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2025 Financials

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Digital

Online Annual Report 2025

Bertelsmann additionally publishes its Annual Report in a digital version suitable for all devices.

Annual Report 2025

2025 was a solid financial year for us. In a challenging environment, our broad business and geographic footprint once again proved its worth. Group profit exceeded €1 billion for the 11th consecutive year. Our investment activity remains strong, with economic investments totaling more than €2 billion.
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Thomas Rabe

Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO

Considering macroeconomic expectations, Bertelsmann expects overall stable revenues and earnings for the 2026 financial year. We expect growth in revenues and earnings for our continuing operations.
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Rolf Hellermann

Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann

76,965Employees
€19.0 billion Group revenues
€3,019 million Operating EBITDA adjusted
€1,007 million Group profit
Figures refer to the 2025 fiscal year

Facts and Figures

The company generated revenues of €19 billion in the 2025 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world.

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Tomorrow Is Already Here

Strategy

New challenges call for new answers. This is true for Bertelsmann’s strategy as well. So, following important successes in the Group’s transformation, the task now is to further develop the strategy with a view to ensuring that Bertelsmann is fast-growing, profitable, digital, international and diversified for the long term. The Group is pursuing five growth priorities to this end.