Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. employees and revenue per employee

GO · Grocery Stores · $1.18B market cap

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. had 1,642 employees at the end of fiscal Jan 2026, down 3.0% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $4.69B, up 7.3% from a year earlier, or $2.86M per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

1,642

-3.0% YoY

Revenue

$4.69B

+7.3% YoY

Revenue / employee

$2.86M

Peer median $297K

Rank in industry

1 of 7

Grocery Stores

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 Dec 2019
83146208'19'21'22'22'23'24'26Revenue 183Staff 194

Hover a year for the numbers.

GO employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Jan 20261,642$4.69B$2.86M-3.0%+7.3%
Dec 20241,692$4.37B$2.58M+87.8%+10.1%
Dec 2023901$3.97B$4.41M+4.3%+10.9%
Dec 2022864$3.58B$4.14M+7.6%+16.2%
Jan 2022803$3.08B$3.84M+3.7%-1.8%
Jan 2021774$3.13B$4.05M-8.6%+22.5%
Dec 2019847$2.56B$3.02M——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
774'21803'22864'22901'231,692'241,642'26
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$4.05M'21$3.84M'22$4.14M'22$4.41M'23$2.58M'24$2.86M'26

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Grocery Stores.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
GO
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
1,642$4.69B$2.86MLeaner
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
3,455$1.33B$385KEfficient growth
KR
The Kroger Co.
403,000$147.6B$366KLeaner
ACI
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
280,000$83.2B$297KLeaner
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
36,000$8.81B$245KEfficient growth
WMK
Weis Markets, Inc.
22,000$4.96B$225KLeaner
IMKTA
Ingles Markets, Incorporated
25,551$5.33B$209KContracting
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Questions about Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.

How many employees does Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. have?
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. reported 1,642 employees for the fiscal year ending Jan 2026, in the annual report it filed on March 4, 2026. That is down 3.0% from a year earlier.
What is Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s revenue per employee?
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. brought in $4.69B of revenue in fiscal Jan 2026, which is $2.86M per employee. That ranks 1 of 7 companies we track in Grocery Stores, where the median is $297K.
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 Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed March 4, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell GO.