DHL on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

DHL Group

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German logistics company

DHL AG, trading as DHL Group, is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the world's largest courier companies.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1

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  • TickerDHL on Frankfurt Stock Exchange1
  • Industrylogistics, mail, postal and telecommunications services1
  • HeadquartersPost Tower1
  • Websitewww.dpdhl.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • Incorporated inGermany5
  • Business addressCharles-De-Gaulle-St. 20, Bonn, 2M 531135

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Posttower Bonn 001
Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

DHL AG, trading as DHL Group, is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the world's largest courier companies. The postal division, Deutsche Post, delivers 61 million letters each day in Germany, making it Europe's largest such company. The trade name's eponymous parcel division DHL is a wholly owned subsidiary claimed to be present in over 220 countries and territories. DHL Group was the largest logistics company worldwide in 2022.3

How it started

Recent history

DHL Group has become a large, world-wide company in about two decades. The following are significant dates in the development into its current form.

2 January 1995: Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst becomes Deutsche Post AG; this is the company's privatization. The government of Germany still owns a large share of the company; the state development bank KfW owns 50 percent.

1998: Deutsche Post begins acquiring shares in DHL International.

1999: Deutsche Post World Net acquires the Dutch distribution company Van Gend & Loos from Nedlloyd and in 2000 the Swiss distribution company Danzas.

20 November 2000: Deutsche Post AG becomes a fully private company, with a new board of directors, in an IPO listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The government of Germany sells one third of its shares and KfW bank sells some of its shares.

From Wikipedia’s article on DHL Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

Who has led DHL Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Frank Appel2008–2023
  2. Tobias Meyer2023–now
19901995200020052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (5)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • KfW 20.5%

Subsidiaries

  • ADAC Postbus
  • DHL
  • DHL Air UK
  • DHL Automotive s.r.o.
  • DHL Express (Czech Republic)
  • DHL Global Forwarding
  • DHL Global Forwarding (CZ)
  • DHL Hub Leipzig
  • DHL Information Services (Europe)
  • DHL Solutions
  • DHL Supply Chain s.r.o.
  • Deutsche Post Adress
  • Deutsche Post CSC
  • Deutsche Post Direkt
  • Deutsche Post Fleet
  • PPL CZ
  • Post & Paket Deutschland

Divisions

  • DHL
  • DHL Freight
  • DHL Global Forwarding
  • DHL Supply Chain

Also owns

  • DHL Aero Expreso 49.8%
  • DHL Aviation
  • DHL Supply Chain
  • Danzas
  • Deutsche Post
  • European Air Transport Leipzig
  • Post Tower
  • StreetScooter

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2002Acquired DHL1
  2. Succeeded Deutsche Bundespost1

Employees over time

DHL Group employees by year1547.7K in 2023+12% since 2014
0200.0K400.0K600.0K2014: 488.8K488.8K20142015: 497.7K497.7K2015+2%2016: 459.3K459.3K2016−8%2017: 472.2K472.2K2017+3%2018: 547.5K547.5K2018+16%2019: 499.5K499.5K2019−9%2020: 502.2K502.2K2020+1%2021: 528.1K528.1K2021+5%2022: 542.9K542.9K2022+3%2023: 547.7K547.7K2023+1%
  • 2023547,6921
  • 2022542,9171
  • 2021528,0791
  • 2020502,2071
  • 2019499,4611
  • 2018547,4591
  • 2017472,2081
  • 2016459,2621

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

DHL Group revenue by year181.8B EUR in 2023+44% since 2014
025.0B EUR50.0B EUR75.0B EUR100.0B EUR2014: 56.6B EUR56.6B EUR20142015: 59.2B EUR59.2B EUR2015+5%2016: 57.3B EUR57.3B EUR2016−3%2017: 60.4B EUR60.4B EUR2017+5%2018: 61.5B EUR61.5B EUR2018+2%2019: 63.3B EUR63.3B EUR2019+3%2020: 66.8B EUR66.8B EUR2020+5%2021: 81.7B EUR81.7B EUR2021+22%2022: 94.4B EUR94.4B EUR2022+16%2023: 81.8B EUR81.8B EUR2023−13%
  • 202381.8B EUR1
  • 202294.4B EUR1
  • 202181.7B EUR1
  • 202066.8B EUR1
  • 201963.3B EUR1
  • 201861.5B EUR1

Net income

DHL Group net income by year13.7B EUR in 2023+78% since 2014
02.0B EUR4.0B EUR6.0B EUR2014: 2.1B EUR2.1B EUR20142015: 1.5B EUR1.5B EUR2015−26%2016: 2.6B EUR2.6B EUR2016+71%2017: 2.7B EUR2.7B EUR2017+3%2018: 2.1B EUR2.1B EUR2018−24%2019: 2.6B EUR2.6B EUR2019+26%2020: 3.0B EUR3.0B EUR2020+14%2021: 5.1B EUR5.1B EUR2021+70%2022: 5.4B EUR5.4B EUR2022+6%2023: 3.7B EUR3.7B EUR2023−31%
  • 20233.7B EUR1
  • 20225.4B EUR1
  • 20215.1B EUR1
  • 20203.0B EUR1
  • 20192.6B EUR1
  • 20182.1B EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jul 1, 2023Went public Listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange1
  2. May 4, 2023New chief executive Tobias Meyer becomes CEO1
  3. Feb 18, 2008New chief executive Frank Appel becomes CEO1
  4. Nov 20, 2000Went public Listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange1
  5. 1989Founded Founded1

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