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FC Bayern München

Sports & Entertainment · Germany

FC Bayern München is Germany's record champion, majority-owned by its 432,500 members; its company earns close to €1 billion a year from matches at the Allianz Arena, sponsors, merchandise, media rights and player sales.

What makes it different

Members own three quarters of the club.

75%Held by the members' association30 Jun 2025

The members' association holds 75% of the company; adidas, Audi and Allianz hold the rest.

How big it is

How big is FC Bayern München?

€978.3MRevenue2024/25
75,024Stadium capacity2024
432,500Members2025
How it makes money 2024/25

Matches, sponsors and shirts.

  • Match operations28%€260.7M
  • Sponsorship and marketing26%€240.4M
  • Merchandising16%€150.5M
  • Transfers13%€117.7M
  • Other17%
How the business works

Members own. Titles pay for themselves.

  1. 1German titles
  2. 2Allianz Arena, sponsors
  3. 3Debt-free, members' control

Long-term sponsor-shareholders give stable income without outside owners.

Who owns it
  • FC Bayern München eV75%
  • adidas AG8.33%
  • AUDI AG8.33%

CEO: Jan-Christian Dreesen

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1900FC Bayern founded at Café Gisela
  2. 1976Three straight European Cups
  3. 2005Allianz Arena opens
  4. 2006Bayern takes sole ownership of the arena
  5. 2013First treble
Sources

Every number on this page comes from FC Bayern München's own reports.

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What FC Bayern München tracks19 metrics
FC Bayern München eV members
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The full timeline17 moments
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