Latest headcount
19,700
YoY change
-2.0%
Headcount CAGR
+24.2%
Revenue / employee
$204K
Employee count history for Charles River
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 70 |
| 2000 | 3,500 |
| 2001 | 4,000 |
| 2002 | 5,000 |
| 2003 | 4,500 |
| 2004 | 8,000 |
| 2005 | 8,400 |
| 2006 | 8,000 |
| 2007 | 8,500 |
| 2008 | 9,000 |
| 2009 | 8,000 |
| 2010 | 7,500 |
| 2011 | 7,100 |
| 2012 | 7,200 |
| 2013 | 7,700 |
| 2014 | 7,900 |
| 2015 | 8,600 |
| 2016 | 11,000 |
| 2017 | 11,800 |
| 2018 | 14,700 |
| 2019 | 17,100 |
| 2020 | 18,400 |
| 2021 | 20,000 |
| 2022 | 21,400 |
| 2023 | 21,800 |
| 2024 | 20,100 |
| 2025 | 19,700 |
Revenue per employee for Charles River
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $3.13M |
| 2000 | $87.6K |
| 2001 | $116K |
| 2002 | $111K |
| 2003 | $136K |
| 2004 | $95.9K |
| 2005 | $134K |
| 2006 | $132K |
| 2007 | $145K |
| 2008 | $149K |
| 2009 | $150K |
| 2010 | $151K |
| 2011 | $161K |
| 2012 | $157K |
| 2013 | $151K |
| 2014 | $164K |
| 2015 | $159K |
| 2016 | $153K |
| 2017 | $157K |
| 2018 | $154K |
| 2019 | $153K |
| 2020 | $159K |
| 2021 | $177K |
| 2022 | $186K |
| 2023 | $189K |
| 2024 | $201K |
| 2025 | $204K |
Earnings per employee for Charles River
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) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $245K |
| 2000 | -$3.21K |
| 2001 | $8.85K |
| 2002 | $10K |
| 2003 | $17.8K |
| 2004 | $11.2K |
| 2005 | $16.9K |
| 2006 | -$6.97K |
| 2007 | $18.2K |
| 2008 | -$58K |
| 2009 | $14.3K |
| 2010 | -$44.9K |
| 2011 | $15.4K |
| 2012 | $13.5K |
| 2013 | $13.4K |
| 2014 | $16K |
| 2015 | $17.4K |
| 2016 | $14.1K |
| 2017 | $10.5K |
| 2018 | $15.4K |
| 2019 | $14.7K |
| 2020 | $19.8K |
| 2021 | $19.5K |
| 2022 | $22.7K |
| 2023 | $21.8K |
| 2024 | $512.29 |
| 2025 | -$7.33K |
Employee count history for Charles River (CRL)
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.
- 202519,700-2.0%
- 202420,100-7.8%
- 202321,800+1.9%
- 202221,400+7.0%
- 202120,000+8.7%
- 202018,400+7.6%
- 201917,100+16.3%
- 201814,700+24.6%
- 201711,800+7.3%
- 201611,000+27.9%
- 20158,600+8.9%
- 20147,900+2.6%
- 20137,700+6.9%
- 20127,200+1.4%
- 20117,100-5.3%
- 20107,500-6.3%
- 20098,000-11.1%
- 20089,000+5.9%
- 20078,500+6.3%
- 20068,000-4.8%
- 20058,400+5.0%
- 20048,000+77.8%
- 20034,500-10.0%
- 20025,000+25.0%
- 20014,000+14.3%
- 20003,500+4,900.0%
- 199970—
About Charles River's employee count
Charles River (CRL) employed 19,700 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -400 (-2.0%) from 20,100 a year earlier.
Across the 1999–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 70 to 19,700 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +24.2% per year.
Charles River generated about $204K of revenue and -$7.33K 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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