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== Former DAX components ==
{{More citations needed|section|date=July 2021}}
This table lists former DAX components and the companies which replaced them.

{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="silver"|Date
!bgcolor="silver"|Component excluded
!bgcolor="silver"|Component included
!bgcolor="silver"|Reason for exclusion/ ''Comments''
|-
|rowspan=2|03.09.1990
|Feldmühle Nobel
|[[Metallgesellschaft]]
|Takeover of Feldmühle Nobel by [[Stora Enso]]
|-
|Nixdorf Germany
|[[Preussag]] ''(now [[TUI AG|TUI]])''
|Merged with Siemens to form [[Siemens-Nixdorf]]
|-
|18.09.1995
|Deutsche Babcock
|[[SAP AG|SAP]]
|Replaced by SAP because of lower market capitalisation
|-
|22.07.1996
|Kaufhof
|[[Metro AG|METRO]]
|Merger of Kaufhof and Metro Cash & Carry
|-
|23.09.1996
|Continental
|[[Münchener Rück]]
|''Continental was added back to the DAX on 22 September 2003, though it was demoted again in 2008 and added back again in 2012''
|-
|18.11.1996
|Metallgesellschaft
|[[Deutsche Telekom]]
|IPO of Deutsche Telekom
|-
|rowspan="2"|22.06.1998
|Bayerische Hypotheken-<br />und Wechselbank
|[[Adidas]]
|rowspan="2"|Merger of Vereinsbank and Hypobank to form HypoVereinsbank
|-
|Bayerische Vereinsbank
|[[HypoVereinsbank]]
|-
|21.12.1998
|Daimler-Benz
|DaimlerChrysler <br/>''(now [[Daimler AG|Daimler]])''
|Merger of Daimler-Benz with [[Chrysler]]
|-
|22.03.1999
|Degussa
|Degussa-Hüls
|Merger of Degussa AG with [[Hüls AG]] and renaming to Degussa-Hüls AG
|-
|25.03.1999
|Thyssen
|[[ThyssenKrupp]]
|Merger of Thyssen and [[Friedrich Krupp AG|Krupp]]
|-
|20.09.1999
|Hoechst
|[[Fresenius Medical Care|Fresenius Medical Care]]
|Merger of Hoechst and [[Rhône-Poulenc]] with [[Aventis]]
|-
|14.02.2000
|Mannesmann
|[[Epcos]]
|Takeover of Mannesmann by [[Vodafone]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|19.06.2000
|Veba
|[[E.ON]]
|rowspan="2"|Merger of Veba and Viag to form E.ON
|-
|VIAG
|[[Infineon]]
|-
|18.12.2000
|Degussa-Hüls
|Degussa
|Merger of Degussa-Hüls AG and SKW Trostberg AG to new Degussa AG
|-
|19.03.2001
|KarstadtQuelle
|[[Deutsche Post]]
|IPO of Deutsche Post
|-
|23.07.2001
|Dresdner Bank
|[[MLP AG|MLP Vz.]]
|Takeover of Dresdner Bank by Allianz
|-
|23.09.2002
|Degussa
|[[Altana]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|23.12.2002
|Epcos
|[[Deutsche Börse]]
|Fast-exit of Epcos, as Epcos' market capitalisation became inadequate.<ref>Deutsche Börse: [http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbag/dispatch/de/notescontent/gdb_navigation/press/10_Latest_Press_Releases/10_All/INTEGRATE/mr_pressreleases?notesDoc=92B7DA7B354D09EAC12573D5004E4579&newstitle=deutscheboerseabdem23.dezember&location=press Deutsche Börse ab dem 23. Dezember im DAX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111213136/http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbag/dispatch/de/notescontent/gdb_navigation/press/10_Latest_Press_Releases/10_All/INTEGRATE/mr_pressreleases?notesDoc=92B7DA7B354D09EAC12573D5004E4579&newstitle=deutscheboerseabdem23.dezember&location=press |date=11 January 2009}} Pressemitteilung, 12. November 2002</ref>
|-
|22.09.2003
|MLP
|Continental
|Inadequate free float and market capitalisation.
