Latest headcount
2,900
YoY change
-9.4%
Headcount CAGR
-13.8%
Revenue / employee
$629K
Employee count history for Ashland
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 11,000 |
| 2017 | 6,500 |
| 2018 | 6,000 |
| 2019 | 4,700 |
| 2020 | 4,500 |
| 2021 | 4,100 |
| 2022 | 3,900 |
| 2023 | 3,800 |
| 2024 | 3,200 |
| 2025 | 2,900 |
Revenue per employee for Ashland
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $274K |
| 2017 | $355K |
| 2018 | $432K |
| 2019 | $457K |
| 2020 | $448K |
| 2021 | $515K |
| 2022 | $613K |
| 2023 | $577K |
| 2024 | $660K |
| 2025 | $629K |
Earnings per employee for Ashland
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | -$2.64K |
| 2017 | $153.85 |
| 2018 | $19K |
| 2019 | $107K |
| 2020 | -$113K |
| 2021 | $53.7K |
| 2022 | $238K |
| 2023 | $46.8K |
| 2024 | $52.8K |
| 2025 | -$291K |
Employee count history for Ashland (ASH)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 20252,900-9.4%
- 20243,200-15.8%
- 20233,800-2.6%
- 20223,900-4.9%
- 20214,100-8.9%
- 20204,500-4.3%
- 20194,700-21.7%
- 20186,000-7.7%
- 20176,500-40.9%
- 201611,000—
About Ashland's employee count
Ashland (ASH) employed 2,900 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -300 (-9.4%) from 3,200 a year earlier.
Across the 2016–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 11,000 to 2,900 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -13.8% per year.
Ashland generated about $629K of revenue and -$291K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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