Employee structure

Employees as of Dec 31 / FTE20242023Change
absolute%
DB Long-Distance21,23620,966+270+1.3
DB Regional42,40539,587+2,818+7.1
DB Cargo 29,48331,359–1,876–6.0
DB InfraGO68,19763,870+4,327+6.8
DB Energy2,1492,055+94+4.6
Other62,09061,876+214+0.3
DB Group 1)225,560219,713+5,847+2.7
DB Group – comparable225,560219,707+5,853+2.7
Changes in the scope of consolidation–6+6–100
DB Group (including discontinuedoperations)296,662326,781–30,119–9.2
thereof discontinued operations71,102107,068–35,966–33.6

To guarantee better comparability, the number of employees is converted into full-time equivalents (FTE). Figures for part-time employees are measured in accordance with their share of the regular annual working time.
1) Figure for 2023 adjusted due to the reclassification of DB Schenker.

Women as of Dec 31 / NP202420232022
DB Group80,74085,91184,347
Share (%)26.225.325.0
Germany56,64455,62052,394
Share (%)24.024.123.7

Including DB Schenker (discontinued operation).

Employees by regions and contract type as of Dec 31 / NP20242023Change2022
absolute%
Germany236,369231,080+5,289+2.3221,343
Permanent227,974221,043+6,931+3.1211,842
Fixed-term8,39510,037–1,642–16.49,501
Europe (excluding Germany)39,81777,094–37,277–48.482,220
Permanent37,26872,475–35,207–48.677,455
Fixed-term2,5494,619–2,070–44.84,765
Asia/Pacific16,71317,259–546–3.218,055
Permanent12,39312,486–93–0.713,159
Fixed-term4,3204,773–453–9.54,896
North America11,39611,033+363+3.311,523
Permanent11,32210,954+368+3.411,467
Fixed-term7479–5–6.356
Rest of world3,8243,635+189+5.23,743
Permanent3,5463,350+196+5.93,382
Fixed-term278285–7–2.5361
DB Group308,119340,100–31,981–9.4336,884
Permanent292,503320,308–27,805–8.7317,306
Fixed-term15,61619,792–4,176–21.119,578

Including DB Schenker (discontinued operation).

New hires

Germany (companies with about 98% of domestic employees). 
Including DB Schenker (discontinued operation).

Excluding young talents, we recorded 25,554 external new hires in Germany in 2024 (previous year: 28,193). In this way we make an important contribution to implementing our central strategic HR objective and to the robustness of DB Group.

Sustainability indices

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