|-
|31.01.2005
|
|[[Lanxess]]
|rowspan="2"|Lanxess was spun off from Bayer, for calculating reasons added to the DAX as a temporary 31st component, and removed a day later. It was added to the DAX in 2012 and removed again in 2015.
|-
|01.02.2005
|Lanxess
|
|-
|19.12.2005
|HypoVereinsbank
|[[Hypo Real Estate]]
|Takeover of HypoVereinsbank by [[UniCredit]]
|-
|18.09.2006
|Schering
|[[Deutsche Postbank|Postbank]]
|Takeover of Schering by Bayer
|-
|18.06.2007
|Altana
|[[Merck KGaA|Merck]]
|After the sale of [[Nycomed]], inadequate market capitalisation<ref>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: [https://www.faz.net/s/RubC8BA5576CDEE4A05AF8DFEC92E288D64/Doc~E3978D7E828BC40709D96F5A2B3076A86~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Merck ersetzt Altana im DAX]</ref>
|-
|22.09.2008
|TUI
|[[K+S]]
|Fast-entry of K+S, inadequate market capitalisation of TUI<ref>Deutsche Börse: [http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbag/dispatch/de/notescontent/gdb_navigation/press/10_Latest_Press_Releases/INTEGRATE/mr_pressreleases?notesDoc=B34593A00B1F173CC12574B900704103&newstitle=k+sersetzttuiindax&location=press K+S ersetzt TUI in DAX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111181443/http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbag/dispatch/de/notescontent/gdb_navigation/press/10_Latest_Press_Releases/INTEGRATE/mr_pressreleases?notesDoc=B34593A00B1F173CC12574B900704103&newstitle=k+sersetzttuiindax&location=press |date=11 January 2009 }} Pressemitteilung, 3 September 2008</ref>
|-
|22.12.2008
|Continental
|[[Beiersdorf AG|Beiersdorf]]
|Fast-exit of Continental because of inadequate free-float market capitalisation after the acquisition by [[Schaeffler Group]]
|-
|22.12.2008
|Hypo Real Estate
|[[Salzgitter AG|Salzgitter]]
|Fast-exit of Hypo Real Estate because of inadequate free-float market capitalisation after a stake by American investor [[JC Flowers]], as well as huge decline in market capitalisation during the [[2008 financial crisis]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|23.03.2009
|Deutsche Postbank
|[[Hannover Re]]
|rowspan="2"|Fast-exit due to inadequate market capitalisation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/boerse-inside/postbank-und-infineon-verlassen-leitindex-fresenius-und-hannover-rueck-steigen-in-dax-auf/3127570.html |title=Fresenius und Hannover Rück steigen in Dax auf |work=Handelsblatt |date=2009-03-04 |language=de |access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|Infineon Technologies
|Fresenius Vz
|-
|21.09.2009
|Hannover Re
|Infineon Technologies
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|21.06.2010
|Salzgitter
|[[HeidelbergCement]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|24.09.2012
|MAN
|Continental
|Inadequate free-float capitalisation after acquisition by Volkswagen
|-
|24.09.2012
|Metro
|[[Lanxess]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|21.09.2015
|Lanxess
|[[Vonovia]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|21.03.2016
|K+S
|[[ProSiebenSat.1 Media]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|19.03.2018
|ProSiebenSat.1 Media
|[[Covestro]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|24.09.2018
|[[Commerzbank]]
|[[Wirecard]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|23.09.2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dax-indices.com/document/News/2019/September/20190904_PR_DAX%20review_E1.pdf|title=Sep 2019 Media release}}</ref>
|[[ThyssenKrupp]]
|MTU Aero Engines
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|22.06.2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deutsche-lufthansa-to-leave-germanys-dax-index-2020-06-05-1485477|title=Deutsche Lufthansa to leave Germany's DAX Index|publisher=[[Marketwatch]]|date=5 June 2020|access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>
|[[Lufthansa|Deutsche Lufthansa]]
|[[Deutsche Wohnen]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|19.08.2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dax-indices.com/document/News/2020/August/Unscheduled_Component_Change_DAX_Selection_Indices_ENG_20200819.pdf|title=Unscheduled Component Change in DAXSelection Indices|publisher=[[STOXX]]|date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|[[Wirecard]]
|[[Delivery Hero]]
|new Insolvency Rule (section 5.1.1)
|-
|22.03.2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dax-indices.com/document/News/2021/March/Index_Update_Composition_Changes_in_DAX_Indices_ENG_20210303.pdf|title=Composition Changes for DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX Indices|publisher=[[STOXX]]|date=3 March 2021}}</ref>
|[[Beiersdorf]]
|[[Siemens Energy AG|Siemens Energy]]
|Inadequate market capitalisation
|-
|16.09.2021
|
|[[Vitesco Technologies|Vitesco]]
|rowspan="2"|Vitesco was spun off from Continental, for calculating reasons added to the DAX as a temporary 31st component, and removed a day later.
