Latest headcount
82,000
YoY change
-3.5%
Headcount CAGR
+5.4%
Revenue / employee
$508K
Employee count history for Best Buy Co.
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 15,200 |
| 1997 | 19,000 |
| 1998 | 19,500 |
| 1999 | 45,000 |
| 2000 | 55,000 |
| 2001 | 75,000 |
| 2002 | 94,000 |
| 2003 | 98,000 |
| 2004 | 100,000 |
| 2005 | 109,000 |
| 2006 | 128,000 |
| 2007 | 140,000 |
| 2008 | 150,000 |
| 2009 | 155,000 |
| 2010 | 180,000 |
| 2011 | 180,000 |
| 2012 | 167,000 |
| 2014 | 140,000 |
| 2015 | 125,000 |
| 2016 | 125,000 |
| 2017 | 125,000 |
| 2018 | 125,000 |
| 2019 | 125,000 |
| 2020 | 125,000 |
| 2021 | 102,000 |
| 2022 | 105,000 |
| 2023 | 90,000 |
| 2024 | 85,000 |
| 2025 | 85,000 |
| 2026 | 82,000 |
Revenue per employee for Best Buy Co.
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $198K |
| 1997 | $409K |
| 1998 | $429K |
| 1999 | $224K |
| 2000 | $227K |
| 2001 | $203K |
| 2002 | $188K |
| 2003 | $214K |
| 2004 | $245K |
| 2005 | $252K |
| 2006 | $241K |
| 2007 | $257K |
| 2008 | $267K |
| 2009 | $290K |
| 2010 | $276K |
| 2011 | $279K |
| 2012 | $272K |
| 2014 | $290K |
| 2015 | $323K |
| 2016 | $316K |
| 2017 | $315K |
| 2018 | $337K |
| 2019 | $343K |
| 2020 | $349K |
| 2021 | $463K |
| 2022 | $493K |
| 2023 | $514K |
| 2024 | $511K |
| 2025 | $489K |
| 2026 | $508K |
Earnings per employee for Best Buy Co.
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $2.72K |
| 1997 | $89.47 |
| 1998 | $4.85K |
| 1999 | $4.99K |
| 2000 | $6.31K |
| 2001 | $5.28K |
| 2002 | $6.06K |
| 2003 | $1.01K |
| 2004 | $7.05K |
| 2005 | $9.03K |
| 2006 | $8.91K |
| 2007 | $9.84K |
| 2008 | $9.38K |
| 2009 | $6.47K |
| 2010 | $7.32K |
| 2011 | $7.09K |
| 2012 | -$7.37K |
| 2014 | $3.8K |
| 2015 | $9.86K |
| 2016 | $7.18K |
| 2017 | $9.82K |
| 2018 | $8K |
| 2019 | $11.7K |
| 2020 | $12.3K |
| 2021 | $17.6K |
| 2022 | $23.4K |
| 2023 | $15.8K |
| 2024 | $14.6K |
| 2025 | $10.9K |
| 2026 | $13K |
Employee count history for Best Buy Co. (BBY)
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.
- 202682,000-3.5%
- 202585,0000.0%
- 202485,000-5.6%
- 202390,000-14.3%
- 2022105,000+2.9%
- 2021102,000-18.4%
- 2020125,0000.0%
- 2019125,0000.0%
- 2018125,0000.0%
- 2017125,0000.0%
- 2016125,0000.0%
- 2015125,000-10.7%
- 2014140,000—
- 2012167,000-7.2%
- 2011180,0000.0%
- 2010180,000+16.1%
- 2009155,000+3.3%
- 2008150,000+7.1%
- 2007140,000+9.4%
- 2006128,000+17.4%
- 2005109,000+9.0%
- 2004100,000+2.0%
- 200398,000+4.3%
- 200294,000+25.3%
- 200175,000+36.4%
- 200055,000+22.2%
- 199945,000+130.8%
- 199819,500+2.6%
- 199719,000—
- 199618,000-28.9%
- 199525,300—
- 199415,200—
About Best Buy Co.'s employee count
Best Buy Co. (BBY) employed 82,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -3,000 (-3.5%) from 85,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 15,200 to 82,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.4% per year.
Best Buy Co. generated about $508K of revenue and $13K 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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