Daimler Truck achieved a resilient Group result in 2025 in a challenging business environment with declining key markets, supported – despite weak demand – by strong performance in North America, increased sales in Europe, and double-digit profitability at Daimler Buses. Based on a joint agreement with the General Works Council, eligible Daimler Truck employees will participate in the company’s financial-year results through a profit-sharing payment of 2,701 euros. Approximately 25,000 tariff employees in Germany are eligible for this bonus, which will be paid with their April 2026 salary.
Jürgen Hartwig, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG, responsible for Human Resources and Labor Director: “2025 was a solid year for us. Despite challenging economic and geopolitical conditions, we achieved our goals – higher sales in Europe and a clear positioning in North America. We owe this result above all to the performance and commitment of our employees worldwide.”
Michael Brecht, Chairman of the Group Works Council of Daimler Truck AG: “As the Group Works Council, we ensure that our colleagues share appropriately in the company’s success – in good times as well as in difficult times. They are the backbone of the company. Since Daimler Truck became independent, this has been achieved every year. That is why it is a major success that, as part of the Cost Down Europe savings package, we also reached an agreement on profit-sharing for the coming years.”
The calculation of the profit-sharing payment for the completed financial year will follow the current calculation methodology for the last time. Starting with the financial year 2026, a new agreement between company management and the Group Works Council will apply and link profit-sharing to the economic performance of Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Europe. The calculation is based on the adjusted return on sales (Return on Sales adjusted). Daimler Truck has had a profit-sharing scheme for collectively bargained employees since 1997.
