Latest headcount
25,000
YoY change
-3.8%
Headcount CAGR
+2.8%
Revenue / employee
$718K
Employee count history for W.W. Grainger
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 10,219 |
| 1994 | 11,343 |
| 1995 | 11,853 |
| 1998 | 15,270 |
| 2002 | 15,236 |
| 2003 | 14,701 |
| 2004 | 15,523 |
| 2005 | 16,732 |
| 2006 | 17,074 |
| 2007 | 18,036 |
| 2008 | 18,334 |
| 2009 | 18,000 |
| 2010 | 18,500 |
| 2011 | 21,400 |
| 2012 | 22,400 |
| 2013 | 23,700 |
| 2014 | 23,600 |
| 2015 | 25,800 |
| 2016 | 25,600 |
| 2017 | 25,700 |
| 2018 | 24,600 |
| 2019 | 25,300 |
| 2020 | 23,100 |
| 2021 | 24,200 |
| 2022 | 26,000 |
| 2023 | 26,000 |
| 2024 | 26,000 |
| 2025 | 25,000 |
Revenue per employee for W.W. Grainger
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $257K |
| 1994 | $267K |
| 1995 | $276K |
| 1998 | $284K |
| 2002 | $305K |
| 2003 | $317K |
| 2004 | $325K |
| 2005 | $330K |
| 2006 | $345K |
| 2007 | $356K |
| 2008 | $374K |
| 2009 | $346K |
| 2010 | $388K |
| 2011 | $377K |
| 2012 | $400K |
| 2013 | $398K |
| 2014 | $422K |
| 2015 | $387K |
| 2016 | $396K |
| 2017 | $406K |
| 2018 | $456K |
| 2019 | $454K |
| 2020 | $511K |
| 2021 | $538K |
| 2022 | $586K |
| 2023 | $634K |
| 2024 | $660K |
| 2025 | $718K |
Earnings per employee for W.W. Grainger
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) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $14.5K |
| 1994 | $11.3K |
| 1995 | $15.8K |
| 1998 | $15.6K |
| 2002 | $13.9K |
| 2003 | $15.4K |
| 2004 | $18.5K |
| 2005 | $20.7K |
| 2006 | $22.5K |
| 2007 | $23.3K |
| 2008 | $25.9K |
| 2009 | $23.9K |
| 2010 | $27.6K |
| 2011 | $30.8K |
| 2012 | $30.8K |
| 2013 | $33.6K |
| 2014 | $34K |
| 2015 | $29.8K |
| 2016 | $23.7K |
| 2017 | $22.8K |
| 2018 | $31.8K |
| 2019 | $33.6K |
| 2020 | $30.1K |
| 2021 | $43.1K |
| 2022 | $59.5K |
| 2023 | $70.3K |
| 2024 | $73.4K |
| 2025 | $68.2K |
Employee count history for W.W. Grainger (GWW)
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.
- 202525,000-3.8%
- 202426,0000.0%
- 202326,0000.0%
- 202226,000+7.4%
- 202124,200+4.8%
- 202023,100-8.7%
- 201925,300+2.8%
- 201824,600-4.3%
- 201725,700+0.4%
- 201625,600-0.8%
- 201525,800+9.3%
- 201423,600-0.4%
- 201323,700+5.8%
- 201222,400+4.7%
- 201121,400+15.7%
- 201018,500+2.8%
- 200918,000-1.8%
- 200818,334+1.7%
- 200718,036+5.6%
- 200617,074+2.0%
- 200516,732+7.8%
- 200415,523+5.6%
- 200314,701-3.5%
- 200215,236—
- 200113,342-17.6%
- 200016,192-3.2%
- 199916,730—
- 199815,270—
- 199715,299+4.8%
- 199614,601—
- 199511,853+4.5%
- 199411,343+11.0%
- 199310,219—
About W.W. Grainger's employee count
W.W. Grainger (GWW) employed 25,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-3.8%) from 26,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 10,219 to 25,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.8% per year.
W.W. Grainger generated about $718K of revenue and $68.2K 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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