# Delivery Hero

> Delivery Hero is a Berlin-based operator of local delivery marketplaces spanning restaurant meals, groceries, pharmacy items and other everyday goods. Its eleven-brand portfolio includes talabat, foodpanda, foodora, PedidosYa, Glovo, Yemeksepeti and South Korea's Baedal Minjok. The group handled EUR 49.2 billion in GMV in 2025, generated EUR 14.8 billion in total segment revenue and is trying to turn frequent, multi-category orders into stronger unit economics. In July 2026 it signed a business-combination agreement with Uber, while agreeing to sell 14 overlapping markets to SSW Partners; both transactions remain conditional, with the Uber offer expected to complete in the second half of 2027.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Berlin, Germany
- **Founders:** Niklas Östberg (Co-founder and CEO), Markus Fuhrmann (Co-founder), Lukasz Gadowski (Co-founder and early chairman), Kolja Hebenstreit (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 54,721 employees at December 31, 2025; average 2025 headcount was 51,073, including employed delivery staff.
- **Products:** Local delivery marketplaces, Own-delivery logistics, Quick commerce, Dmarts, Subscriptions
- **Notable:** Expanded from online food ordering into a group operating in around 65 countries across four continents., Completed a record 11 million orders in a single day in 2025 and reported more than 940,000 active restaurant and vendor partners., Generated EUR 49.2 billion of GMV and EUR 14.8 billion of total segment revenue in 2025.

## Products & services

- **Local delivery marketplaces** — Consumer apps connect diners and shoppers with restaurants and local retailers under brands including talabat, foodpanda, foodora, Glovo, PedidosYa, Yemeksepeti, efood and Baedal Minjok.
- **Own-delivery logistics** — Courier dispatch, route optimization, real-time order tracking and operational support for merchants that do not run their own fleets.
- **Quick commerce** — On-demand delivery of groceries, household essentials, health and beauty products, pet supplies, flowers and other local goods, generally in under an hour and often in 20 to 30 minutes.
- **Dmarts** — Compact delivery-only supermarkets with inventory and layouts optimized for rapid picking and neighborhood fulfillment.
- **Subscriptions** — Local-brand membership programs offer benefits such as reduced delivery costs and support higher order frequency and retention.
- **Merchant advertising and media** — Sponsored listings, display formats and audience tools help restaurants, retailers and consumer brands reach shoppers inside Delivery Hero's apps.
- **Payments and merchant services** — The platform processes customer payments and provides order, promotion and operational tools for participating merchants.

## Achievements

- Expanded from online food ordering into a group operating in around 65 countries across four continents.
- Completed a record 11 million orders in a single day in 2025 and reported more than 940,000 active restaurant and vendor partners.
- Generated EUR 49.2 billion of GMV and EUR 14.8 billion of total segment revenue in 2025.
- Raised adjusted EBITDA 30% to EUR 903 million in 2025 and produced a second consecutive year of positive free cash flow before extraordinary items.
- Grew quick-commerce GMV by more than 30% to over EUR 7.5 billion in 2025; integrated verticals reached adjusted EBITDA break-even for the year.
- Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2017 after raising approximately EUR 1 billion and entered the DAX in 2020 before returning to the MDAX in 2022.
- Listed talabat on the Dubai Financial Market in December 2024 in an offering that raised about $2.0 billion gross.
- Received a CDP climate rating of B for a second consecutive year in 2025 reporting.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Signed a business-combination agreement supporting Uber's EUR 41.50-per-share cash takeover offer and a linked agreement to sell businesses in 14 overlapping markets to SSW Partners for approximately EUR 1.4 billion. Closing of the Uber offer is expected in the second half of 2027, subject to conditions.
- **2026-06** — Reported that quick-commerce GMV had reached EUR 7.5 billion in 2025 and that customers using both food and quick commerce represented just over half of GMV in Q1 2026.
- **2026-03** — Published audited FY2025 results: EUR 49.2 billion GMV, EUR 14.8 billion total segment revenue, EUR 903 million adjusted EBITDA and EUR 250 million free cash flow before extraordinary items.
- **2026-03** — Agreed to sell foodpanda Taiwan to Grab for $600 million in cash, subject to regulatory approval.
- **2025-10** — Became a founding member of the UN Environment Programme's Deliver-E Coalition for zero-emission food and grocery delivery.
- **2025-06** — The European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a combined EUR 329 million for cartel conduct involving labor-market allocation and exchanges of commercially sensitive information.

## Links

- Website: https://www.deliveryhero.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/delivery-hero-se
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/deliveryherocom
- GitHub: https://github.com/deliveryhero
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deliveryhero/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deliveryhero

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Last updated: 2026-08-15