Employees

Our employees make a significant contribution to BASF’s success. We want to attract and retain talented people for our company and support them in their development. To do so, we strive to cultivate a working environment that inspires and connects people. It is founded on inclusive leadership based on mutual trust, respect and dedication to top performance.

Our employees are key to the successful implementation of BASF’s strategy. That is why we rely on our employees and leaders. We give them the tools and skills necessary to be able to offer our customers products and services tailored to their needs. We promote a working atmosphere based on mutual trust with attractive working conditions, in which employees can develop their individual skills and potential. We want to further strengthen our innovative power through the inclusion of diversity. This also positions us to meet the challenges of an increasingly rapidly changing environment, demographic change and the digital workplace. Continuous learning and individual employee development lay the foundation for this. Compensation and benefits as well as our commitment to supporting a balance between personal and professional life complete our comprehensive package. In order to continue to attract and retain talented people for our company in the future, we work continuously on BASF’s attractiveness as an employer. Our employees play an important role here as ambassadors for BASF.

Number of employees

As of December 31, 2023, the number of employees increased to 111,991 employees compared with 111,481 employees as of December 31, 2022. The rise was primarily due to staff increases in Asia Pacific, especially for the new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. This was partially offset by retirements and departures due to dormant employment as well as measures in connection with the cost savings program focusing on Europe. We employed 3,045 apprentices (2022: 3,049), of which 21.3% were women. A total of 2,305 employees were on temporary contracts (of which 43.4% were women).

BASF Group employees by region

By location of company, total: 111,822, as of December 31, 2024