|-
|17.09.2021
|Vitesco
|
|-
|rowspan="10"|20.09.2021
|
|[[Airbus]]
|rowspan="10"|10 companies added to expand DAX to 40 components
|-
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|[[Brenntag]]
|-
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|[[HelloFresh]]
|-
|
|[[Porsche SE]]
|-
|
|[[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
|-
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|[[Qiagen]]
|-
|
|[[Sartorius AG|Sartorius]]
|-
|
|[[Siemens Healthineers]]
|-
|
|[[Symrise]]
|-
|
|[[Zalando]]
|-
|29.10.2021
|Deutsche Wohnen
|Beiersdorf
|
|-
|10.12.2021
|
|[[Daimler Truck]]
|rowspan="2"|Daimler Truck was spun off from Mercedes-Benz, for calculating reasons added to the DAX as a temporary 41st component, and removed next trading day. It was added to the DAX again in 2022.
|-
|13.12.2021
|Daimler Truck
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|21.03.2022
|Beiersdorf
|Daimler Truck
|
|-
|Siemens Energy
|Hannover Re
|
|-
|20.06.2022
|Delivery Hero
|Beiersdorf
|
|-
|19.09.2022
|HelloFresh
|Siemens Energy
|
|-
|19.12.2022
|Puma
|Porsche
|Initial public offering of Porsche
|-
|27.02.2023
|[[Linde plc|Linde]]
|Commerzbank
|Delisting of Linde on Frankfurt stock exchange<ref>{{cite news |title=Unscheduled Component Change of DAX Index |url=https://www.stoxx.com/document/News/2023/February/Unscheduled_Component_Change_of_DAX_Index_EN.pdf |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=STOXX Ltd |date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
|20.03.2023
|Fresenius Medical Care
|[[Rheinmetall]]
|<ref name="DerSpiegel-2023-03-04">{{cite news |title=Rheinmetall schafft Sprung in den Dax |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ruestungsindustrie-rheinmetall-schafft-sprung-in-den-dax-a-9c9ed3c8-10be-4aeb-9869-5460432334a1 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=Der Spiegel |date=4 March 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|27.12.2024
|[[Covestro|Covestro AG]]
|Fresenius Medical Care
|Inadequate free-float capitalisation<ref name="stoxx-2024-12-19">{{cite news |title=Unscheduled component changes in DAX, MDAX and SDAX (December 19, 2024) |url=https://stoxx.com/unscheduled-component-changes-in-dax-mdax-and-sdax-december-19-2024/ |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=STOXX |date=19 December 2024 |quote=Effective December 27, 2024, Covestro AG will be deleted from the DAX due to breach of basic criteria according to chapter 5.4.2 (DAX Equity Index Methodology Guide) — Minimum Free Float of 10%.}}</ref>
|}

[[File:Boerse Frankfurt inside.jpg|thumb|DAX 30 chart at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange]]
[[File:Hauptsitze der DAX-Unternehmen 2013.jpg|thumb|The headquarters of DAX companies in 2013]]