Latest headcount
107,000
YoY change
-0.9%
Headcount CAGR
+8.3%
Revenue / employee
$197K
Employee count history for Ross Stores
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 8,949 |
| 1996 | 11,935 |
| 2000 | 20,700 |
| 2001 | 19,800 |
| 2002 | 21,000 |
| 2003 | 22,500 |
| 2004 | 26,600 |
| 2005 | 30,100 |
| 2006 | 33,200 |
| 2007 | 35,800 |
| 2008 | 39,100 |
| 2009 | 40,000 |
| 2010 | 45,600 |
| 2011 | 49,500 |
| 2012 | 53,900 |
| 2013 | 57,500 |
| 2014 | 66,300 |
| 2015 | 71,400 |
| 2016 | 77,800 |
| 2017 | 78,600 |
| 2018 | 82,700 |
| 2019 | 88,100 |
| 2020 | 92,500 |
| 2021 | 93,700 |
| 2022 | 100,000 |
| 2023 | 101,000 |
| 2024 | 108,000 |
| 2025 | 107,000 |
Revenue per employee for Ross Stores
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $125K |
| 1996 | $120K |
| 2000 | $119K |
| 2001 | $137K |
| 2002 | $142K |
| 2003 | $157K |
| 2004 | $147K |
| 2005 | $141K |
| 2006 | $149K |
| 2007 | $156K |
| 2008 | $153K |
| 2009 | $162K |
| 2010 | $158K |
| 2011 | $159K |
| 2012 | $160K |
| 2013 | $169K |
| 2014 | $154K |
| 2015 | $155K |
| 2016 | $153K |
| 2017 | $164K |
| 2018 | $171K |
| 2019 | $170K |
| 2020 | $173K |
| 2021 | $134K |
| 2022 | $189K |
| 2023 | $185K |
| 2024 | $189K |
| 2025 | $197K |
Earnings per employee for Ross Stores
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 | $3.27K |
| 1996 | $3.63K |
| 2000 | $7.25K |
| 2001 | $7.66K |
| 2002 | $7.38K |
| 2003 | $8.94K |
| 2004 | $8.58K |
| 2005 | $5.64K |
| 2006 | $6.01K |
| 2007 | $6.75K |
| 2008 | $6.68K |
| 2009 | $7.64K |
| 2010 | $9.71K |
| 2011 | $11.2K |
| 2012 | $12.2K |
| 2013 | $13.7K |
| 2014 | $12.6K |
| 2015 | $13K |
| 2016 | $13.1K |
| 2017 | $14.2K |
| 2018 | $16.5K |
| 2019 | $18K |
| 2020 | $18K |
| 2021 | $911.23 |
| 2022 | $17.2K |
| 2023 | $15K |
| 2024 | $17.4K |
| 2025 | $19.5K |
Employee count history for Ross Stores (ROST)
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.
- 2025107,000-0.9%
- 2024108,000+6.9%
- 2023101,000+1.0%
- 2022100,000+6.7%
- 202193,700+1.3%
- 202092,500+5.0%
- 201988,100+6.5%
- 201882,700+5.2%
- 201778,600+1.0%
- 201677,800+9.0%
- 201571,400+7.7%
- 201466,300+15.3%
- 201357,500+6.7%
- 201253,900+8.9%
- 201149,500+8.6%
- 201045,600+14.0%
- 200940,000+2.3%
- 200839,100+9.2%
- 200735,800+7.8%
- 200633,200+10.3%
- 200530,100+13.2%
- 200426,600+18.2%
- 200322,500+7.1%
- 200221,000+6.1%
- 200119,800-4.3%
- 200020,700—
- 199920,100+18.2%
- 199817,000+14.5%
- 199714,853—
- 199611,935—
- 199510,574—
- 19948,949—
About Ross Stores's employee count
Ross Stores (ROST) employed 107,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-0.9%) from 108,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 8,949 to 107,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.3% per year.
Ross Stores generated about $197K of revenue and $19.5K 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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