Latest headcount
8,200
YoY change
+2.5%
Headcount CAGR
-0.1%
Revenue / employee
$1.96M
Employee count history for United Rentals
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 8,501 |
| 1999 | 13,635 |
| 2000 | 14,795 |
| 2001 | 13,606 |
| 2002 | 12,937 |
| 2003 | 12,516 |
| 2004 | 13,400 |
| 2005 | 13,400 |
| 2006 | 12,000 |
| 2007 | 10,900 |
| 2008 | 12,000 |
| 2009 | 9,900 |
| 2010 | 7,300 |
| 2011 | 7,500 |
| 2012 | 11,300 |
| 2013 | 11,850 |
| 2014 | 12,500 |
| 2015 | 4,000 |
| 2016 | 3,900 |
| 2017 | 4,600 |
| 2018 | 5,700 |
| 2019 | 5,700 |
| 2020 | 5,700 |
| 2021 | 6,200 |
| 2022 | 7,100 |
| 2023 | 7,400 |
| 2024 | 8,000 |
| 2025 | 8,200 |
Revenue per employee for United Rentals
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | $144K |
| 1999 | $164K |
| 2000 | $197K |
| 2001 | $212K |
| 2002 | $218K |
| 2003 | $229K |
| 2004 | $231K |
| 2005 | $266K |
| 2006 | $303K |
| 2007 | $342K |
| 2008 | $272K |
| 2009 | $238K |
| 2010 | $306K |
| 2011 | $348K |
| 2012 | $364K |
| 2013 | $418K |
| 2014 | $455K |
| 2015 | $1.45M |
| 2016 | $1.48M |
| 2017 | $1.44M |
| 2018 | $1.41M |
| 2019 | $1.64M |
| 2020 | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.57M |
| 2022 | $1.64M |
| 2023 | $1.94M |
| 2024 | $1.92M |
| 2025 | $1.96M |
Earnings per employee for United Rentals
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) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | $1.59K |
| 1999 | $10.5K |
| 2000 | $11.9K |
| 2001 | $8.18K |
| 2002 | -$30.8K |
| 2003 | -$19.5K |
| 2004 | -$6.27K |
| 2005 | $14K |
| 2006 | $18.7K |
| 2007 | $33.2K |
| 2008 | -$58.7K |
| 2009 | -$6.26K |
| 2010 | -$3.56K |
| 2011 | $13.5K |
| 2012 | $6.64K |
| 2013 | $32.7K |
| 2014 | $43.2K |
| 2015 | $146K |
| 2016 | $145K |
| 2017 | $293K |
| 2018 | $192K |
| 2019 | $206K |
| 2020 | $156K |
| 2021 | $224K |
| 2022 | $296K |
| 2023 | $328K |
| 2024 | $322K |
| 2025 | $304K |
Employee count history for United Rentals (URI)
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.
- 20258,200+2.5%
- 20248,000+8.1%
- 20237,400+4.2%
- 20227,100+14.5%
- 20216,200+8.8%
- 20205,7000.0%
- 20195,7000.0%
- 20185,700+23.9%
- 20174,600+17.9%
- 20163,900-2.5%
- 20154,000-68.0%
- 201412,500+5.5%
- 201311,850+4.9%
- 201211,300+50.7%
- 20117,500+2.7%
- 20107,300-26.3%
- 20099,900-17.5%
- 200812,000+10.1%
- 200710,900-9.2%
- 200612,000-10.4%
- 200513,4000.0%
- 200413,400+7.1%
- 200312,516-3.3%
- 200212,937-4.9%
- 200113,606-8.0%
- 200014,795+8.5%
- 199913,635+60.4%
- 19988,501—
About United Rentals's employee count
United Rentals (URI) employed 8,200 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +200 (+2.5%) from 8,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1998–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 8,501 to 8,200 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.1% per year.
United Rentals generated about $1.96M of revenue and $304K 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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