Logistik: Post plant Zehntausende neue Paketautomaten

DHL, the market-leading logistics company, is significantly increasing its pace of expanding its network of new parcel machines across Germany. DHL had initially targeted over 30,000 such machines in the country by the end of 2030, but has now raised that target to around 50,000. The key to this growth is the acquisition of Myflexbox, a budding competitor that was initially founded as a startup in Salzburg and later acquired by British investors Star Capital.

Myflexbox has shown remarkable growth, starting with about 600 machines in Germany by mid-2026, now up to around 2,000. The company stores packages from UPS, FedEx, GLS, DPD, and Amazon in its blue boxes. Myflexbox's unique selling point was its "provider independence," as it was owned by package service providers who were not interested in storing their own packages.

However, if the machines are already full, the consumer may have to go to another location, which may not be as convenient. To avoid such situations, DHL has hired a subsidiary called DeinFach that operates independent parcel machines. By the end of 2030, DHL plans to have around 50,000 parcel machines across Germany.