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DPD v Evri
Premium tracked delivery against the budget parcel giant. How do their accounts compare?
Evri leads on turnover, growth and net assets; DPD on pre-tax profit and profit margin. Evri is the biggest by turnover at £1,853m, against £1,484m at DPD. DPD keeps more of every £100 it takes, £13.50 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are up to 10 months apart, so this compares each company's most recent filing rather than the same twelve months.
Accounts compared: DPD to Jan 2026 · Evri to Mar 2025
Who they are
DPD
Dpdgroup UK Ltd · 00732993DPD is a parcel delivery company that carries parcels for businesses and online retailers across the UK and abroad, and lets people send parcels through DPD Local.In brief: parcel delivery company · UK, Europe and worldwide · business and consumer sending · part of GeopostFull profile →Evri
Evri Limited · 03900782Evri is a parcel delivery company that carries parcels for online retailers to homes across the UK and lets people send and return parcels through ParcelShops and lockers.In brief: parcel delivery company · delivers for online retailers · ParcelShops and lockers · formerly HermesFull profile →The Numbers
The leader on each measure is marked. Movements are against each company's own prior year. Pre-tax profit is filed except where marked (est.).
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The Takeaway
- DPD converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £13.50 reaches pre-tax profit, against £9.51 at Evri.
- Evri is the largest on the top line, £1,853m of turnover, 1.2x DPD's £1,484m.
- Evri is growing fastest, turnover +9.9% on its own prior year.
- DPD is the biggest employer with 8,572 people; DPD pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £54,000.
- Evri has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £293m, while DPD holds the most cash at £60m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
DPD keeps the most: £13.50 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. Evri keeps the least, £9.51.
Financing bites hardest at DPD: £2.99 of every £100 goes on interest.
Every profit figure here is the one the company filed.
The chart splits each company's turnover into £100: what goes on people, on interest and on everything else, and what is left as profit.
Out of every £100 of turnover
Each column is £100 of that company's own turnover, so companies of any size compare on one scale; the figures are pounds out of each £100, not millions. Companies run from the best margin to the worst. Payroll is staff costs, financing is interest paid, other running costs are everything else, and profit is pre-tax profit, filed or estimated as marked in the table. A loss is not an extra cost: it is the part of the costs that runs past the £100 line, marked with a red bracket. Hover over any segment for its figure.
Who is the biggest, and does the comparison hold?
By turnover the order is Evri (£1,853m), DPD (£1,484m).
By headcount, DPD leads with 8,572 employees.
The comparison holds with the dates stated plainly: DPD to Jan 2026, Evri to Mar 2025. All are on the same filing basis.
Turnover on the latest filing
Who is growing fastest?
Evri grew fastest, turnover +9.9% on its own prior year, ahead of DPD (+0.1%).
Turnover change on each company's own prior year
Who employs the most, who pays the most, and who brings in the most per head?
DPD employs the most, 8,572 people, against 8,540 at Evri.
DPD has the highest average staff cost, about £54,000 a head; Evri the lowest, about £34,000.
Evri brings in the most turnover per employee, about £217,000, against £173,000 at DPD. It says as much about the business model as the workforce: a marketplace or a wholesaler needs far fewer people per pound than a restaurant or a gym.
Who owns each one?
Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.
Held by Geopost Holdings Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns DPD →
Evri Limited · 03900782Held by Concert Newco Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns Evri →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | DPD | Evri |
|---|---|---|
| Registered name | DPDGROUP UK LTD | EVRI LIMITED |
| Company number | 00732993 | 03900782 |
| Incorporated | 1962 | 1999 |
| Accounts filed | 5 October 2026 | 25 November 2025 |
| Turnover, prior year | £1,483m | £1,686m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £198m | £119m |
| Staff costs | £462m | £293m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 31.1% | 15.8% |
| Employees, prior year | 9,052 | 8,259 |
| Dividends paid | £160m | £108m |
| Charges outstanding | 1 | 1 |
A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d; a zero in a filing is treated as not disclosed. Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, above that to the nearest million.
DPD v Evri: common questions
Who is the biggest of DPD or Evri?
Evri, with turnover of £1,853m in the year to March 2025.
Which makes the most profit?
DPD: £200m pre-tax in the year to January 2026.
Which employs the most people?
DPD, with 8,572 employees in its latest accounts.
DPD or Evri: which is bigger?
Evri, with turnover of £1,853m against £1,484m at DPD on their latest filings. On margin, DPD keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit. The full head to head is in the VS Series. Read the VS page →
Where do these figures come from?
Each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House. Each links to its full Spark Intel profile, which names the filing it comes from.
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