Logistics & E-Commerce
Leading logistics location in Germany
The Leipzig Region is a key logistics hub for European and global markets with Germany’s 2nd busiest Cargo airport.
Through its key location in the centre of Europe, the Leipzig Region has traditionally been one of the most important logistics locations both nationally and internationally.
Today, with its outstandingly developed and unique multimodal infrastructure of road, rail and air transport as well as daily connections to all main seaports, it is one of the most critical transhipment centres in the world. With worldwide connections, the Leipzig Region is the perfect place to grow your business in logistics, supply chain and e-commerce.
This exceptional hub guarantees excellence and efficiency in supply-chain fulfilment. The Leipzig logistics hub accumulates companies across all logistics sectors; from bulk logistics (DB Cargo AG) cargo transport (Elflein, Rhenus), contract logistics (Schnellecke, Emons, KATEK, DSV, Raben) and courier, express and parcel services, CEP (DHL, Amazon Distribution, IW-Transport) to air freight (European Air Transport Leipzig, PortGround, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen).
Alongside excellent infrastructure, an innovative environment and available skilled workers and employees, logistics and e-commerce companies in the Leipzig economic region benefit from a unique range of space. The variety of options for attractive business locations covers several categories. It ranges from flex spaces to greenfield and brownfield, or plug-&-play solutions that meet all the needs and requirements of logistics and e-commerce companies looking to grow their business in Europe.
#4 cargo hub in Europe
Multimodal Transport Hub
24/7 operations Airport Logistics Hub
Average cargo volume >1.4 M tonnes
E-commerce businesses in the Leipzig Region
Thanks to the strong IT growth that the Leipzig Region is experiencing, combined with the excellent logistics and supply chain links, the region has become a popular base for full-service e-commerce businesses.
As early as the mid-2000s, Amazon decided to set up a branch in the Leipzig Region. Since then, the e-commerce and tech giant has continuously expanded its local presence, operating its first regional air freight centre in Europe at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Wholesalers such as Future Electronics and Ernsting’s Family also thrive at the location.
The list of other well-known industry representatives is long, including innovative online marketing agencies such as diva-e, and platforms such as the business e-procurement platform mercateo, the popular comparison sites Check24 and Verivox, reseller momox, and the successful etailer Relaxdays. It also includes companies from the field of webshop management such as dot.Source to internationally active software and solution providers such as DESCARTES Systems.
Road and rail logistics in the Leipzig Region
Leipzig is located at a major interchange between national north-to-south and east-to-west railway lines as well as forming part of the new silk railroad providing an ecological land bridge between Europe and Asia.
In addition to air and rail, four congestion-free motorways enable connections to almost all-important economic areas in Europe in less than ten truck hours. This unique connection offers the perfect growth environment for logistics service providers, online retailers, and tradespeople of all sizes.
Location advantages for logistics & e-commerce
Leipzig/Halle airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport is ranked the fourth busiest cargo hub in Europe and Germany’s second-largest cargo airport, with an annually increasing cargo volume and recent all time high of 1.4 million tonnes of cargo handled in 2020. Numerous leading international logistics companies such as Amazon Air, Lufthansa Cargo, DB Schenker and Kühne+Nagel base themselves around this flourishing centre. More than 80 cargo airlines fly to and from the airport. Leipzig/Halle airport has continued to operate throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and serves as a vital transhipment centre for medical relief supplies and protective equipment in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covering an area of 87,700 m², DHL Express operates the most modern and largest air freight hub in the entire global DHL Express network near the Leipzig/Halle Airport. Their European air freight hub handles 150,000 packages per hour and delivers to 220 countries and regions.
24-hour operation makes express freight ‘night jumps’ and next day delivery possible from Leipzig/Halle Airport. It is also the first regional airfreight centre for Amazon Air in Europe.
