Employee structure

Employees by business units

Full-time employees (FTE) 1)

Natural persons (NP) 

Jun 30, 2023

Jun 30, 2022

absolute

%

Dec 31, 2022

Jun 30, 2023

Jun 30, 2022

absolute

%

Dec 31, 2022

DB Long-Distance Transport

20,501

18,852

+1,649

+8.7

19,139

21,658

19,928

+1,730

+8.7

20,206

DB Regional

38,414

37,594

+820

+2.2

37,738

40,629

39,701

+928

+2.3

39,862

DB Cargo

31,578

30,931

+647

+2.1

31,167

32,150

31,557

+593

+1.9

31,755

DB Netze Track

54,316

51,976

+2,340

+4.5

52,510

56,085

53,510

+2,575

+4.8

54,118

DB Netze Stations

7,316

6,992

+324

+4.6

6,997

7,742

7,351

+391

+5.3

7,381

DB Netze Energy

1,958

1,905

+53

+2.8

1,943

2,043

1,985

+58

+2.9

2,024

Other

60,447

58,975

+1,472

+2.5

59,992

63,176

61,669

+1,507

+2.4

62,740

Integrated Rail System

214,530

207,225

+7,305

+3.5

209,486

223,483

215,701

+7,782

+3.6

218,086

DB Arriva

34,618

41,877

–7,259

–17.3

38,059

36,243

44,859

–8,616

–19.2

39,912

DB Schenker

75,424

75,424

76,591

77,880

78,061

–181

–0.2

78,886

DB Group

324,572

324,526

+46

324,136

337,606

338,621

–1,015

–0.3

336,884

Changes in the scope of consolidation

–2,365

–5,278

+2,913

–55.2

–3,376

–2,365

–5,808

+3,443

–59.3

–3,714

DB Group – comparable

322,207

319,248

+2,959

+0.9

320,760

335,241

332,813

+2,428

+0.7

333,170

1) To guarantee better comparability, the number of employees is converted into full-time employees (FTE). Figures for part-time employees are measured in accordance with their share of the regular annual working time.

In total, the number of employees remained at a stable level.

  • The development in the Integrated Rail System is mainly attributable to the increase in the number of employees at DB Netze Track, primarily in the areas of project management, maintenance and operations.
  • The increase in the number of employees at DB Long-­Distance Transport resulted from the partial transfer of oper­ations of DB Sales and the expansion of the operations employee groups.
  • At DB Regional, the increase is mainly due to the integration of ioki and increased volume in bus transport.
  • In the Subsidiaries/Other division, the growth was due to an increase in order volume, in particular at DB Vehicle Maintenance and DB E.C.O. At DB Systel, the increase was due to the expansion of innovative topics and the increased vertical integration of production.

The development at DB Arriva is in the opposite direction. This resulted from sales of activities in non-core countries. Accordingly, the share of employees in Germany rose slightly to around 67% as of June 30, 2023 (as of June 30, 2022: around 65%).

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