THE LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE

KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

 


 

370M

Parcels delivered

1.5M

Parcel average per day

10,300

Pickup parcel shops

No.2

on Germany’s parcel shipping market

83

Depots in Germany


 

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HELLO FROM OUR CEO, KARSTEN SCHWARZ

"In 2026, DPD Germany will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. This is an extraordinary anniversary in a highly competitive industry such as parcel logistics. It proves that we can combine many years of experience with continuous process innovations and the latest technologies. 50 years of DPD Germany – this is both an incentive to continue delivering the best for our customers and to seize opportunities in Europe's largest economy. Thanks to Geopost's extensive transnational network, we are also the logistics partner for global companies looking to discover new Sales markets in Europe."

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DPD GERMANY'S HISTORY

DPD Deutscher Paketdienst was founded in 1976 by 18 leading German forwarding companies. In the founding year alone, over 1.4 million parcels were transported in Germany. In recent years, parcel volumes have risen to over two million parcels at times. Today DPD Germany transports around 370 million parcels per year. As a hub where parcels from different countries are sorted and handled, Germany is an important transit country in the EU.