Latest headcount
20,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+2.5%
Revenue / employee
$605K
Employee count history for Hormel Foods
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 9,500 |
| 1996 | 11,000 |
| 1997 | 11,000 |
| 1998 | 11,200 |
| 1999 | 12,100 |
| 2000 | 12,200 |
| 2001 | 15,600 |
| 2002 | 15,500 |
| 2003 | 16,000 |
| 2004 | 15,600 |
| 2005 | 17,600 |
| 2006 | 18,100 |
| 2007 | 18,500 |
| 2008 | 19,100 |
| 2009 | 18,600 |
| 2010 | 19,300 |
| 2011 | 19,500 |
| 2012 | 19,700 |
| 2013 | 19,800 |
| 2014 | 20,400 |
| 2015 | 20,700 |
| 2016 | 21,100 |
| 2017 | 20,200 |
| 2018 | 20,100 |
| 2019 | 18,800 |
| 2020 | 19,100 |
| 2021 | 20,000 |
| 2022 | 20,000 |
| 2023 | 20,000 |
| 2024 | 20,000 |
| 2025 | 20,000 |
Revenue per employee for Hormel Foods
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $282K |
| 1997 | $296K |
| 1998 | $291K |
| 1999 | $278K |
| 2000 | $285K |
| 2001 | $249K |
| 2002 | $252K |
| 2003 | $263K |
| 2004 | $306K |
| 2005 | $308K |
| 2006 | $317K |
| 2007 | $335K |
| 2008 | $354K |
| 2009 | $351K |
| 2010 | $374K |
| 2011 | $405K |
| 2012 | $418K |
| 2013 | $442K |
| 2014 | $457K |
| 2015 | $448K |
| 2016 | $451K |
| 2017 | $454K |
| 2018 | $475K |
| 2019 | $505K |
| 2020 | $503K |
| 2021 | $569K |
| 2022 | $623K |
| 2023 | $606K |
| 2024 | $596K |
| 2025 | $605K |
Earnings per employee for Hormel Foods
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $7.22K |
| 1997 | $9.95K |
| 1998 | $12.4K |
| 1999 | $13.5K |
| 2000 | $14K |
| 2001 | $11.7K |
| 2002 | $12.2K |
| 2003 | $11.6K |
| 2004 | $15K |
| 2005 | $14.5K |
| 2006 | $15.8K |
| 2007 | $16.3K |
| 2008 | $14.9K |
| 2009 | $18.4K |
| 2010 | $20.5K |
| 2011 | $24.3K |
| 2012 | $25.4K |
| 2013 | $26.6K |
| 2014 | $29.5K |
| 2015 | $33.1K |
| 2016 | $42.2K |
| 2017 | $41.9K |
| 2018 | $50.4K |
| 2019 | $52.1K |
| 2020 | $47.5K |
| 2021 | $45.4K |
| 2022 | $50K |
| 2023 | $39.7K |
| 2024 | $40.3K |
| 2025 | $23.9K |
Employee count history for Hormel Foods (HRL)
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.
- 202520,0000.0%
- 202420,0000.0%
- 202320,0000.0%
- 202220,0000.0%
- 202120,000+4.7%
- 202019,100+1.6%
- 201918,800-6.5%
- 201820,100-0.5%
- 201720,200-4.3%
- 201621,100+1.9%
- 201520,700+1.5%
- 201420,400+3.0%
- 201319,800+0.5%
- 201219,700+1.0%
- 201119,500+1.0%
- 201019,300+3.8%
- 200918,600-2.6%
- 200819,100+3.2%
- 200718,500+2.2%
- 200618,100+2.8%
- 200517,600+12.8%
- 200415,600-2.5%
- 200316,000+3.2%
- 200215,500-0.6%
- 200115,600+27.9%
- 200012,200+0.8%
- 199912,100+8.0%
- 199811,200+1.8%
- 199711,0000.0%
- 199611,000+15.8%
- 199610,600+11.6%
- 19959,500—
About Hormel Foods's employee count
Hormel Foods (HRL) employed 20,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 20,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 9,500 to 20,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.5% per year.
Hormel Foods generated about $605K of revenue and $23.9K 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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