Growth and Capital
Companies integrated into a group through a domination or profit transfer agreement, with the parent company and the date of the agreement.
Group relationships determine where purchasing takes place, who audits and which systems are used. A newly concluded agreement points to a recently completed acquisition: in the months that follow, suppliers, auditors and service providers are frequently selected anew.
Group affiliation and shareholding structures. How densely German companies are linked by contract, which parent companies bind the most subsidiaries and how widespread holding and transformation structures are.