Latest headcount
403,000
YoY change
-1.5%
Headcount CAGR
+2.2%
Revenue / employee
$366K
Employee count history for Kroger
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 200,000 |
| 1995 | 205,000 |
| 1996 | 212,000 |
| 1997 | 212,000 |
| 1999 | 213,000 |
| 2000 | 305,000 |
| 2001 | 312,000 |
| 2002 | 288,000 |
| 2003 | 290,000 |
| 2004 | 290,000 |
| 2005 | 289,000 |
| 2006 | 290,000 |
| 2007 | 310,000 |
| 2008 | 323,000 |
| 2009 | 326,000 |
| 2010 | 334,000 |
| 2011 | 338,000 |
| 2012 | 339,000 |
| 2013 | 343,000 |
| 2014 | 375,000 |
| 2015 | 400,000 |
| 2016 | 431,000 |
| 2017 | 443,000 |
| 2018 | 449,000 |
| 2019 | 453,000 |
| 2020 | 435,000 |
| 2021 | 465,000 |
| 2022 | 420,000 |
| 2023 | 430,000 |
| 2024 | 414,000 |
| 2025 | 409,000 |
| 2026 | 403,000 |
Revenue per employee for Kroger
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $115K |
| 1995 | $117K |
| 1996 | $119K |
| 1997 | $160K |
| 1999 | $202K |
| 2000 | $149K |
| 2001 | $157K |
| 2002 | $174K |
| 2003 | $178K |
| 2004 | $185K |
| 2005 | $195K |
| 2006 | $209K |
| 2007 | $213K |
| 2008 | $218K |
| 2009 | $234K |
| 2010 | $229K |
| 2011 | $243K |
| 2012 | $266K |
| 2013 | $282K |
| 2014 | $262K |
| 2015 | $271K |
| 2016 | $255K |
| 2017 | $260K |
| 2018 | $275K |
| 2019 | $269K |
| 2020 | $281K |
| 2021 | $285K |
| 2022 | $328K |
| 2023 | $345K |
| 2024 | $362K |
| 2025 | $360K |
| 2026 | $366K |
Earnings per employee for Kroger
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $1.21K |
| 1995 | $1.48K |
| 1996 | $1.65K |
| 1997 | $2.19K |
| 1999 | $1.16K |
| 2000 | $2.01K |
| 2001 | $2.81K |
| 2002 | $3.62K |
| 2003 | $4.16K |
| 2004 | $982.76 |
| 2005 | -$359.86 |
| 2006 | $3.3K |
| 2007 | $3.6K |
| 2008 | $3.74K |
| 2009 | $3.83K |
| 2010 | $209.58 |
| 2011 | $3.3K |
| 2012 | $1.78K |
| 2013 | $4.36K |
| 2014 | $4.05K |
| 2015 | $4.32K |
| 2016 | $4.73K |
| 2017 | $4.46K |
| 2018 | $4.25K |
| 2019 | $6.87K |
| 2020 | $3.81K |
| 2021 | $5.56K |
| 2022 | $3.94K |
| 2023 | $5.22K |
| 2024 | $5.23K |
| 2025 | $6.52K |
| 2026 | $2.52K |
Employee count history for Kroger (KR)
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.
- 2026403,000-1.5%
- 2025409,000-1.2%
- 2024414,000-3.7%
- 2023430,000+2.4%
- 2022420,000-9.7%
- 2021465,000+6.9%
- 2020435,000-4.0%
- 2019453,000+0.9%
- 2018449,000+1.4%
- 2017443,000+2.8%
- 2016431,000+7.8%
- 2015400,000+6.7%
- 2014375,000+9.3%
- 2013343,000+1.2%
- 2012339,000+0.3%
- 2011338,000+1.2%
- 2010334,000+2.5%
- 2009326,000+0.9%
- 2008323,000+4.2%
- 2007310,000+6.9%
- 2006290,000+0.3%
- 2005289,000-0.3%
- 2004290,0000.0%
- 2003290,000+0.7%
- 2002288,000-7.7%
- 2001312,000+2.3%
- 2000305,000+43.2%
- 1999213,000—
- 1997212,0000.0%
- 1996212,000+3.4%
- 1995205,000+2.5%
- 1994200,000—
- 1994190,000—
About Kroger's employee count
Kroger (KR) employed 403,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -6,000 (-1.5%) from 409,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 200,000 to 403,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.2% per year.
Kroger generated about $366K of revenue and $2.52K 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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