Latest headcount
4,900
YoY change
-2.0%
Headcount CAGR
-1.2%
Revenue / employee
$802K
Employee count history for Brown-Forman
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 7,100 |
| 1995 | 7,300 |
| 1996 | 7,400 |
| 1997 | 7,500 |
| 1999 | 7,600 |
| 2000 | 7,400 |
| 2001 | 7,400 |
| 2002 | 7,000 |
| 2003 | 6,700 |
| 2004 | 6,400 |
| 2005 | 6,100 |
| 2006 | 3,750 |
| 2007 | 4,440 |
| 2008 | 4,466 |
| 2009 | 4,100 |
| 2010 | 3,900 |
| 2011 | 3,900 |
| 2012 | 4,000 |
| 2013 | 4,000 |
| 2014 | 4,200 |
| 2015 | 4,400 |
| 2016 | 4,600 |
| 2017 | 4,700 |
| 2018 | 4,800 |
| 2019 | 4,700 |
| 2020 | 4,800 |
| 2021 | 4,700 |
| 2022 | 5,200 |
| 2023 | 5,600 |
| 2024 | 5,700 |
| 2025 | 5,000 |
| 2026 | 4,900 |
Revenue per employee for Brown-Forman
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $197K |
| 1995 | $195K |
| 1996 | $209K |
| 1997 | $211K |
| 1999 | $234K |
| 2000 | $254K |
| 2001 | $260K |
| 2002 | $280K |
| 2003 | $307K |
| 2004 | $346K |
| 2005 | $379K |
| 2006 | $527K |
| 2007 | $500K |
| 2008 | $578K |
| 2009 | $605K |
| 2010 | $633K |
| 2011 | $663K |
| 2012 | $681K |
| 2013 | $712K |
| 2014 | $712K |
| 2015 | $712K |
| 2016 | $672K |
| 2017 | $637K |
| 2018 | $677K |
| 2019 | $707K |
| 2020 | $701K |
| 2021 | $736K |
| 2022 | $756K |
| 2023 | $755K |
| 2024 | $733K |
| 2025 | $795K |
| 2026 | $802K |
Earnings per employee for Brown-Forman
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 | $18.1K |
| 1995 | $20.4K |
| 1996 | $21.6K |
| 1997 | $22.5K |
| 1999 | $26.6K |
| 2000 | $29.5K |
| 2001 | $31.5K |
| 2002 | $32.6K |
| 2003 | $36.6K |
| 2004 | $40.3K |
| 2005 | $50.5K |
| 2006 | $85.3K |
| 2007 | $87.6K |
| 2008 | $98.5K |
| 2009 | $106K |
| 2010 | $115K |
| 2011 | $147K |
| 2012 | $128K |
| 2013 | $148K |
| 2014 | $157K |
| 2015 | $155K |
| 2016 | $232K |
| 2017 | $142K |
| 2018 | $149K |
| 2019 | $178K |
| 2020 | $172K |
| 2021 | $192K |
| 2022 | $161K |
| 2023 | $140K |
| 2024 | $180K |
| 2025 | $174K |
| 2026 | $146K |
Employee count history for Brown-Forman (BF-B)
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.
- 20264,900-2.0%
- 20255,000-12.3%
- 20245,700+1.8%
- 20235,600+7.7%
- 20225,200+10.6%
- 20214,700-2.1%
- 20204,800+2.1%
- 20194,700-2.1%
- 20184,800+2.1%
- 20174,700+2.2%
- 20164,600+4.5%
- 20154,400+4.8%
- 20144,200+5.0%
- 20134,0000.0%
- 20124,000+2.6%
- 20113,9000.0%
- 20103,900-4.9%
- 20094,100-8.2%
- 20084,466+0.6%
- 20074,440+18.4%
- 20063,750-38.5%
- 20056,100-4.7%
- 20046,400-4.5%
- 20036,700-4.3%
- 20027,000-5.4%
- 20017,4000.0%
- 20007,400-2.6%
- 19997,600—
- 19987,600—
- 19977,500+1.4%
- 19967,400+1.4%
- 19957,300+2.8%
- 19947,100—
About Brown-Forman's employee count
Brown-Forman (BF-B) employed 4,900 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -100 (-2.0%) from 5,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 7,100 to 4,900 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.2% per year.
Brown-Forman generated about $802K of revenue and $146K 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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