Private company

DB Systel

Logo: DB AG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

DB Systel is a subsidiary company of Deutsche Bahn founded in 2007.¹ It is headquartered in Frankfurt.¹ It employed 4 people in 2019.¹

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Aug 21, 2007Founded¹

IndustryICT, information and communications technology¹
HeadquartersFrankfurt¹
Websitewww.dbsystel.de
Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹
LEI529900LCE6XHYV408954²
StatusActive²
LEI statusIssued and current²
Registered addressJürgen-Ponto-Platz 1, 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany²
Registered withLocal Court Frankfurt am Main, HRB 78707²

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Corporate structure

DB Systel is part of a group headed by Deutsche Bahn. 375 entities, 48 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Deutsche Bahn Berlin, Germany
- DB Cargo 100% · Mainz, Germany
  - BLS Cargo Subsidiary · Bern
    - BLS Cargo Nord Subsidiary · Deurne
  - DB Cargo Deutschland Subsidiary · Mainz, Germany
  - DB Cargo Italia Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - DB Cargo Polska Subsidiary · Zabrze
  - DB Schenker Rail Schweiz Subsidiary · Opfikon, Switzerland
  - DB Cargo Belgium Branch · Mainz, Germany
- DB Engineering & Consulting 100% · Berlin, Germany
  - Canberra Metro Operations Subsidiary
- DB Fernverkehr 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  - DB AutoZug Subsidiary · Dortmund
  - DB European Railservice Subsidiary · Dortmund, Germany
  - IC Bus Subsidiary
  - Metropolitan Subsidiary · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
  - Schifffahrt und Inselbahn Wangerooge Subsidiary · Friesland, Germany
- DB Regio 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  - Autokraft Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
  - BahnBus Hochstift Subsidiary · Paderborn, Germany
  - Bayern Express & P. Kühn Berlin Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
  - Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund Subsidiary · Ravensburg, Germany
  - Busverkehr Märkisch-Oderland Subsidiary
  - Busverkehr Oder-Spree Subsidiary · Fürstenwalde, Germany
  - Busverkehr Ostwestfalen Subsidiary · Bielefeld, Germany
  - Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar Subsidiary · Ludwigshafen, Germany
  - DB Busverkehr Hessen Subsidiary · Giessen, Germany
  - DB Regio AG, Regio Südwest Subsidiary · Mannheim, Germany
  - DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
  - DB Regio Bayern Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
  - DB Regio Bus Ost Subsidiary · Forst (Lausitz), Germany
  - DB Regio Marschbahn Subsidiary · Kiel, Germany
  - DB Regio Mitte Subsidiary · Mannheim, Germany
    - Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Subsidiary · Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany
  - DB Regio Nordost Subsidiary
  - DB Regio NRW Subsidiary · Düsseldorf, Germany
  - DB Regio Südost Subsidiary · Leipzig, Germany
  - DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee Subsidiary · Ulm
  - Kahlgrund Verkehrs-GmbH Subsidiary · Schöllkrippen, Germany
  - Omnibusverkehr Franken Subsidiary · Nuremberg, Germany
    - KOB GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
  - Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe Subsidiary · Mainz, Germany
  - OstalbMobil Subsidiary · Aalen, Germany
  - Regional Bus Stuttgart Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
    - Omnibus Müller Subsidiary · Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
  - Regionalbus Braunschweig Subsidiary · Brunswick, Germany
    - Haller Busbetrieb Subsidiary · Walsrode, Germany
  - and 54 more
- DB Systel 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Vertrieb 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  - DB Dialog Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- Arriva Kent Thameside Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Midlands Sunderland, United Kingdom
  - Arriva Midlands East Subsidiary
- Arriva North West Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Rail London Park Sunderland, United Kingdom
  - London Overground Rail Operations Limited Subsidiary · Swiss Cottage
- Arriva Rail North Park, Sunderland, United Kingdom
- ARRIVA STŘEDNÍ ČECHY Králův Dvůr, Czechia
- Arriva UK Bus Sunderland, United Kingdom
  - Arriva Buses Wales Subsidiary
  - Arriva Herts & Essex Subsidiary
    - Green Line Coaches Subsidiary
  - Arriva Max Subsidiary
  - Arriva Sapphire Subsidiary
  - Arriva Southern Counties Subsidiary
  - ArrivaClick Subsidiary
- Arriva UK Trains Sunderland, United Kingdom
  - Arriva TrainCare Subsidiary · Crewe
  - Arriva Trains Wales Subsidiary · Cardiff
  - Chiltern Railways Subsidiary · Banbury
  - CrossCountry Subsidiary · Birmingham
- Arriva Yorkshire Park, Sunderland, United Kingdom
- DB Bahnbau Gruppe Berlin, Germany
- DB Cargo Scandinavia Høje Taastrup, Denmark
- DB Cargo Spedkol Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
- DB Cargo UK Doncaster, United Kingdom
  - Euro Cargo Rail Subsidiary · France
- DB Energie Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB InfraGO Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Services Berlin, Germany
- DB Systemtechnik Minden, Germany
- Grand Central Railway Sunderland, United Kingdom
- and 157 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Deutsche Bahn

Owners

Deutsche Bahn 100%

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

DB Systel employees by year¹4 in 2019−100% since 2013

20194¹
20153,400¹
20133,100¹

Timeline

Aug 18, 2017Parent Directly consolidated by Deutsche Bahn²
Aug 21, 2007Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataDB Systel on Wikidata
2
GLEIFDB Systel LEI record (529900LCE6XHYV408954)
3
Wikimedia CommonsDB Systel logo by DB AG, Public domain