[3] The postal division, Deutsche Post, delivers 61 million letters each day in Germany, making it Europe's largest such company.

The trade name's eponymous parcel division DHL is a wholly owned subsidiary claimed to be present in over 220 countries and territories.

[5][better source needed] DHL Group is the successor to the German mail authority Deutsche Bundespost, the oldest modern postal service in the world,[6] tracing its roots to the middle ages.

This division inherited most of the traditional mail services formerly offered by the state-owned monopoly, for which it uses the Deutsche Post brand.

[19][20] Since financial year 2019, DHL Group has been pooling its international parcel delivery operations in the eCommerce division.

[24] The division consists of two main business units: In July, 2020, Deutsche Post DHL Group significantly increased earnings in Q2 2020 despite COVID-19.

[25] In December 2014, Deutsche Post DHL Group purchased StreetScooter GmbH, a small manufacturer of electric vehicles in Aachen, Germany.

[28] Deutsche Post's 2016 annual report indicates that it plans to replace its fleet of delivery vehicles in Germany with the electric StreetScooter products "in the medium term".

[30] If that goal is achieved, it will become Europe's largest electric light utility vehicle manufacturer, surpassing Renault, which makes vans such as the Kangoo Z.E.

[32] The company also announced that it was developing a Work Orange model with an "electro-hydraulic three-way dumper" for use by businesses that deal in trash or construction material handling.