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Deutsche Bank

Banking & financial services · Germany

Deutsche Bank is Germany's largest bank, combining an investment bank, a corporate bank for companies, a retail and wealth bank led by Postbank and the DWS asset manager.

What makes it different

Its German retail arm serves about 18 million clients.

~18MPersonal Banking clients in GermanyFY2025

Personal Banking, run through the Deutsche Bank and Postbank brands, leads the German market and gives the group a large, stable deposit base.

How big it is

How big is Deutsche Bank?

€31.4BNet revenuesFY2025
€694.6BDeposits2025
89,879Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025

The investment bank brings in the most.

  • Investment Bank36%€11.5B
  • Private Bank31%€9.7B
  • Asset Management10%€3.1B
  • Corporate Bank23%€7.4B
How the business works

Serve firms. Trade markets. Bank Germans.

  1. 1Companies' cash and trade
  2. 2Markets for institutions
  3. 3German households, Postbank

Steady cash-management and household deposit income balances the swings of trading.

Who owns it
  • BlackRock, Inc.7.92%
  • The Capital Group Companies, Inc.4.94%
  • Paramount Service Holding Ltd. S.À R.L.4.54%

CEO: Christian Sewing

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1870Deutsche Bank is founded
  2. 1957Three regional banks are reunited as Deutsche Bank AG
  3. 2010Takes control of Postbank
  4. 2015Strategy 2020 is announced
  5. 2018Christian Sewing becomes CEO
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Deutsche Bank's own reports.

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What Deutsche Bank tracks20 metrics
Private Bank clients
Branches
Deposits
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Germany
Americas
United Kingdom
The full timeline16 moments
2022
2025
2026
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Revenue
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