Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. employees and revenue per employee

LW · Packaged Foods · $6.58B market cap

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. had 10,000 employees at the end of fiscal May 2026, down 1.0% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $6.61B, up 2.5% from a year earlier, or $661K per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

10,000

-1.0% YoY

Revenue

$6.61B

+2.5% YoY

Revenue / employee

$661K

Peer median $610K

Rank in industry

3 of 12

Packaged Foods

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 May 2017
91154217'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26Revenue 209Staff 154

Hover a year for the numbers.

LW employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
May 202610,000$6.61B$661K-1.0%+2.5%
May 202510,100$6.45B$639K-5.6%-0.3%
May 202410,700$6.47B$604K+3.9%+20.9%
May 202310,300$5.35B$519K+28.8%+30.5%
May 20228,000$4.10B$512K+2.6%+11.7%
May 20217,800$3.67B$471K+1.3%-3.2%
May 20207,700$3.79B$493K+1.3%+1.0%
May 20197,600$3.76B$494K+5.6%+9.7%
May 20187,200$3.42B$476K+10.8%+8.1%
May 20176,500$3.17B$487K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
7,800'218,000'2210,300'2310,700'2410,100'2510,000'26
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$471K'21$512K'22$519K'23$604K'24$639K'25$661K'26

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Packaged Foods.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
CPB
Campbell Soup Company
13,500$9.74B$722KContracting
LW
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
10,000$6.61B$661KLeaner
CAG
Conagra Brands, Inc.
17,400$11.3B$648KContracting
INGR
Ingredion Incorporated
11,200$7.22B$645KContracting
HRL
Hormel Foods Corporation
20,000$12.1B$605KLeaner
SFD
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
32,000$15.5B$485KLeaner
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
14,100$6.84B$485KLeaner
MKC-V
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
14,100$6.84B$485KLeaner
DAR
Darling Ingredients Inc.
15,000$6.14B$409KLeaner
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Questions about Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

How many employees does Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. have?
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. reported 10,000 employees for the fiscal year ending May 2026, in the annual report it filed on July 24, 2026. That is down 1.0% from a year earlier.
What is Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. brought in $6.61B of revenue in fiscal May 2026, which is $661K per employee. That ranks 3 of 12 companies we track in Packaged Foods, where the median is $610K.
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 Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed July 24, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell LW.