Operating segments

Borussia Dortmund has four reportable segments, which are responsible for the main activities of the overall Group. The first segment consists of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, which operates a football club including a professional football squad and leverages the associated revenue potential arising from transfer deals, catering, TV marketing, advertising and match operations. The second segment consists of the separate merchandising business, which is carried out by BVB Merchandising GmbH, a legally independent entity.

The wholly owned Group subsidiaries BVB Event & Catering GmbH and besttravel dortmund GmbH are also classified as reportable segments.

BVB Event & Catering GmbH is responsible for conducting stadium tours, providing and arranging for event staffing services and planning, organising, catering, steering and conducting events of all types in its own name and on behalf of third parties.

besttravel dortmund GmbH is responsible for arranging travel by air, rail and ship, as well as package tours offered to private customers by travel agents. It also organises and conducts events such as sports travel, conferences and incentive trips, and arranges hotel and car hire bookings.

Internal reporting is based on the accounting provisions of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch, “HGB”).

The table below provides a reconciliation of the revenue, profit or loss before taxes, assets, liabilities and other key items for each segment:

The table below provides a detailed reconciliation of segment profit or loss before taxes, segment assets and segment liabilities:

The Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA segment exceeded the 10% threshold stipulated in IFRS 8.34 for two customers by a total of EUR 181,291 thousand (previous year: two customers, EUR 172,660 thousand). In the past, no bad debts in excess of 2.5 percent have been reported for these customers. The allocation of revenue items is presented in the table below: