Facts and figures
All numbers relate to the financial year 2016. Employee data figures are average values; financial figures are given in Euro.
| Foundation | 1949 |
| Shareholders | 182 |
| Turnover | 90,7 mil |
| Yearly surplus after tax | 1,8 mil |
| Coverage of daily papers' circulation | 100% |
| Journalistic members of staff worldwide | 1,300 |
| Countries with a dpa presence | approx. 100 |
| Countries dpa is covering | approx. 200 |
| Countries dpa is not covering | 0 |
| Offices in Germany | 58 |
| German regional services | 12 |
| Words in the German core service per day | approx. 220,000 |
| Stories in the German core service per day | more than 800 |
| Pictures in current daily services | more than 1,000 |
| Pictures in dpa databases | 21 mil |
| Departments | 6 |
| International services | 4 |
| Subsidiaries | 10 |
| Shareholdings | 8 |