Merger between DHL and Evri probed by UK’s competition watchdog

Published on 11/06/2025 - 13:49 GMT+2

The UK’s title watchdog said it would analyse a merger betwixt British transportation patient Evri and DHL’s ecommerce parcel unit.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced nan probe connected Wednesday, and it is inviting willing parties to taxable their comments earlier 25 June. After this, nan CMA will formally motorboat its investigation.

DHL said that it was merging its UK ecommerce operations pinch Evri past period and explained that it would return a number liking successful nan caller group.

If it gets nan greenish light, nan mixed entity will beryllium 1 of nan biggest parcel couriers successful Britain, deploying much than 30,000 couriers and van drivers — and a further 12,000  workers.

Evri delivered 14% of nan UK’s parcels by measurement successful 2022, according to shipping and mailing patient Pitney Bowes.

The caller group would present much than 1 cardinal parcels and 1 cardinal letters each year, according to Evri and DHL.

“This transaction enables nan mixed entity to connection a amended work and a wider scope of shipping options, arsenic good arsenic expanding efficiencies done nan interlinkage of 2 complementary parcel networks,” a DHL spokesperson told Euronews.

“We are comfortable pinch nan ownership building that has been reached done this transaction and are excited astir nan maturation opportunities this business brings,” they added.