Global Employee Population

On December 31, 2019, the company had 59,533 employees (2018: 57,016). SEE TEN-YEAR OVERVIEW Thereof, 7,703 were employed at adidas AG. On a full-time equivalent basis, our company had 53,218 employees (thereof 7,033 adidas AG) on December 31, 2019 (2018: 49,563 ). Personnel expenses increased to € 2.720 billion in 2019 (2018: € 2.481 billion), representing 12% of sales (2018: 11%). See note 33

Number of employees

59,533

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Employee statistics1

 

 

2019

 

2018

1

At year-end.

2

Number of employees on a headcount basis.

Total number of employees2

 

59,533

 

57,016

Total employees

 

 

 

 

Male

 

48%

 

51%

Female

 

52%

 

49%

Management positions

 

 

 

 

Male

 

66%

 

67%

Female

 

34%

 

33%

Average age of employees (in years)

 

31

 

31

Average length of service (in years)

 

4

 

4

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Number of employees by function1

 

 

Employees2

 

Full-time equivalents

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

1

At year-end.

2

Number of employees on a headcount basis.

Own retail

 

32,948

 

32,297

 

27,654

 

25,880

Sales

 

3,680

 

3,857

 

3,586

 

3,742

Logistics

 

8,170

 

6,175

 

7,874

 

5,976

Marketing

 

5,945

 

5,764

 

5,737

 

5,565

Central administration

 

5,624

 

5,574

 

5,323

 

5,251

Production

 

621

 

888

 

608

 

803

Research and development

 

1,007

 

1,041

 

940

 

971

IT

 

1,538

 

1,420

 

1,496

 

1,377

Total

 

59,533

 

57,016

 

53,218

 

49,563

Employee split1

Employee split (Piechart)

1 At year-end.

Employees by function1

Employees by function (Piechart)

1 At year-end.

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