Flame-retardant polyamide composition comprising as component A) 1% to 96% by weight of one or more thermoplastic polyamides, as component B) 2% to 25% by weight of a diorganylphosphinic salt of the formula in which R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are C 1 -C 18 alkyl in linear, branched or cyclic form, C 6 -C 18 aryl, C 7 -C 18 arylalkyl and/or C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl, M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4, as component C) 2-20% by weight of at least one further polymer component selected from the thermoplastic polyester and polyester elastomer classes, as component D) 0 to 20% by weight of a salt of phosphorous acid of the general formula [HP(=O)O 2] 2- M m+ in which M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K, as component E) 0% to 20% by weight of one or more condensation products of melamine and/or reaction products of melamine with phosphoric acids and/or melamine cyanurate, as component F) 0% to 50% by weight of filler and/or reinforcer, as component G) 0%-5% of a compatibilizer for the polymer components as component H) 0% to 2% by weight of phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof, and as component I) 0% to 2% by weight of an ester or salt of long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) typically having chain lengths of C 14 to C 40, wherein the sum total of the components is always 100% by weight. as component A) 1% to 96% by weight of one or more thermoplastic polyamides, as component B) 2% to 25% by weight of a diorganylphosphinic salt of the formula in which R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are C 1 -C 18 alkyl in linear, branched or cyclic form, C 6 -C 18 aryl, C 7 -C 18 arylalkyl and/or C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl, M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4, R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are C 1 -C 18 alkyl in linear, branched or cyclic form, C 6 -C 18 aryl, C 7 -C 18 arylalkyl and/or C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl, M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4, as component C) 2-20% by weight of at least one further polymer component selected from the thermoplastic polyester and polyester elastomer classes, as component D) 0 to 20% by weight of a salt of phosphorous acid of the general formula [HP(=O)O 2] 2- M m+ in which M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K, M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K, as component E) 0% to 20% by weight of one or more condensation products of melamine and/or reaction products of melamine with phosphoric acids and/or melamine cyanurate, as component F) 0% to 50% by weight of filler and/or reinforcer, as component G) 0%-5% of a compatibilizer for the polymer components as component H) 0% to 2% by weight of phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof, and as component I) 0% to 2% by weight of an ester or salt of long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) typically having chain lengths of C 14 to C 40, wherein the sum total of the components is always 100% by weight.