[42] Employees

The KION Group employed an average of 31,064 full-time equivalents (including trainees and apprentices) in the reporting year (2016: 24,957). The number of employees (with part-time staff included on a pro rata basis) is shown by region in > TABLE 119.

Employees (average)

119

 

2017

2016

Germany

9,127

8,460

France

3,508

3,293

UK

2,396

1,937

Italy

1,094

899

Rest of Europe

5,100

4,437

USA

3,038

801

Asia

4,267

3,845

Rest of world

2,534

1,286

Total employees

31,064

24,957

The KION Group employed an average of 541 trainees and apprentices in 2017 (2016: 536).