Latest headcount
130,000
YoY change
+3.2%
Headcount CAGR
+5.6%
Revenue / employee
$146K
Employee count history for AutoZone
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 26,800 |
| 1997 | 28,700 |
| 1998 | 38,500 |
| 2000 | 43,000 |
| 2001 | 44,600 |
| 2002 | 44,179 |
| 2003 | 48,000 |
| 2004 | 49,000 |
| 2005 | 52,000 |
| 2006 | 53,000 |
| 2007 | 55,000 |
| 2008 | 57,000 |
| 2009 | 60,000 |
| 2010 | 63,000 |
| 2011 | 65,000 |
| 2012 | 70,000 |
| 2013 | 71,000 |
| 2014 | 76,000 |
| 2015 | 81,000 |
| 2016 | 84,000 |
| 2017 | 87,000 |
| 2018 | 90,000 |
| 2019 | 96,000 |
| 2020 | 100,000 |
| 2021 | 100,000 |
| 2022 | 112,000 |
| 2023 | 119,000 |
| 2024 | 126,000 |
| 2025 | 130,000 |
Revenue per employee for AutoZone
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $83.7K |
| 1997 | $93.8K |
| 1998 | $84.2K |
| 2000 | $104K |
| 2001 | $108K |
| 2002 | $121K |
| 2003 | $114K |
| 2004 | $115K |
| 2005 | $110K |
| 2006 | $112K |
| 2007 | $112K |
| 2008 | $114K |
| 2009 | $114K |
| 2010 | $117K |
| 2011 | $124K |
| 2012 | $123K |
| 2013 | $129K |
| 2014 | $125K |
| 2015 | $126K |
| 2016 | $127K |
| 2017 | $125K |
| 2018 | $125K |
| 2019 | $124K |
| 2020 | $126K |
| 2021 | $146K |
| 2022 | $145K |
| 2023 | $147K |
| 2024 | $147K |
| 2025 | $146K |
Earnings per employee for AutoZone
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $6.24K |
| 1997 | $6.79K |
| 1998 | $5.92K |
| 2000 | $6.22K |
| 2001 | $3.94K |
| 2002 | $9.69K |
| 2003 | $10.8K |
| 2004 | $11.6K |
| 2005 | $11K |
| 2006 | $10.7K |
| 2007 | $10.8K |
| 2008 | $11.3K |
| 2009 | $11K |
| 2010 | $11.7K |
| 2011 | $13.1K |
| 2012 | $13.3K |
| 2013 | $14.3K |
| 2014 | $14.1K |
| 2015 | $14.3K |
| 2016 | $14.8K |
| 2017 | $14.7K |
| 2018 | $14.9K |
| 2019 | $16.8K |
| 2020 | $17.3K |
| 2021 | $21.7K |
| 2022 | $21.7K |
| 2023 | $21.2K |
| 2024 | $21.1K |
| 2025 | $19.2K |
Employee count history for AutoZone (AZO)
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.
- 2025130,000+3.2%
- 2024126,000+5.9%
- 2023119,000+6.3%
- 2022112,000+12.0%
- 2021100,0000.0%
- 2020100,000+4.2%
- 201996,000+6.7%
- 201890,000+3.4%
- 201787,000+3.6%
- 201684,000+3.7%
- 201581,000+6.6%
- 201476,000+7.0%
- 201371,000+1.4%
- 201270,000+7.7%
- 201165,000+3.2%
- 201063,000+5.0%
- 200960,000+5.3%
- 200857,000+3.6%
- 200755,000+3.8%
- 200653,000+1.9%
- 200552,000+6.1%
- 200449,000+2.1%
- 200348,000+8.6%
- 200244,179-0.9%
- 200144,600+3.7%
- 200043,000—
- 199940,500—
- 199838,500+34.1%
- 199728,700+7.1%
- 199626,800—
About AutoZone's employee count
AutoZone (AZO) employed 130,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +4,000 (+3.2%) from 126,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 26,800 to 130,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.6% per year.
AutoZone generated about $146K of revenue and $19.2K 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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