DEAG Deutsche Entertainment AG reported record financial results for fiscal year 2025, with revenue increasing approximately 33% to €490.0 million and EBITDA more than doubling to €32.1 million. The EBITDA margin improved significantly from 3.9% to 6.6%. The company sold over 12 million tickets, an all-time high, with a substantial portion through its proprietary ticketing platforms, including myticket.de, gigantic.com, and tickets.ie.
DEAG continued its buy-and-build strategy, acquiring a majority stake in the ROCKHARZ Festival, which attracts over 25,000 visitors annually and is one of Germany's largest rock and metal festivals. The company also increased its stakes in Fane Productions, the market leader in Spoken Word & Literary Events, and UK ticketing platform gigantic.com to 100%. These moves, along with minority interest reductions, strengthened DEAG's market position.
The company organized numerous successful tours and events featuring artists such as Ed Sheeran, Iron Maiden, and Till Lindemann, whose European tour sold over 190,000 tickets. DEAG's event series "An Evening with…" and lit.COLOGNE literature festival were major successes, as were its Christmas Gardens, which attracted around 1.6 million visitors.
Looking ahead, DEAG expects ticket sales to remain high in fiscal 2026, with approximately 3 million tickets already sold for events in the year, securing €151.5 million in revenue. While group revenue is forecast to temporarily dip below the prior year's level due to event calendar cyclicality, the EBITDA margin is expected to increase further. The company anticipates revenue exceeding €400 million in 2026, with growth resuming in subsequent years.
DEAG's robust financial structure is supported by a new €75 million corporate bond 2025/2029. The full Annual Financial Report 2025 is available on DEAG's corporate website in the Investor Relations/Financial Reports section.
