Latest headcount
167,000
YoY change
+3.7%
Headcount CAGR
+2.8%
Revenue / employee
$517K
Employee count history for Lowe's Companies
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 87,000 |
| 2003 | 123,000 |
| 2004 | 116,000 |
| 2005 | 125,000 |
| 2006 | 144,000 |
| 2007 | 157,000 |
| 2008 | 160,000 |
| 2009 | 164,000 |
| 2010 | 166,000 |
| 2011 | 161,000 |
| 2012 | 161,000 |
| 2013 | 160,000 |
| 2014 | 167,000 |
| 2015 | 175,000 |
| 2016 | 180,000 |
| 2017 | 190,000 |
| 2018 | 200,000 |
| 2019 | 190,000 |
| 2020 | 200,000 |
| 2021 | 220,000 |
| 2022 | 200,000 |
| 2023 | 182,000 |
| 2024 | 168,000 |
| 2025 | 161,000 |
| 2026 | 167,000 |
Revenue per employee for Lowe's Companies
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $254K |
| 2003 | $215K |
| 2004 | $266K |
| 2005 | $292K |
| 2006 | $300K |
| 2007 | $299K |
| 2008 | $302K |
| 2009 | $294K |
| 2010 | $284K |
| 2011 | $303K |
| 2012 | $312K |
| 2013 | $316K |
| 2014 | $320K |
| 2015 | $321K |
| 2016 | $328K |
| 2017 | $342K |
| 2018 | $343K |
| 2019 | $375K |
| 2020 | $361K |
| 2021 | $407K |
| 2022 | $481K |
| 2023 | $533K |
| 2024 | $514K |
| 2025 | $520K |
| 2026 | $517K |
Earnings per employee for Lowe's Companies
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) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $11.8K |
| 2003 | $12.1K |
| 2004 | $15.9K |
| 2005 | $17.4K |
| 2006 | $19.2K |
| 2007 | $19.8K |
| 2008 | $17.6K |
| 2009 | $13.4K |
| 2010 | $10.7K |
| 2011 | $12.5K |
| 2012 | $11.4K |
| 2013 | $12.2K |
| 2014 | $13.7K |
| 2015 | $15.4K |
| 2016 | $14.1K |
| 2017 | $16.3K |
| 2018 | $17.2K |
| 2019 | $12.2K |
| 2020 | $21.4K |
| 2021 | $26.5K |
| 2022 | $42.2K |
| 2023 | $35.4K |
| 2024 | $46K |
| 2025 | $43.2K |
| 2026 | $39.8K |
Employee count history for Lowe's Companies (LOW)
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.
- 2026167,000+3.7%
- 2025161,000-4.2%
- 2024168,000-7.7%
- 2023182,000-9.0%
- 2022200,000-9.1%
- 2021220,000+10.0%
- 2020200,000+5.3%
- 2019190,000-5.0%
- 2018200,000+5.3%
- 2017190,000+5.6%
- 2016180,000+2.9%
- 2015175,000+4.8%
- 2014167,000+4.4%
- 2013160,000-0.6%
- 2012161,0000.0%
- 2011161,000-3.0%
- 2010166,000+1.2%
- 2009164,000+2.5%
- 2008160,000+1.9%
- 2007157,000+9.0%
- 2006144,000+15.2%
- 2005125,000+7.8%
- 2004116,000-5.7%
- 2003123,000+41.4%
- 200287,000—
- 200177,000+10.0%
- 200070,000+29.6%
- 199954,000—
About Lowe's Companies's employee count
Lowe's Companies (LOW) employed 167,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +6,000 (+3.7%) from 161,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 87,000 to 167,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.8% per year.
Lowe's Companies generated about $517K of revenue and $39.8K 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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