Global employee population

On December 31, 2020, the company had 62,285 employees (2019: 65,194). Thereof, 7,694 were employed at adidas AG (2019: 7,978). On a full-time equivalent basis, our company had 54,722 employees on December 31, 2020 (2019: 55,819), thereof 6,963 at adidas AG (2019: 7,238). The 2019 employee figures on a headcount as well as full-time equivalent basis were restated due to the inclusion of temporary contracts of up to six months. In 2020, personnel expenses decreased slightly to € 2.483 billion (2019: € 2.720 billion), representing 13% of sales (2019: 12%). SEE TEN-YEAR OVERVIEW See Note 42

Employees worldwide

62,285

Employee split¹

Employees by function¹