Development of staff numbers

During the reporting period, METRO GROUP employed an average of 203,773 (2013/14: 209,398) full-time equivalents. This is a decrease of 2.7 per cent from the same period of the previous year. The majority of our employees work outside of our home market of Germany. In Western Europe (excluding Germany), Eastern Europe and Asia/Africa, we had 132,958 full-time equivalents, 4.0 per cent less than during the same period of the previous year. This decline is primarily due to the sale of Real’s Eastern European business and METRO Cash & Carry’s withdrawal from Denmark, Greece and Vietnam. In Germany, the number of full-time equivalents fell slightly by 0.2 per cent to 70,815.

During the reporting period, our METRO Cash & Carry sales line had an average of 108,234 full-time equivalents. This is a decrease of 2.2 per cent from the same period of the previous year. Media-Saturn employed an average of 57,952 full-time equivalents in the reporting period, an increase of 0.7 per cent over the same period of the previous year. At Real, the number of full-time equivalents fell by 13.2 per cent to 28,069, due, in particular, to the sale of Real’s Eastern European business as well as store closures in Germany. The number of full-time equivalents in the Others segment increased by 5.3 per cent to 9,518.

Development of employee numbers by country and segment
full-time equivalents as of closing date of 30/9¹

Development of employee numbers by country and segment
by headcount as of closing date of 30/9