E.ON - statistics & facts
E.ON is one of the leading investor-owned multinational gas and electricity utility companies worldwide, both in terms of energy supplied and number of employees. In 2024, its sales revenue was one of the highest in the world. Its activities employed over 70,000 people, making it the energy company with the largest number of employees in the world.
One of the core company’s commitments is carbon neutrality. Thus, over the last few years, E.ON has put the decarbonization of the power grid at the center of its strategy and is investing in renewable energy. Renewables neared 90 percent of the generation capacity connected to E.ON’s grid in 2023 and is projected to increase.
Financials of E.ON
E.ON’s revenues amounted to some 94 billion euros in 2023, after having increased steadily for the last few years. Meanwhile, E.ON's net income was the lowest since 2017, below 800 million euros. The company’s profit was mainly generated in Europe by the gas and electricity supply services provided to approximately 47 million customers in 2023.E.ON activities
Customer solutions and energy networks are E.ON’s major segments. Uniper, created in 2016 from the separation of E.ON into two main parts, maintained the company’s conventional power generation and energy trading operations. Having retained the power generation activities of E.ON, Uniper ranked among Europe’s largest electric utilities by power sales. In 2019, E.ON transferred its renewable power production segment to RWE. E.ON has retained its own retail and distribution services. In 2023, E.ON’s electricity sales were above 200 terawatt-hours, one of the largest volumes in Europe after Italy’s Enel and Uniper. That year, E.ON’s gas sales amounted to over 380 terawatt-hours.One of the core company’s commitments is carbon neutrality. Thus, over the last few years, E.ON has put the decarbonization of the power grid at the center of its strategy and is investing in renewable energy. Renewables neared 90 percent of the generation capacity connected to E.ON’s grid in 2023 and is projected to increase.
