Our suppliers come from various industries and countries. To capture the diversity of our more than 25 000 suppliers, the following graphic depicts the types of suppliers we commission; the overview includes the share of our expenditure (capex and opex) attributable to them and their geographical distribution.
2022
Supplier Category
Proportion of Spend %
Number of Consolidated Suppliers
Number of domestic subsidiary suppliers
Number of foreign subsidiary suppliers
Number of critical subsidiary suppliers
Number of risky subsidiary suppliers
Building, facilities, furniture and rel. services
3.5%
2 292
563
1 969
53
2
Civil Works
18.2%
4 868
4 435
1 297
168
0
Consulting,contracting, temp. labour and service center
2.7%
1 174
336
1 002
27
0
Electrodomestic appliances
0.0%
104
35
78
4
0
Enduser communication technology and equipment
22.1%
1 071
347
911
42
0
Energy, fuel, gas, water
0.4%
148
45
107
4
0
FinancialServices,insur,fees,investig,cert
1.0%
864
216
824
17
2
Fleet and travel
0.6%
671
234
472
35
2
Food and catering
0.1%
365
78
309
22
0
HR services, training and translation
0.7%
2 654
1 157
1 780
67
2
Information technology
17.5%
5 192
1 907
4 552
151
1
Logistics and mail
0.9%
592
256
419
9
1
Marketing, media, content, print, fairs
8.7%
5 425
2 473
3 469
152
3
Network capacity
5.6%
1 051
147
1 436
40
1
Network infrastructure
13.8%
2 286
892
1 998
76
2
Office equipment, office technology and stationery
0.2%
786
403
433
14
0
Service platforms
1.3%
735
282
540
24
0
Sim cards
0.1%
39
25
24
2
0
Tools and protection equipment
0.3%
537
199
353
13
0
Undefined/Undefined
2.2%
224
107
109
6
0
TOTAL
100%
748
10
Unique consolidated suppliers: 20 943
Unique local/subsidiary suppliers: 28 272
In total with no regards to the corresponding category
In total with no regards to the corresponding category
Definitions and examples
Consolidated supplier = Group level
Domestic subsidiary of the supplier = Subsidiaries of the corresponding company located in Germany
International subsidiary of the supplier = Number of supplier subsidiaries which are located outside of Germany
Consolidated suppliers are uniquely counted at Group level; local suppliers are multiple counted in case of different business operations/locations
Critical supplier: Supplier with compliance, financial, and resilience risks
CR risky supplier: Adherence/Compliance risks to defined ethical, ecological, and social requirements
Our suppliers come from various industries and countries. To capture the diversity of our more than 25 000 suppliers, the following graphic depicts the types of suppliers we commission; the overview includes the share of our expenditure (capex
and opex) attributable to them and their geographical distribution.
Definitions and examples