Latest headcount
65,000
YoY change
+12.1%
Headcount CAGR
+16.8%
Revenue / employee
$191K
Employee count history for Ulta Beauty
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 4,000 |
| 2009 | 3,900 |
| 2010 | 3,500 |
| 2011 | 4,000 |
| 2012 | 4,500 |
| 2013 | 5,600 |
| 2014 | 6,900 |
| 2015 | 8,100 |
| 2016 | 9,700 |
| 2017 | 11,600 |
| 2018 | 13,700 |
| 2019 | 16,000 |
| 2020 | 18,000 |
| 2021 | 37,000 |
| 2022 | 40,500 |
| 2023 | 53,000 |
| 2024 | 56,000 |
| 2025 | 58,000 |
| 2026 | 65,000 |
Revenue per employee for Ulta Beauty
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $228K |
| 2009 | $278K |
| 2010 | $349K |
| 2011 | $364K |
| 2012 | $395K |
| 2013 | $396K |
| 2014 | $387K |
| 2015 | $400K |
| 2016 | $405K |
| 2017 | $419K |
| 2018 | $430K |
| 2019 | $420K |
| 2020 | $411K |
| 2021 | $166K |
| 2022 | $213K |
| 2023 | $193K |
| 2024 | $200K |
| 2025 | $195K |
| 2026 | $191K |
Earnings per employee for Ulta Beauty
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) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $6.33K |
| 2009 | $6.48K |
| 2010 | $11.2K |
| 2011 | $17.8K |
| 2012 | $26.7K |
| 2013 | $30.8K |
| 2014 | $29.4K |
| 2015 | $31.7K |
| 2016 | $33K |
| 2017 | $35.3K |
| 2018 | $40.5K |
| 2019 | $41.2K |
| 2020 | $39.2K |
| 2021 | $4.75K |
| 2022 | $24.3K |
| 2023 | $23.4K |
| 2024 | $23.1K |
| 2025 | $20.7K |
| 2026 | $17.7K |
Employee count history for Ulta Beauty (ULTA)
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.
- 202665,000+12.1%
- 202558,000+3.6%
- 202456,000+5.7%
- 202353,000+30.9%
- 202240,500+9.5%
- 202137,000+105.6%
- 202018,000+12.5%
- 201916,000+16.8%
- 201813,700+18.1%
- 201711,600+19.6%
- 20169,700+19.8%
- 20158,100+17.4%
- 20146,900+23.2%
- 20135,600+24.4%
- 20124,500+12.5%
- 20114,000+14.3%
- 20103,500-10.3%
- 20093,900-2.5%
- 20084,000—
About Ulta Beauty's employee count
Ulta Beauty (ULTA) employed 65,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +7,000 (+12.1%) from 58,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2008–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 4,000 to 65,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +16.8% per year.
Ulta Beauty generated about $191K of revenue and $17.7K 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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