Borussia Dortmund
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Borussia Dortmund is the only stock-market-listed Bundesliga club: it earns money from TV rights, sponsorship, tickets for Germany's largest stadium, merchandise and selling players it has developed.
What makes it different
A stock-listed club controlled by its members' association.
5.9%Capital stake of the members' club30 Jun 2026
Shares trade on the stock exchange, yet the general partner owned by the e.V. holds control with only a small capital stake.
How big it is
How big is Borussia Dortmund?
€460.5MRevenue2025/26
81,365Stadium capacity2026
238,885Club members2025
How it makes money 2025/26
Mostly TV and sponsors.
- TV marketing37%€168.5M
- Advertising34%€157.9M
- Match operations11%€50.3M
- Conference, catering and other10%€45.1M
- Merchandising8%€38.7M
How the business works
Buy young. Sell high. Fill the stadium.
- 1Young talents
- 2Germany's biggest stadium
- 3Stars at a profit
Champions League qualification decides whether the model runs smoothly or on thin margins.
Who owns it
- Bernd Geske8.6%
- Evonik Industries AG8.2%
- SIGNAL IDUNA5.98%
CEO: Carsten Cramer
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1909Club founded in Dortmund
- 1974Westfalenstadion opens
- 1997Champions League winners
- 2000Spin-off into a KGaA and first German club IPO
- 2003Stadium expanded to more than 80,000
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Borussia Dortmund's own reports.
- Borussia Dortmund meldet vorläufige Zahlen zum Geschäftsjahr 2025/2026 (ad-hoc release, preliminary IFRS figures) ↗
- Bilanzpressekonferenz 2026: BVB kerngesund, kostenoptimiert und wachstumsstark (club news) ↗
- Geschäftsbericht / Jahresfinanzbericht 2024/2025 ↗
- Geschäftsbericht / Jahresfinanzbericht 2023/2024 ↗
Full profile
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What Borussia Dortmund tracks20 metrics
Season tickets sold
Club members
Social media follows across platforms
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Profit
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The full timeline17 moments
2013
2024
2025
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