Procurement volume

The procurement volume corresponds to the contractual obligations that DB Group has entered into with suppliers. On subsequent realization, these become capital expenditures or expenses (mainly cost of materials and other operating expenses). The total procurement volume in the first half of 2025 amounted to € 18.9 billion (first half of 2024: € 16.1 billion):

• Industrial products increased slightly to € 3.9 billion (first half of 2024: € 3.7 billion).
• In construction and engineering services, the procurement volume increased significantly to € 8.1 billion (first half of 2024: € 5.6 billion) due to increased capital expenditures in infrastructure and the rail network, including for the corridor modernization of the Hamburg — Berlin line.
• Third-party services remained largely unchanged compared to the first half of 2024 at € 5.2 billion (first half of 2024: € 5.1 billion).
• Cable- and pipe-bound power and fuel were essentially unchanged at € 1.7 billion (first half of 2024: € 1.7 billion).