7. Personnel Expenses

Personnel expenses

EUR thousand

 

2025

 

2024

Wages and salaries

 

429,656

 

440,724

Statutory social expenses

 

86,506

 

81,956

Expenses for post-employment benefits, support and anniversaries

 

4,444

 

4,242

Total

 

520,606

 

526,922

Amounts resulting from the interest cost of personnel provisions, in particular pension provisions, are not recognized as personnel expenses. Instead, these amounts are reported as a component of net interest income (expense).

Statutory social expenses include EUR 36,169 thousand (previous year: EUR 36,319 thousand) for contributions to statutory retirement plans. Of this amount, EUR 200 thousand (previous year: EUR 192 thousand) was attributable to key management personnel and EUR 36 thousand (previous year: EUR 25 thousand) to employee representatives on the Supervisory Board.

In 2025, BLG LOGISTICS had an average headcount of 8,838 employees (previous year: 9,564). Of these employees, 6,592 (previous year: 7,357) were blue-collar workers and 2,246 (previous year: 2,207) worked in commercial functions. Please refer to the Combined group management report and the Segment Reporting for more information.

Employees
Persons who have an employment contract with the company under national law or according to customary practice.
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