Bayer
Pharmaceuticals, crop science and consumer health · Germany
Bayer is a life science company that sells seeds and crop protection to farmers, prescription medicines and imaging products, and over-the-counter self-care brands.
What makes it different
Nearly half of sales come from farming, not medicine.
47%Of sales from Crop ScienceFY2025
Crop Science sells seeds and crop protection to farmers and is Bayer's largest division.
How big it is
How big is Bayer?
€45.6BGroup salesFY2025
88,078EmployeesFY2025
€5.8BR&D expensesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Crop science leads; pharma is close behind.
- Crop Science47%€21.6B
- Pharmaceuticals39%€17.8B
- Consumer Health13%€5.8B
- Other1%€322M
How the business works
Farm, pharmacy and medicine cabinet.
- 1Seeds and crop protection
- 2Prescription drugs and imaging
- 3Over-the-counter self-care brands
Litigation over glyphosate, not operations, turned 2025 earnings negative.
Who owns it
- Investors in North America32%
- Investors in Germany22.9%
- Private stockholders18%
CEO: Bill Anderson
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1863Founded in Barmen
- 1899Aspirin launched
- 1925Merges into I.G. Farben
- 1951Re-established as Farbenfabriken Bayer AG
- 2001Buys Aventis CropScience
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Bayer's own reports.
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What Bayer tracks27 metrics
Women whose need for modern contraception is met through Bayer-supported interventions
Employees
Phase III projects
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
North America
Europe / Middle East / Africa
Latin America
The full timeline19 moments
2023
2025
2026
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