Employee Figures 1870 - 1944

Year

Employee

1870 50       (estimated)
1880 341     (thereof 270 in Berlin)
1893 1020  
1894 1072   
1895 1255
1896 1340
1897 1441
1898 1625
1899 1862
1900 2063
1901 2398   (branches opened in Dresden and Leipzig)
1902 2694
1903 2912
1904 3174
1905 3693
1906 4096
1907 4439
1908 4860
1909 5384
1910 5816
1911 6137
1912 6495
1913 6638
1914 8607   (merger with Bergisch Märkische Bank)
1915 10120
1916 10603
1917 13322  (merger with Schlesischer Bankverein and Norddeutsche Creditanstalt)
1918 13529
1919 13529  (no increase according to the annual report)
1920 17808
1921 21137
1922 26286
1923 23979  (hyperinflation, peak in November: 37,000)
1924 18699
1925 16000
1926 14800
1927 13856
1928 13341
1929 21600 (merger with Disconto-Gesellschaft, Norddeutsche Bank, A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bankverein, Rheinische Creditbank and Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft)
1930 20051
1931 18541
1932 16614
1933 16789
1934 17588
1935 17619
1936 17282
1937 17462
1938 17947
1939 19265
1940 20605
1941 20929
1942 No information available
1943 No information available
1944 No information available