Latest headcount
472,400
YoY change
+0.5%
Headcount CAGR
+3.0%
Revenue / employee
$349K
Employee count history for Home Depot
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 227,000 |
| 2002 | 256,000 |
| 2003 | 280,000 |
| 2004 | 299,000 |
| 2005 | 325,000 |
| 2006 | 345,000 |
| 2007 | 364,000 |
| 2008 | 331,000 |
| 2009 | 322,000 |
| 2010 | 317,000 |
| 2011 | 321,000 |
| 2012 | 331,000 |
| 2013 | 340,000 |
| 2014 | 365,000 |
| 2015 | 371,000 |
| 2016 | 385,000 |
| 2017 | 406,000 |
| 2018 | 413,000 |
| 2019 | 413,000 |
| 2020 | 415,700 |
| 2021 | 504,800 |
| 2022 | 490,600 |
| 2023 | 471,600 |
| 2024 | 463,100 |
| 2025 | 470,100 |
| 2026 | 472,400 |
Revenue per employee for Home Depot
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $201K |
| 2002 | $209K |
| 2003 | $208K |
| 2004 | $217K |
| 2005 | $225K |
| 2006 | $236K |
| 2007 | $217K |
| 2008 | $234K |
| 2009 | $221K |
| 2010 | $209K |
| 2011 | $212K |
| 2012 | $213K |
| 2013 | $220K |
| 2014 | $216K |
| 2015 | $224K |
| 2016 | $230K |
| 2017 | $233K |
| 2018 | $244K |
| 2019 | $262K |
| 2020 | $265K |
| 2021 | $262K |
| 2022 | $308K |
| 2023 | $334K |
| 2024 | $330K |
| 2025 | $339K |
| 2026 | $349K |
Earnings per employee for Home Depot
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) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $11.4K |
| 2002 | $11.9K |
| 2003 | $13.1K |
| 2004 | $14.4K |
| 2005 | $15.4K |
| 2006 | $16.9K |
| 2007 | $15.8K |
| 2008 | $13.3K |
| 2009 | $7.02K |
| 2010 | $8.39K |
| 2011 | $10.4K |
| 2012 | $11.7K |
| 2013 | $13.3K |
| 2014 | $14.8K |
| 2015 | $17.1K |
| 2016 | $18.2K |
| 2017 | $19.6K |
| 2018 | $20.9K |
| 2019 | $26.9K |
| 2020 | $27K |
| 2021 | $25.5K |
| 2022 | $33.5K |
| 2023 | $36.3K |
| 2024 | $32.7K |
| 2025 | $31.5K |
| 2026 | $30K |
Employee count history for Home Depot (HD)
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.
- 2026472,400+0.5%
- 2025470,100+1.5%
- 2024463,100-1.8%
- 2023471,600-3.9%
- 2022490,600-2.8%
- 2021504,800+21.4%
- 2020415,700+0.7%
- 2019413,0000.0%
- 2018413,000+1.7%
- 2017406,000+5.5%
- 2016385,000+3.8%
- 2015371,000+1.6%
- 2014365,000+7.4%
- 2013340,000+2.7%
- 2012331,000+3.1%
- 2011321,000+1.3%
- 2010317,000-1.6%
- 2009322,000-2.7%
- 2008331,000-9.1%
- 2007364,000+5.5%
- 2006345,000+6.2%
- 2005325,000+8.7%
- 2004299,000+6.8%
- 2003280,000+9.4%
- 2002256,000+12.8%
- 2001227,000—
About Home Depot's employee count
Home Depot (HD) employed 472,400 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +2,300 (+0.5%) from 470,100 a year earlier.
Across the 2001–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 227,000 to 472,400 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.0% per year.
Home Depot generated about $349K of revenue and $30K 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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