THE LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE

KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

 


 

370M

Parcels delivered

1.4M

Parcel average per day

8,000

Pickup parcel shops

No.2

on Germany’s parcel shipping market

79

Depots in Germany


 

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HELLO FROM OUR CEO, KARSTEN SCHWARZ

In 2026 DPD Germany will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. Thanks to these strong roots, we have a huge amount of experience and expertise in the German parcel market. Our highly motivated and passionate employees are at work every day for our customers - not only in Germany, but also beyond the country's borders. As the largest economy in the heart of Europe and thanks to Geopost's extensive transnational network, we are the logistics partner for globally active companies 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.