Private company

Deutsche Bahn

German state-owned national railway company

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. With its head office in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company (Aktiengesellschaft, AG).2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 1994Founded1
  • Industrybusiness and other management consulting, logistics, rail transport1
  • HeadquartersBahnTower1
  • Founded inBerlin1
  • Websitewww.deutschebahn.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft, Foreign company not registered with the RCS1

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Leadership

Who has led Deutsche Bahn, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Hartmut Mehdorn1999–2009
1995200020052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

  • rail transport

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Germany

Owners

  • Germany 100%

Subsidiaries

  • Arriva
  • Arriva City
  • Arriva International Limited
  • DB Bahnbau Gruppe
  • DB Cargo Czechia
  • DB Dienstleistungen
  • DB Energie
  • DB Engineering & Consulting
  • DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • DB International
  • DB International Operations
  • DB Kommunikationstechnik
  • DB Mobility Logistics
  • DB Netz
  • DB Netze
  • DB Projekt Stuttgart–Ulm
  • DB Projekt Verkehrsbau
  • DB ProjektBau
  • DB Regio
  • DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH
  • DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH
  • DB SEV GmbH
  • DB Schenker
All 41 subsidiaries
  • DB Schenker Logistics
  • DB Services
  • DB Station&Service
  • DB Systel
  • DB Vertrieb
  • Deutsche Bahn Connect
  • Etihad Rail DB
  • Notfallleitstelle der Deutschen Bahn
  • Schenker
  • ServiceStore DB
  • Stiftung Bahn-Sozialwerk
  • Stinnes AG
  • Südostbayernbahn
  • Usedomer Bäderbahn
  • Westfrankenbahn
  • ioki GmbH
  • Verkehrswissenschaftliche Lehrmittelgesellschaft m. b. H since 1994

Divisions

Also owns

  • DB Cargo 100%
  • EUROFIMA 22.6%
  • DB Regio Nordostbayern
  • Trans-Eurasia Logistics

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2010Acquired Arriva1
  2. 1994Acquired Verkehrswissenschaftliche Lehrmittelgesellschaft m. b. H1
  3. Succeeded Deutsche Bundesbahn1

Employees over time

Deutsche Bahn employees by year1337.0K in 2021+13% since 2015
0100.0K200.0K300.0K400.0K2015: 297.2K297.2K20152016: 306.0K306.0K2016+3%2018: 315.9K315.9K2018+3%2020: 336.3K336.3K2020+6%2021: 337.0K337.0K2021+0%
  • 2021336,9901
  • 2020336,2781
  • 2018315,9101
  • 2016306,0001
  • 2015297,2021

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Deutsche Bahn revenue by year147.1B EUR in 2021+19% since 2014
020.0B EUR40.0B EUR60.0B EUR2014: 39.7B EUR39.7B EUR20142015: 40.5B EUR40.5B EUR2015+2%2016: 40.6B EUR40.6B EUR2016+0%2018: 44.2B EUR44.2B EUR2018+9%2020: 39.9B EUR39.9B EUR2020−10%2021: 47.1B EUR47.1B EUR2021+18%
  • 202147.1B EUR1
  • 202039.9B EUR1
  • 201844.2B EUR1
  • 201640.6B EUR1
  • 201540.5B EUR1
  • 201439.7B EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 1994Founded Founded in Berlin1

Sources

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