K+S has published capacity for 1 product in Brazil, Canada, Chile, China and 3 more. Salt capacity: 9 Mt a year at end-2025 (one site: Europe (salt and brine)).
Salt capacity, 2025Capacity at year end, 100% of each site, as published. Method: sum of published site figures.Source: The company's own documents (annual reports, filings, websites), with document and page for each figure1 site
Sites117 countries
Employees12,0282025
Published figuresNumber of figures extracted from the company's documents (capacity, production, sales, employees), each with its document and page.Source: The company's own documents (annual reports, filings, websites), with document and page for each figure2012-2025, 17 documents
01Overview
Countries of operation
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990), Saudi Arabia, United States
Products
MOP (muriate of potash), SOP (sulphate of potash), Industrial chemicals and minerals
Status
Active
Listing
Not listed or not recorded
Coverage
2012 to 2025, 189 figures from 17 documents
02Capacity
latest published, 100% of each site
Product
Capacity
Basis Basis of the tonnes, as published. Product: tonnes of the product as sold. MOP: tonnes of muriate of potash (potassium chloride, about 60% K₂O), the basis potash producers report in. P₂O₅, K₂O, N: tonnes of nutrient. Ore: tonnes of mined ore before processing.
Year
Sites
Change over 5 years
Source PRO
Salt Method: sum of published site figures. Sites: Europe (salt and brine).
9.0 Mt
product, a year
2025
1
–
•••
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03Production and sales
latest published
Product
Production PRO
Basis Basis of the tonnes, as published. Product: tonnes of the product as sold. MOP: tonnes of muriate of potash (potassium chloride, about 60% K₂O), the basis potash producers report in. P₂O₅, K₂O, N: tonnes of nutrient. Ore: tonnes of mined ore before processing.
Year
Salt
•••
product
2025
Potash (MOP)
•••
MOP
2025
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04Sites
11 sites with published figures
Site
Country
Products
Years with figures
Salina Diamante Branco
Brazil
Salt
2013-2014
Bethune
Canada
Potash (MOP)
2017-2025
Salar Grande de Tarapaca (K+S Chile)
Chile
Salt
2013-2014
Huludao Magpower
China
Magnesium products
2016-2017
Europe (salt and brine)
Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990)
Salt
2018-2025
Germany (potash and magnesium crude salt)
Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990)
Potash ore
2015-2025
Neuhof-Ellers
Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990)
Potash products, total
2025-2025
Werra
Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990)
Potash products, total
2025-2025
Zielitz
Fed. Rep. of Germany (...1990)
Potash products, total
2025-2025
Al Biariq
Saudi Arabia
Potassium sulphate (SOP)
2016-2017
Americas (salt)
United States
Salt
2018-2019
05Structure
listing, predecessors, holdings, units
Shareholding and joint ventures: not yet recorded for this company.
06Trade
the company in its country's exports
No comparison with the trade data for this company yet.
Every figure on this page comes from K+S's own documents, fiscal years 2013 to 2026: annual reports, web pages, results presentations. Each figure keeps its document and page.
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Notes on these figures
Figures as published by the company in its own documents; capacity and production at 100% of each site, in kt of product (phosphoric acid in kt P₂O₅, potash in kt MOP unless stated).
Empty years are gaps: no figure published for that year. Nothing is estimated or interpolated.
How to citeFertRadar (2026), "K+S: capacity, production and sales", fertradar.com, https://fertradar.com/companies/k-s/, Release 2026.10.
Data pack: K+S: capacity, production and sales
K+S: capacity and production by site and product 2013-2025, sales volumes, key figures, the document and page of every figure.
CompanyIdentity, scope and coverage of this file.7 rows
Key figuresLatest capacity, production and changes, computed from the published figures only, with their documents.3 rows
CapacityCapacity by site or aggregate and product, as published, by year.11 rows
ProductionProduction by site or aggregate and product, as published, by year.8 rows
Sales volumesSales volumes as published (group, segment or product), by year.26 rows
EmployeesHeadcount as published.22 rows
SitesSites with published figures: country, products and years covered.11 rows
Figures and sourcesEvery figure of this file, one per row, with its status, confidence, document and page.167 rows
DocumentsCompany documents behind the figures: title, fiscal year, type and address.17 rows
Also in the file: a Read me sheet (contents, units, how to cite, terms of use), the Sources sheet with every source, its licence and address, and the Definitions sheet with grades and notes.
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2013 to 2025, 11 sites, 189 published figures, 17 company documents
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