Latest headcount
8,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+3.0%
Revenue / employee
$349K
Employee count history for Nordson
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,102 |
| 1994 | 3,281 |
| 2001 | 3,902 |
| 2002 | 3,600 |
| 2003 | 3,483 |
| 2004 | 3,544 |
| 2005 | 3,653 |
| 2006 | 3,645 |
| 2007 | 4,089 |
| 2008 | 4,111 |
| 2009 | 3,681 |
| 2010 | 3,680 |
| 2011 | 4,094 |
| 2012 | 5,361 |
| 2013 | 5,801 |
| 2014 | 5,966 |
| 2015 | 6,232 |
| 2016 | 6,127 |
| 2017 | 7,532 |
| 2018 | 7,536 |
| 2019 | 7,579 |
| 2020 | 7,555 |
| 2021 | 6,813 |
| 2022 | 7,331 |
| 2023 | 7,900 |
| 2024 | 8,000 |
| 2025 | 8,000 |
Revenue per employee for Nordson
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $149K |
| 1994 | $154K |
| 2001 | $187K |
| 2002 | $180K |
| 2003 | $192K |
| 2004 | $224K |
| 2005 | $230K |
| 2006 | $245K |
| 2007 | $243K |
| 2008 | $274K |
| 2009 | $223K |
| 2010 | $283K |
| 2011 | $301K |
| 2012 | $263K |
| 2013 | $266K |
| 2014 | $286K |
| 2015 | $271K |
| 2016 | $295K |
| 2017 | $274K |
| 2018 | $299K |
| 2019 | $290K |
| 2020 | $281K |
| 2021 | $347K |
| 2022 | $353K |
| 2023 | $333K |
| 2024 | $336K |
| 2025 | $349K |
Earnings per employee for Nordson
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 | $11.6K |
| 1994 | $14.2K |
| 2001 | $6.31K |
| 2002 | $6.13K |
| 2003 | $10.1K |
| 2004 | $17.9K |
| 2005 | $21.4K |
| 2006 | $24.9K |
| 2007 | $22.2K |
| 2008 | $28.6K |
| 2009 | -$43.5K |
| 2010 | $45.7K |
| 2011 | $54.3K |
| 2012 | $41.9K |
| 2013 | $38.2K |
| 2014 | $41.4K |
| 2015 | $33.9K |
| 2016 | $44.4K |
| 2017 | $39.3K |
| 2018 | $50.1K |
| 2019 | $44.5K |
| 2020 | $33K |
| 2021 | $66.7K |
| 2022 | $70K |
| 2023 | $61.7K |
| 2024 | $58.4K |
| 2025 | $60.6K |
Employee count history for Nordson (NDSN)
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.
- 20258,0000.0%
- 20248,000+1.3%
- 20237,900+7.8%
- 20227,331+7.6%
- 20216,813-9.8%
- 20207,555-0.3%
- 20197,579+0.6%
- 20187,536+0.1%
- 20177,532+22.9%
- 20166,127-1.7%
- 20156,232+4.5%
- 20145,966+2.8%
- 20135,801+8.2%
- 20125,361+30.9%
- 20114,094+11.3%
- 20103,680-0.0%
- 20093,681-10.5%
- 20084,111+0.5%
- 20074,089+12.2%
- 20063,645-0.2%
- 20053,653+3.1%
- 20043,544+1.8%
- 20033,483-3.3%
- 20023,600-7.7%
- 20013,902—
- 20004,038-2.8%
- 19994,154+2.0%
- 19984,074+1.2%
- 19974,024+5.3%
- 19963,823+10.2%
- 19953,470—
- 19943,281+5.8%
- 19933,102—
About Nordson's employee count
Nordson (NDSN) employed 8,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 8,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 3,102 to 8,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.0% per year.
Nordson generated about $349K of revenue and $60.6K 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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