As of the reporting date 31 March 2026, the Bechtle Group employed a total of 16,496 people. This represents 767 more people than on 31 March 2025, an increase of 4.9 per cent. Compared to 31 December 2025, the workforce grew by 136 people, i.e. by 0.8 per cent.
This increase was entirely acquisition-driven. A total of 1,031 people have joined Bechtle in this way since 31 March 2025. In organic terms, the number of employees fell by 1.7 per cent.
|
|
Q1/2026 |
|
Q1/2025 |
|
Change in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group |
|
16,496 |
|
15,729 |
|
4.9 |
Germany |
|
10,278 |
|
10,490 |
|
−2.0 |
France |
|
1,204 |
|
1,245 |
|
−3.3 |
Benelux |
|
1,371 |
|
1,272 |
|
7.8 |
Other Europe |
|
3,643 |
|
2,722 |
|
33.8 |
Expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE), an average of 15,847 employees worked for Bechtle from January to March 2026. This is 594 more employees than in the same period last year, representing an increase of 3.9 per cent.
As of 31 March 2026, 729 young people (previous year: 815) were in training at Bechtle.