Melitta financial year 2025 (preliminary figures)

 

Continued growth despite a still challenging environment 

31.03.2026

 

• Annual sales grow by 18 percent to 2.53 billion euros
• Coffee business in Europe, North and South America as a key growth driver
• Foundation laid for future growth – confident for 2026
• Growth and internationalisation strategy to be consistently pursued

 

 

In fiscal year 2025, the Melitta Group once again performed well in an environment marked by geopolitical crises, volatile commodity prices, and muted consumer sentiment. According to preliminary 2025 financial results, the family-owned company increased its revenue by 18 percent year-over-year to 2.53 billion euros and was able to consolidate key market positions. Adjusted for currency effects, revenue growth was as high as 21 percent. The main drivers of this development were the coffee businesses, which achieved significantly higher revenue in Europe as well as in North and South America. The Melitta brand remained the market leader in Germany in the filter coffee segment in 2025. Melitta also consolidated its leading market position in Brazil. roastmarket.de performed well despite a challenging market environment and volatile raw material prices, and was able to consolidate its market position through targeted strategic decisions. Overall, the Group’s global coffee sales remained stable.

 

Steady business despite inflation

The Professional (international) and Household Europe segments, which include coffee machines for the B2B and B2C markets as well as filter paper and household films, performed at a stable level overall in 2025 despite consumer reluctance and high price pressure. The provider of coffee and water supply solutions for offices, fresh at work, was able to continue its revenue growth in fiscal year 2025 thanks to successfully implemented price adjustments and additional water contracts.

“The 2025 fiscal year was very satisfactory for the Melitta Group,” says Katja Möller, member of the Executive Board. “After a very challenging 2024 for the entire industry, marked by a massive increase in green coffee prices and significant price pressure, we are emerging from 2025 in a stronger position and will consistently continue on this course in 2026.”

 

Reliable partner – even in challenging times

“The decision was the right one: in 2024, despite significant price distortions in the green coffee market, we did everything in our power to be a reliable partner to our customers and business partners at all times. Thanks to all our products, there is a touch of Melitta in approximately every fourth cup of roasted coffee worldwide. At the same time, we restructured our financing in 2025 so that we can navigate volatile coffee markets even more effectively,” says Jero Bentz, member of the Executive Board and great-grandson of company founder Melitta Bentz.

 

Resilience proven

In fiscal year 2025, key financial targets were met or exceeded. EBITDA—the company’s operating result before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization—increased significantly compared to the previous year. The past fiscal years thus continued the 118-year success story of the internationally active family-owned company based in Minden. In the face of the challenges described above in 2024, the group demonstrated a high degree of resilience and continues to maintain its usual solid financial stability.

 

Investment in brand and internationalization

Even in a challenging market environment, the Melitta Group once again made targeted investments in brand building and internationalization in 2025.

Since the summer of 2025, Melitta coffee has been served from Melitta coffee machines at the Spanish club Real Madrid. As the official coffee partner of the globally successful soccer club, Melitta has agreed to a comprehensive communications and marketing package that further strengthens global awareness and positive brand perception.

 

A family business: thinking long-term and acting sustainably

Despite challenging conditions, the Melitta Group will continue on its path toward full circularity for household products and packaging in the areas of food management and waste management. Many products in the brand portfolio are already largely recyclable and made from recycled resources to strengthen the sustainable circular economy. For example, the trash bag ranges of the Swirl®, Handy-bag®, and Bacofoil® brands are already made from 100 percent recycled plastic. The goal remains to use exclusively recycled, recyclable, or renewable raw materials for the products and packaging across the rest of the portfolio as well.

“As a family-owned company, we think in terms of generations. We align our decisions with long-term success. Even a challenging year like 2024 does not prevent us from being a reliable supplier to our customers and partners and consistently pursuing our strategic course, which we have proven with our strong growth in 2025 and our adaptability. We always strive to occupy a market-leading position. We have already achieved this in the world’s second- and third-largest coffee markets (Brazil and Germany), and we are very proud of it,” says Jero Bentz.

 

Adaptability as a success factor

Katja Möller adds: “At the same time, we will remain entrepreneurially flexible and adaptable to ensure long-term success and to address challenges quickly. We demonstrated this in 2025 with targeted adjustments to our organization. For 2026, we are confident that, despite general economic and geopolitical uncertainties, it will be another good year for Melitta.”

Melitta plans to strengthen its brand business and further expand its coffee business internationally in 2026. In addition, the D2C business — that is, direct-to-consumer sales — as well as the business with corporate customers (D2B) will be further developed.