How many employees does Deere & Company have?

Deere & Company reported 73,100 employees for the fiscal year ending Nov 2025, in the annual report it filed on December 18, 2025. That is down 3.6% from a year earlier.

What is Deere & Company's revenue per employee?

Deere & Company brought in $44.7B of revenue in fiscal Nov 2025, which is $611K per employee. That ranks 1 of 4 companies we track in Agricultural - Machinery, where the median is $570K.

Where do these numbers come from?

Employee counts and revenue are taken from each company's own annual report (Form 10-K). Open roles are counted from the company's public job board where we have matched one. Companies report headcount once a year, sometimes rounded, so small changes can be noise.

Company data

Deere & Company employees and revenue per employee

DE · Agricultural - Machinery · $185.4B market cap

Deere & Company had 73,100 employees at the end of fiscal Nov 2025, down 3.6% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $44.7B, down 11.6% from a year earlier, or $611K per employee. Revenue fell, and headcount fell or held flat with it.

Employees

73,100

-3.6% YoY

Revenue

$44.7B

-11.6% YoY

Revenue / employee

$611K

Peer median $570K

Rank in industry

1 of 4

Agricultural - Machinery

Headcount against revenue

Both lines start at 100 in the first year we hold, so you can see which one grew faster.

EmployeesRevenueIndexed to 100 in Oct 2016

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DE employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year ending	Employees	Revenue	Per employee	Staff YoY	Revenue YoY
Nov 2025	73,100	$44.7B	$611K	-3.6%	-11.6%
Oct 2024	75,800	$50.5B	$666K	-8.7%	-16.1%
Oct 2023	83,000	$60.2B	$726K	+1.0%	+17.5%
Oct 2022	82,200	$51.3B	$624K	+8.7%	+19.2%
Oct 2021	75,600	$43.0B	$569K	+8.6%	+23.9%
Nov 2020	69,600	$34.7B	$499K	-5.3%	-9.5%
Nov 2019	73,500	$38.4B	$522K	-0.7%	+5.3%
Oct 2018	74,000	$36.5B	$493K	+22.3%	+27.4%
Oct 2017	60,500	$28.6B	$473K	+6.5%	+10.5%
Oct 2016	56,800	$25.9B	$456K	—	—

Open roles: we have not matched a verified job board for this company yet.

Employees, last six fiscal years

Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years

Deere & Company against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Agricultural - Machinery.

Company	Employees	Revenue	Revenue / employee	Shape
DE Deere & Company	73,100	$44.7B	$611K	Contracting
CAT Caterpillar Inc.	118,000	$67.6B	$573K	Hiring ahead
OSK Oshkosh Corp	18,400	$10.4B	$566K	Contracting
AGCO AGCO Corporation	22,000	$10.1B	$458K	Contracting

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Questions about Deere & Company

How many employees does Deere & Company have?: Deere & Company reported 73,100 employees for the fiscal year ending Nov 2025, in the annual report it filed on December 18, 2025. That is down 3.6% from a year earlier.
What is Deere & Company's revenue per employee?: Deere & Company brought in $44.7B of revenue in fiscal Nov 2025, which is $611K per employee. That ranks 1 of 4 companies we track in Agricultural - Machinery, where the median is $570K.
Where do these numbers come from?: Employee counts and revenue are taken from each company's own annual report (Form 10-K). Open roles are counted from the company's public job board where we have matched one. Companies report headcount once a year, sometimes rounded, so small changes can be noise.

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Source: employee counts and revenue as stated in Deere & Company's annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed December 18, 2025. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell DE.