.
Post & Parcel Germany, Europe's largest postal operation, handles the transport, sorting, and delivery of approximately 42 million letters and 6.7 million parcels daily through 38 parcel centers, 81 mail centers, and over 39,000 acceptance points; its offerings include mail communication (excluding parcels), press services for newspapers and magazines, retail outlets providing letter mail and financial services via Postbank, and dialogue marketing tools like market research and address verification. DHL Express focuses on time-sensitive international shipments, while DHL Global Forwarding/Freight manages road, air, and ocean transport; DHL Supply Chain delivers end-to-end solutions for industries including life sciences and healthcare; and DHL eCommerce supports fulfillment and cross-border e-tail shipping. The Group generated approximately €84 billion in revenue in 2024, emphasizing sustainable practices aimed at net-zero emissions by 2050.
Among its latest major developments, DHL Group acquired 100% of U.S.-based CRYOPDP from Cryoport in 2025, a specialty pharma courier specializing in clinical trials, biopharma, and cell & gene therapies logistics, to bolster its Life Sciences and Healthcare capabilities and support its Strategy 2030 for leadership in these sectors; the deal, valued in the hundreds of millions of euros, includes a strategic partnership with Cryoport to enhance global supply chain services. In 2025, the Group announced a significant minority stake acquisition in the UK-based Evri parcel network to expand e-commerce capabilities and offer cost-competitive solutions for over 1 billion annual parcels. It is pursuing Strategy 2030 growth initiatives, including expansions in the Middle East and Africa, AI-driven efficiency investments in customs and customer service, aviation cost reductions of 8.5%, and structural improvements under the Fit for Growth plan, alongside plans for legal structure streamlining and full corporate cost allocation starting in 2027.