Factbook
Business Review by Segment
Segment overview
| Million € | Sales | EBITDA before special items |
EBITDA | EBIT before special items |
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Chemicals |
10,055 |
10,838 |
853 |
1,342 |
747 |
1,314 |
−88 |
503 |
| Materials |
12,742 |
13,510 |
1,575 |
1,805 |
1,502 |
1,769 |
722 |
987 |
| Industrial Solutions1 |
8,594 |
9,223 |
1,200 |
1,437 |
1,153 |
1,412 |
786 |
994 |
| Nutrition & Care |
6,509 |
6,729 |
649 |
814 |
630 |
819 |
133 |
273 |
| Surface Technologies1 |
8,967 |
8,055 |
800 |
470 |
1,394 |
405 |
587 |
203 |
| Agricultural Solutions |
9,587 |
9,798 |
2,081 |
1,938 |
1,925 |
1,659 |
1,500 |
1,270 |
| Other |
3,202 |
3,290 |
−604 |
−567 |
−1,732 |
−1,167 |
−752 |
−706 |
| BASF Group |
59,657 |
61,444 |
6,544 |
7,240 |
5,618 |
6,211 |
2,887 |
3,523 |
Segment overview
| Million € | EBIT | Segment cash flow | Assets | Investments including acquisitions2 | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Chemicals |
−374 |
429 |
−1,182 |
−2,051 |
14,400 |
14,266 |
2,108 |
3,403 |
| Materials |
635 |
939 |
1,054 |
766 |
9,226 |
10,135 |
940 |
1,139 |
| Industrial Solutions1 |
705 |
959 |
1,061 |
1,102 |
6,560 |
7,494 |
391 |
349 |
| Nutrition & Care |
76 |
220 |
−67 |
−31 |
7,610 |
7,887 |
662 |
809 |
| Surface Technologies1 |
1,141 |
−392 |
627 |
415 |
5,836 |
5,609 |
116 |
309 |
| Agricultural Solutions |
1,342 |
984 |
1,505 |
1,861 |
14,243 |
15,377 |
351 |
387 |
| Other3 |
−1,891 |
−1,328 |
18,299 |
19,647 |
131 |
240 |
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| BASF Group |
1,634 |
1,810 |
76,174 |
80,415 |
4,698 |
6,636 |
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1 Since January 1, 2025, chemical and refining catalysts business has been reported as part of the Performance Chemicals division in the Industrial Solutions segment. It was previously part of the former Catalysts division in the Surface Technologies segment. The prior-year figures have been restated accordingly.
2 Additions to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, excluding additions attributable to the discontinued coatings business; prior-year figures have been restated
3 Includes assets of businesses recognized under Other and reconciliation to assets of the BASF Group