Still in the wake of the effect of the acquisition of Germany's Schenker ( of the 12th and 13 September 2024 and 30 April 2025), in the third quarter of 2026 the group's revenues DSV set a new record by rising to 80.7 billion Danish kroner (€10.8 billion), with an increase by +12.1% over the July-September period last year. The growth was driven by the increase in business volumes generated by air and sea shipments, which were equal to respectively to 24.6 billion (+16.6%) and 21.1 billion crowns (+19.7%), and by the new record of turnover produced by the contract sector logistics, which amounted to 14.3 billion crowns (+8.9%). Revenues from road transport services were stable, amounted to almost €23.4 billion (-0.2%).

EBITDA reached a record value of 9.3 billion crowns (+18.3%), with a contribution of 4.8 billion from air shipments and maritime sector (+20.3%), of over 3.1 billion from contract logistics (+27.4%) and €1.1 billion from road transport (-14.2%). EBIT totalled €6.6 billion (+21.6%), with contributions equal to respectively to 4.3 billion (+21.1%), 1.7 billion (+52.4%) and 526 billion million (-34.1%) from the three business segments. DSV announced whereas EBIT includes €300m in capital gains on disposals real estate.

If in the third quarter revenues rose by +10.5% at exchange rates However, gross profit grew by only +2.3% having been equal to over 20.2 billion, with a gap that results from transport tariffs and fuel charges that have been tipped over customers, inflating the revenues and diluting margins.

As for the negative performance of the transportation division DSV attributed the cause to the drop in reliability service in some European markets during the integration of the Schenker road network.

In the period July-September of this year, the volumes of air shipments handled by DSV amounted to 561 thousand tons (-3.1%) and those of maritime shipments to 1.04 million of TEU containers (-2.6%).

Forecasts for the full year 2026, DSV tempered EBIT forecast ahead of rumors extraordinary at 24-25 billion crowns from the previous interval 23.5-25.5 (in 2025 it was 19.6 billion). For the fourth quarter, the group assumes growth in air freight volumes and maritime lower than that of the market and slightly lower yields lower than the third. For road transport expects a stable to slightly growing market.