Latest headcount
28,000
YoY change
-3.4%
Headcount CAGR
+7.5%
Revenue / employee
$543K
Employee count history for Builders FirstSource
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 6,600 |
| 2006 | 5,900 |
| 2007 | 4,900 |
| 2008 | 3,300 |
| 2009 | 2,700 |
| 2010 | 2,500 |
| 2011 | 2,450 |
| 2012 | 2,750 |
| 2013 | 3,330 |
| 2014 | 3,800 |
| 2015 | 14,000 |
| 2016 | 14,000 |
| 2017 | 15,000 |
| 2018 | 15,000 |
| 2019 | 15,800 |
| 2020 | 2,400 |
| 2021 | 28,000 |
| 2022 | 29,000 |
| 2023 | 29,000 |
| 2024 | 29,000 |
| 2025 | 28,000 |
Revenue per employee for Builders FirstSource
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2005 | $354K |
| 2006 | $380K |
| 2007 | $325K |
| 2008 | $313K |
| 2009 | $251K |
| 2010 | $280K |
| 2011 | $318K |
| 2012 | $389K |
| 2013 | $447K |
| 2014 | $422K |
| 2015 | $255K |
| 2016 | $455K |
| 2017 | $469K |
| 2018 | $515K |
| 2019 | $461K |
| 2020 | $3.57M |
| 2021 | $710K |
| 2022 | $784K |
| 2023 | $590K |
| 2024 | $566K |
| 2025 | $543K |
Earnings per employee for Builders FirstSource
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) |
|---|---|
| 2005 | $7.37K |
| 2006 | $11.7K |
| 2007 | -$4.85K |
| 2008 | -$42.3K |
| 2009 | -$22.9K |
| 2010 | -$38.2K |
| 2011 | -$26.5K |
| 2012 | -$20.7K |
| 2013 | -$12.8K |
| 2014 | $4.78K |
| 2015 | -$1.63K |
| 2016 | $10.3K |
| 2017 | $2.59K |
| 2018 | $13.7K |
| 2019 | $14K |
| 2020 | $131K |
| 2021 | $61.6K |
| 2022 | $94.8K |
| 2023 | $53.1K |
| 2024 | $37.2K |
| 2025 | $15.5K |
Employee count history for Builders FirstSource (BLDR)
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.
- 202528,000-3.4%
- 202429,0000.0%
- 202329,0000.0%
- 202229,000+3.6%
- 202128,000+1,066.7%
- 20202,400-84.8%
- 201915,800+5.3%
- 201815,0000.0%
- 201715,000+7.1%
- 201614,0000.0%
- 201514,000+268.4%
- 20143,800+14.1%
- 20133,330+21.1%
- 20122,750+12.2%
- 20112,450-2.0%
- 20102,500-7.4%
- 20092,700-18.2%
- 20083,300-32.7%
- 20074,900-16.9%
- 20065,900-10.6%
- 20056,600—
About Builders FirstSource's employee count
Builders FirstSource (BLDR) employed 28,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-3.4%) from 29,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2005–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 6,600 to 28,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +7.5% per year.
Builders FirstSource generated about $543K of revenue and $15.5K 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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