Green Plains Inc. employees and revenue per employee

GPRE · Chemicals · $1.00B market cap

Green Plains Inc. had 642 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, down 30.4% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $2.09B, down 14.9% from a year earlier, or $3.26M per employee. Revenue fell, and headcount fell or held flat with it.

Employees

642

-30.4% YoY

Revenue

$2.09B

-14.9% YoY

Revenue / employee

$3.26M

Peer median $1.05M

Rank in industry

2 of 8

Chemicals

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 2016
19289559'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 61Staff 363

Hover a year for the numbers.

GPRE employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 2025642$2.09B$3.26M-30.4%-14.9%
Dec 2024923$2.46B$2.66M+0.2%-25.4%
Dec 2023921$3.30B$3.58M+2.1%-10.0%
Dec 2022902$3.66B$4.06M+5.0%+29.6%
Dec 2021859$2.83B$3.29M+2.4%+47.0%
Dec 2020839$1.92B$2.29M+582.1%-20.4%
Dec 2019123$2.42B$19.7M-16.9%-37.4%
Dec 2018148$3.86B$26.1M-25.3%+7.3%
Dec 2017198$3.60B$18.2M+11.9%+5.4%
Dec 2016177$3.41B$19.3M——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
839'20859'21902'22921'23923'24642'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$2.29M'20$3.29M'21$4.06M'22$3.58M'23$2.66M'24$3.26M'25

Green Plains Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Chemicals.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
REX
REX American Resources Corporation
132$650M$4.93MHiring ahead
GPRE
Green Plains Inc.
642$2.09B$3.26MContracting
LXU
LSB Industries, Inc.
513$615M$1.20MLeaner
DOW
Dow Inc.
34,600$40.0B$1.16MContracting
HUN
Huntsman Corporation
6,000$5.68B$947KContracting
OLN
Olin Corporation
7,849$6.78B$864KEfficient growth
CE
Celanese Corporation
11,434$9.54B$835KContracting
DD
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
15,000$6.85B$457KContracting
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Questions about Green Plains Inc.

How many employees does Green Plains Inc. have?
Green Plains Inc. reported 642 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 10, 2026. That is down 30.4% from a year earlier.
What is Green Plains Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Green Plains Inc. brought in $2.09B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $3.26M per employee. That ranks 2 of 8 companies we track in Chemicals, where the median is $1.05M.
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 Green Plains Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 10, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell GPRE.