Latest headcount
15,900
YoY change
-10.2%
Headcount CAGR
+0.6%
Revenue / employee
$255K
Employee count history for Leggett & Platt
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 13,000 |
| 1995 | 16,600 |
| 1996 | 21,000 |
| 1999 | 31,000 |
| 2002 | 31,000 |
| 2003 | 33,000 |
| 2004 | 33,000 |
| 2005 | 33,000 |
| 2006 | 32,828 |
| 2007 | 24,000 |
| 2008 | 20,600 |
| 2009 | 18,500 |
| 2010 | 19,000 |
| 2011 | 18,300 |
| 2012 | 18,300 |
| 2013 | 18,800 |
| 2014 | 19,000 |
| 2015 | 20,000 |
| 2016 | 21,300 |
| 2017 | 22,200 |
| 2018 | 22,000 |
| 2019 | 22,000 |
| 2020 | 20,400 |
| 2021 | 20,300 |
| 2022 | 19,900 |
| 2023 | 19,300 |
| 2024 | 17,700 |
| 2025 | 15,900 |
Revenue per employee for Leggett & Platt
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $117K |
| 1995 | $124K |
| 1996 | $117K |
| 1999 | $122K |
| 2002 | $138K |
| 2003 | $133K |
| 2004 | $154K |
| 2005 | $161K |
| 2006 | $168K |
| 2007 | $179K |
| 2008 | $198K |
| 2009 | $165K |
| 2010 | $177K |
| 2011 | $199K |
| 2012 | $203K |
| 2013 | $199K |
| 2014 | $199K |
| 2015 | $196K |
| 2016 | $176K |
| 2017 | $178K |
| 2018 | $194K |
| 2019 | $216K |
| 2020 | $210K |
| 2021 | $250K |
| 2022 | $259K |
| 2023 | $245K |
| 2024 | $248K |
| 2025 | $255K |
Earnings per employee for Leggett & Platt
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 | $6.61K |
| 1995 | $8.13K |
| 1996 | $6.69K |
| 1999 | $9.37K |
| 2002 | $7.52K |
| 2003 | $6.24K |
| 2004 | $8.65K |
| 2005 | $7.62K |
| 2006 | $9.15K |
| 2007 | -$466.67 |
| 2008 | $5.07K |
| 2009 | $6.04K |
| 2010 | $9.29K |
| 2011 | $8.38K |
| 2012 | $13.6K |
| 2013 | $10.5K |
| 2014 | $5.16K |
| 2015 | $16.3K |
| 2016 | $18.1K |
| 2017 | $13.2K |
| 2018 | $13.9K |
| 2019 | $14.3K |
| 2020 | $12.4K |
| 2021 | $19.8K |
| 2022 | $15.6K |
| 2023 | -$7.09K |
| 2024 | -$28.9K |
| 2025 | $14.8K |
Employee count history for Leggett & Platt (LEG)
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.
- 202515,900-10.2%
- 202417,700-8.3%
- 202319,300-3.0%
- 202219,900-2.0%
- 202120,300-0.5%
- 202020,400-7.3%
- 201922,0000.0%
- 201822,000-0.9%
- 201722,200+4.2%
- 201621,300+6.5%
- 201520,000+5.3%
- 201419,000+1.1%
- 201318,800+2.7%
- 201218,3000.0%
- 201118,300-3.7%
- 201019,000+2.7%
- 200918,500-10.2%
- 200820,600-14.2%
- 200724,000-26.9%
- 200632,828-0.5%
- 200533,0000.0%
- 200433,0000.0%
- 200333,000+6.5%
- 200231,000—
- 200131,000-8.8%
- 200034,000—
- 199931,000—
- 199827,000+3.8%
- 199726,000—
- 199621,000+26.5%
- 199516,600—
- 199416,000—
- 199313,000—
About Leggett & Platt's employee count
Leggett & Platt (LEG) employed 15,900 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,800 (-10.2%) from 17,700 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 13,000 to 15,900 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.6% per year.
Leggett & Platt generated about $255K of revenue and $14.8K 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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