The East Midlands derby

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Nottingham Forest v Derby, the East Midlands derby: who is winning on the books, and on the pitch?

Nottingham Forest's turnover of £222m is £190m ahead of Derby's £32m. Nottingham Forest lost £79m before tax; Derby lost £11m before tax. The fixtures feed has no meetings between the two in recent seasons.

Bigger turnover

Nottingham Forest

£222m v £32m

Pre-tax result

Derby

-£79m v -£11m

Next meeting

None scheduled

Not in the same league this season

Last result

No recent meeting in the feed

Goals, last 0 meetings

Nottingham Forest0 – 0Derby

0 Nottingham Forest wins · 0 draws · 0 Derby wins

Nottingham Forest (Premier League) and Derby (Championship) are not in the same league this season, so there is no league meeting to come.

Which club is richer?

Nottingham Forest's turnover of £222m is £190m ahead of Derby's £32m. Nottingham Forest lost £79m before tax; Derby lost £11m before tax.

Nottingham Forest spends more on wages, with staff costs of £167m against £32m. That is 75.2% of turnover at Nottingham Forest and 99.0% at Derby.

Latest filed accountsNottingham Forest
Year to Jun-25
Derby
Year to Jun-25
Turnover£222m£32m
Turnover growth+17.0%+64.3%
Pre-tax profit-£79m-£11m
Staff costs£167m£32m
Wages as a share of turnover75.2%99.0%
Net assets-£5m-£45m
Cash£13m£1.6m
Borrowings (estimated)£12m£0k
Employees337226

Figures from each club's latest accounts at Companies House: NOTTINGHAM FOREST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (01630402) and DERBY COUNTY (THE RAMS) LIMITED (14190771). Borrowings are Spark Intel's estimate from the balance sheet. Full club finances: Nottingham Forest and Derby.

Who wins more often?

The fixtures feed has no meetings between the two in recent seasons.

Results: football-data.org. The fixtures and latest result on this page refresh automatically after each game.

Nottingham Forest v Derby: common questions

Which club is richer, Nottingham Forest or Derby?

Nottingham Forest's turnover of £222m is £190m ahead of Derby's £32m. Nottingham Forest lost £79m before tax; Derby lost £11m before tax.

Who spends more on wages?

Nottingham Forest spends more on wages, with staff costs of £167m against £32m. That is 75.2% of turnover at Nottingham Forest and 99.0% at Derby.

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