Overview
DHL Supply Chain is the contract logistics division of DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany. As the global #1 contract logistics provider by revenue (6.1% market share), it operates 250+ locations with ~8,000 collaborative robots and ~52,000 smart wearables deployed across warehouse operations. The division reported EUR 17.8B revenue in FY2025 with 6.5% EBIT margin, and partners with robotics companies including Locus Robotics and SVT Robotics for warehouse automation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Parent
Tesla Semi
Business description
Tesla Semi additional units
CEO
Revenue FY2025
DHL Group revenue
Market position
Robotics deployment
Key partnerships
Operations
2025 acquisitions
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
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Partnerships
Every company DHL Supply Chain has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Locus Robotics2× joint5 total
Most recent
- with Locus Roboticsoperating
- Locus Robotics - DHL Supply Chain2017-01-01with Locus Roboticsoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Mark Kunar CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for DHL Supply Chain.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
DHL Supply Chain in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company DHL Supply Chain has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Locus Roboticsoperating
- Locus Robotics - DHL Supply Chain2017-01-01with Locus Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Locus Robotics2× joint5 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in DHL Supply Chain’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipDHL Supply Chain x Locus Robotics (Warehouse Automation)
2020-01-01DHL Supply Chain deployed Locus Robotics autonomous mobile robots across its warehouse network, reaching over 1 billion picks. The partnership is one of the largest warehouse robotics deployments globally.
PartnershipLocus Robotics - DHL Supply Chain
2017-01-01DHL Supply Chain deploys Locus Robotics autonomous mobile robots across its warehouses (partnership began 2017); a 2023 expansion committed to deploying 5,000 Locus Origin AMRs across multiple sites - among the largest AMR deals to date. (year-precision: 2017 start)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- https://www.dhl.com/us-en/home/press/press-archive/2025/dhl-supply-chain-accelerates-sustainability-with-first-tesla-semi-delivery.html
- https://www.truckingdive.com/news/dhl-supply-chain-tesla-semi-california-2025-plans-more/807321/
- https://www.supplychain247.com/article/dhl_orders_10_tesla_electric_semi_trucks
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DHL Supply Chain.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DHL Supply Chain from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
DHL Supply Chain to handle SAS ground operations at Manchester Airport
DHL Supply Chain has been appointed as SAS Scandinavian Airlines’ ground handling partner at Manchester Airport under a new three-year partnership, supporting up to five flights a…
DHL Group exceeds earnings guidance and increases dividend
DHL Group FY2025: revenue EUR 82.9B, EBIT EUR 6.1B. Supply Chain division revenue EUR 17.8B with 6.5% EBIT margin.
DHL Supply Chain bets on data foundations, robotics, and agentic AI to drive growth
DHL Supply Chain scaling robotics, analytics, and emerging agentic AI capabilities for supply chain transformation.
DHL Supply Chain accelerates automation deployments with SVT Robotics SOFTBOT platform
DHL Supply Chain partners with SVT Robotics to deploy the SOFTBOT platform for accelerated warehouse automation integration.
Seasonality pushing rejections and rates higher ahead of the Fourth
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dhl-supply-chain.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dhl-supply-chain/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/598bf1fd-f64e-4cd6-a041-27ecc2222fee
- Revision history: /companies/dhl-supply-chain/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place DHL Supply Chain against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 2, 2026