Latest headcount
22,900
YoY change
+4.1%
Headcount CAGR
+27.3%
Revenue / employee
$724K
Employee count history for Markel
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 55 |
| 2002 | 1,621 |
| 2003 | 1,759 |
| 2004 | 1,834 |
| 2005 | 1,866 |
| 2006 | 1,897 |
| 2007 | 2,000 |
| 2008 | 2,000 |
| 2009 | 2,800 |
| 2010 | 4,800 |
| 2011 | 5,400 |
| 2012 | 6,400 |
| 2013 | 7,200 |
| 2014 | 8,600 |
| 2015 | 10,600 |
| 2016 | 10,900 |
| 2017 | 15,600 |
| 2018 | 17,400 |
| 2019 | 18,600 |
| 2020 | 18,900 |
| 2021 | 20,300 |
| 2022 | 20,900 |
| 2023 | 21,600 |
| 2024 | 22,000 |
| 2025 | 22,900 |
Revenue per employee for Markel
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $19.9M |
| 2002 | $1.09M |
| 2003 | $1.19M |
| 2004 | $1.23M |
| 2005 | $1.18M |
| 2006 | $1.33M |
| 2007 | $1.24M |
| 2008 | $988K |
| 2009 | $739K |
| 2010 | $464K |
| 2011 | $487K |
| 2012 | $469K |
| 2013 | $600K |
| 2014 | $597K |
| 2015 | $507K |
| 2016 | $515K |
| 2017 | $389K |
| 2018 | $399K |
| 2019 | $512K |
| 2020 | $510K |
| 2021 | $636K |
| 2022 | $565K |
| 2023 | $727K |
| 2024 | $761K |
| 2025 | $724K |
Earnings per employee for Markel
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) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | -$502K |
| 2002 | $46.5K |
| 2003 | $70.2K |
| 2004 | $90.2K |
| 2005 | $79.3K |
| 2006 | $207K |
| 2007 | $203K |
| 2008 | -$29.4K |
| 2009 | $72K |
| 2010 | $55.6K |
| 2011 | $26.3K |
| 2012 | $39.6K |
| 2013 | $39K |
| 2014 | $37.3K |
| 2015 | $55K |
| 2016 | $41.8K |
| 2017 | $25.3K |
| 2018 | -$7.37K |
| 2019 | $96.3K |
| 2020 | $43.2K |
| 2021 | $119K |
| 2022 | -$10.3K |
| 2023 | $92.4K |
| 2024 | $125K |
| 2025 | $92K |
Employee count history for Markel (MKL)
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.
- 202522,900+4.1%
- 202422,000+1.9%
- 202321,600+3.3%
- 202220,900+3.0%
- 202120,300+7.4%
- 202018,900+1.6%
- 201918,600+6.9%
- 201817,400+11.5%
- 201715,600+43.1%
- 201610,900+2.8%
- 201510,600+23.3%
- 20148,600+19.4%
- 20137,200+12.5%
- 20126,400+18.5%
- 20115,400+12.5%
- 20104,800+71.4%
- 20092,800+40.0%
- 20082,0000.0%
- 20072,000+5.4%
- 20061,897+1.7%
- 20051,866+1.7%
- 20041,834+4.3%
- 20031,759+8.5%
- 20021,621—
- 20011,622—
- 200055—
About Markel's employee count
Markel (MKL) employed 22,900 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +900 (+4.1%) from 22,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 55 to 22,900 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +27.3% per year.
Markel generated about $724K of revenue and $92K 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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