Factbook
Selected Key Figures Excluding Metals
The IFRS figures correspond to the amounts presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The adjusted figures exclude sales from precious and base metal services as well as precious and base metal sales in the Battery Materials and Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions divisions.
BASF Group
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| IFRS figure | Adjusted figure | IFRS figure | Adjusted figure | ||
| Sales | million € | 59,657 | 53,306 | 61,444 | 56,184 |
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Volumes |
% | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
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Prices |
% | –1.7 | –3.3 | –5.7 | –3.3 |
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Currencies |
% | –3.0 | –2.9 | –1.6 | –1.8 |
|
Portfolio |
% | 0.3 | 0.4 | –0.1 | –0.1 |
| EBITDA before special items | million € | 6,554 | 6,554 | 7,240 | 7,240 |
| EBITDA margin before special items | % | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 12.9 |
Surface Technologies1
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| IFRS figure | Adjusted figure | IFRS figure | Adjusted figure | ||
| Sales | million € | 8,967 | 2,631 | 8,055 | 2,809 |
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Volumes |
% | 8.8 | 5.2 | –10.3 | –8.3 |
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Prices |
% | 9.0 | –1.8 | –16.9 | –2.9 |
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Currencies |
% | –4.8 | –4.7 | –0.9 | –1.9 |
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Portfolio |
% | –1.7 | –5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EBITDA before special items | million € | 800 | 800 | 470 | 470 |
| EBITDA margin before special items | % | 8.9 | 30.4 | 5.8 | 16.7 |
1 Since January 1, 2025, the 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.