2. Bundesliga

€0.99bn

Gross result of 14 of the 18 second-tier clubs. One club generates 15% of it.

Median per club +2.6% vs previous season; 2018/19: €0.64bn. Sum of the 14 clubs with figures. Gross result explained

Karlsruher SC: from 14th to 8th on the gross result

Place 1 to 16 by gross result, 2018/19 to 2024/25

Source: DFL, club financial figures

Concentration

15%

of the gross result in the 2. Bundesliga goes to Schalke 04. More than the four smallest clubs combined.

Equity

4clubs

of 36 clubs with figures have negative equity, 0 of them in the Bundesliga. As many as 6 seasons ago.

Biggest climber

+6places

Karlsruher SC has climbed on the gross result in the 2. Bundesliga since 2018/19, from 14th to 8th. More than any other club.

Wage ratio

59%

of the gross result goes to wages at Greuther Fürth, the highest in the 2. Bundesliga. The median is 42%.

14 of 18 clubs with figures; the rest are missing from the DFL files.

Key figure

2. Bundesliga 2024/25, sorted by Gross result
Pos.	Club
1	Schalke 04	14	150.9	59.0	39.1	5.5	−99.1	−117.7	5.8
2	Köln	1	136.0	55.9	41.1	5.4	29.3	31.8	2.7
3	Hamburger SV	2	120.1	46.8	39.0	4.4	49.4	29.9	2.4
4	Nürnberg	10	101.5	29.7	29.3	13.1	5.7	10.8	2.3
5	Hertha BSC	11	88.1	46.7	53.0	−15.6	−38.4	−97.6	7.7
6	Hannover 96	9	63.0	31.0	49.3	4.5	12.5	22.2	1.5
7	Kaiserslautern	7	54.8	23.0	42.0	−0.2	28.1	55.5	1.1
8	Karlsruher SC	8	54.1	20.4	37.8	2.1	13.5	29.1	0.7
9	Darmstadt 98	12	48.8	20.6	42.2	3.6	26.1	46.6	1.1
10	Paderborn 07	4	39.8	17.0	42.7	0.1	6.4	29.8	1.1
11	Elversberg	3	38.9	14.7	37.8	5.6	1.4	2.9	0.7
12	Magdeburg	5	34.0	17.4	51.3	0.9	10.5	52.9	0.5
13	Greuther Fürth	13	33.4	19.6	58.7	−4.7	2.7	27.0	1.0
14	Braunschweig	16	30.4	15.4	50.7	0.1	0.8	8.0	0.9

No figures: Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Preußen Münster, SSV Ulm 1846, SSV Jahn Regensburg – not in the DFL files, because two seasons later it was no longer licensed for the Bundesliga or 2. Bundesliga.