Latest headcount
49,000
YoY change
+22.5%
Headcount CAGR
-6.8%
Revenue / employee
$168K
Employee count history for Yum! Brands
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 350,000 |
| 1998 | 260,000 |
| 1999 | 210,000 |
| 2000 | 190,000 |
| 2001 | 210,000 |
| 2002 | 244,000 |
| 2003 | 265,000 |
| 2004 | 256,000 |
| 2006 | 280,000 |
| 2008 | 336,000 |
| 2009 | 350,000 |
| 2010 | 378,000 |
| 2011 | 466,000 |
| 2012 | 523,000 |
| 2013 | 539,000 |
| 2014 | 537,000 |
| 2015 | 505,000 |
| 2016 | 90,000 |
| 2017 | 60,000 |
| 2018 | 34,000 |
| 2019 | 34,000 |
| 2020 | 38,000 |
| 2021 | 36,000 |
| 2022 | 36,000 |
| 2023 | 35,000 |
| 2024 | 40,000 |
| 2025 | 49,000 |
Revenue per employee for Yum! Brands
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $27.7K |
| 1998 | $32.6K |
| 1999 | $37.2K |
| 2000 | $37.3K |
| 2001 | $33.1K |
| 2002 | $31.8K |
| 2003 | $31.6K |
| 2004 | $35.2K |
| 2006 | $34.1K |
| 2008 | $33.6K |
| 2009 | $31K |
| 2010 | $30K |
| 2011 | $27.1K |
| 2012 | $26.1K |
| 2013 | $24.3K |
| 2014 | $24.7K |
| 2015 | $12.7K |
| 2016 | $70.6K |
| 2017 | $98K |
| 2018 | $167K |
| 2019 | $165K |
| 2020 | $149K |
| 2021 | $183K |
| 2022 | $190K |
| 2023 | $202K |
| 2024 | $189K |
| 2025 | $168K |
Earnings per employee for Yum! Brands
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) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | -$317.14 |
| 1998 | $1.71K |
| 1999 | $2.99K |
| 2000 | $2.17K |
| 2001 | $2.34K |
| 2002 | $2.39K |
| 2003 | $2.33K |
| 2004 | $2.89K |
| 2006 | $2.94K |
| 2008 | $2.87K |
| 2009 | $3.06K |
| 2010 | $3.06K |
| 2011 | $2.83K |
| 2012 | $3.05K |
| 2013 | $2.02K |
| 2014 | $1.96K |
| 2015 | $2.56K |
| 2016 | $18.3K |
| 2017 | $22.3K |
| 2018 | $45.4K |
| 2019 | $38.1K |
| 2020 | $23.8K |
| 2021 | $43.8K |
| 2022 | $36.8K |
| 2023 | $45.6K |
| 2024 | $37.2K |
| 2025 | $31.8K |
Employee count history for Yum! Brands (YUM)
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.
- 202549,000+22.5%
- 202440,000+14.3%
- 202335,000-2.8%
- 202236,0000.0%
- 202136,000-5.3%
- 202038,000+11.8%
- 201934,0000.0%
- 201834,000-43.3%
- 201760,000-33.3%
- 201690,000-82.2%
- 2015505,000-6.0%
- 2014537,000-0.4%
- 2013539,000+3.1%
- 2012523,000+12.2%
- 2011466,000+23.3%
- 2010378,000+8.0%
- 2009350,000+4.2%
- 2008336,000—
- 2008301,000—
- 2006280,000—
- 2006272,000—
- 2004256,000-3.4%
- 2003265,000+8.6%
- 2002244,000+16.2%
- 2001210,000+10.5%
- 2000190,000-9.5%
- 1999210,000-19.2%
- 1998260,000-25.7%
- 1997350,000—
About Yum! Brands's employee count
Yum! Brands (YUM) employed 49,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +9,000 (+22.5%) from 40,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1997–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 350,000 to 49,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -6.8% per year.
Yum! Brands generated about $168K of revenue and $31.8K 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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