The German DHL Group closed the third quarter of 2026 with a significant improvement in economic results compared to at the same time of the previous year. Between July and September consolidated revenues reached 22.66 billion euros, with an increase of +12.6% compared to 20.13 billion in the third quarter 2025, while the operating result increased by +16.2% from about 1.48 to 1.72 billion euros. The trend positive was mainly supported by the activities DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Supply Chain, which have also benefited from an increase in volumes handled. Profit net income was €992 million (+11.7%).

In the third quarter of this year, growth was particularly in the international express delivery segments and of international shipments, while contractual logistics has confirmed a positive trend. Weaker, on the other hand, are the results in the e-commerce and postal delivery segment and parcels to Germany.

The DHL Express express delivery division has recorded a revenue growth of over €1.1 billion, reaching almost seven billion in the quarter (+19.2%). Even more significant improvement in profitability: EBIT from 692 million to 1.04 billion euros, with an increase by +50.0%. This is the main contribution to the growth of the consolidated operating result, with an additional 346 million euros compared to the third quarter of 2025. According to the press release by the company, the result also benefited from the targeted offer for international shipments of heavy and urgent goods for industrial customers. In addition, DHL benefited from better saturation of the global network, management tariffs and capacities and structural cost containment measures carried out in the last two years, and further support has come from the temporary capacity limitations on the market international air transport, which generated demand intercepted through the proprietary network of the division.

DHL Global Forwarding Division achieved the highest percentage growth among the main divisions of the group, with revenues up by +23.4%, 5.64 billion euros. EBIT grew by +32.8%, from 195 to 259 million. The improvement affected Both major modes of international transportation: Revenues from the airline segment rose by +30.5%, to 1.91 billion while those of maritime transport increased by +26.8%, to 1.68 billion. Volumes also confirm the expansion of activities: in the quarter DHL handled 497 thousand tons of goods by air (+11.9%) and in maritime transport Volumes amounted to 895 thousand TEU containers (+4.8%).

DHL Supply Chain, which specializes in contract logistics, has recorded revenues of €4.94 billion (+12.0%). The result rose to €301 million (+8.3%), showing a smaller increase than turnover.

On the other hand, the results of DHL eCommerce, whose revenues fell by -6.4% to €1.58 billion. Even more marked was the Profitability decreased: EBIT decreased to 51 million euros (-71.0%). Post & Parcel Germany also showed a non-dynamic trend: revenues remained substantially stable having totalled 4.25 billion euros (+0.3%), while EBIT decreased by -29.8% to €153 million.

The good performance of the main operating divisions led the DHL Group to review for the second time in the course of the forecasts for the year 2026. The new estimate indicates an EBIT of more than seven billion euros, compared to the previous target of over 6.5 billion.