NewMarket Corporation employees and revenue per employee

NEU · Chemicals - Specialty · $8.50B market cap

NewMarket Corporation had 2,050 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, down 0.5% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $2.73B, down 2.2% from a year earlier, or $1.33M per employee. Revenue fell, and headcount fell or held flat with it.

Employees

2,050

-0.5% YoY

Revenue

$2.73B

-2.2% YoY

Revenue / employee

$1.33M

Peer median $612K

Rank in industry

3 of 14

Chemicals - Specialty

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
95117139'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 133Staff 103

Hover a year for the numbers.

NEU employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 20252,050$2.73B$1.33M-0.5%-2.2%
Dec 20242,060$2.79B$1.35M+3.0%+3.3%
Dec 20232,000$2.70B$1.35M-2.8%-2.4%
Dec 20222,058$2.76B$1.34M-2.2%+17.3%
Dec 20212,104$2.36B$1.12M-0.0%+17.2%
Dec 20202,105$2.01B$955K-0.6%-8.2%
Dec 20192,118$2.19B$1.03M+1.4%-4.3%
Dec 20182,089$2.29B$1.10M-6.0%+4.2%
Dec 20172,223$2.20B$989K+11.3%+7.3%
Dec 20161,998$2.05B$1.03M——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
2,105'202,104'212,058'222,000'232,060'242,050'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$955K'20$1.12M'21$1.34M'22$1.35M'23$1.35M'24$1.33M'25

NewMarket Corporation against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Chemicals - Specialty.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
3,000$10.9B$3.63MContracting
NEU
NewMarket Corporation
2,050$2.73B$1.33MContracting
SOLS
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.
4,100$3.89B$948K—
WLK
Westlake Corporation
14,600$11.2B$765KContracting
EMN
Eastman Chemical Company
13,000$8.75B$673KContracting
ALB
Albemarle Corporation
7,800$5.14B$659KContracting
ESI
Element Solutions Inc
5,200$2.55B$491KLeaner
RPM
RPM International Inc.
17,546$7.86B$448KLeaner
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
12,300$5.12B$416KContracting
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Questions about NewMarket Corporation

How many employees does NewMarket Corporation have?
NewMarket Corporation reported 2,050 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 12, 2026. That is down 0.5% from a year earlier.
What is NewMarket Corporation's revenue per employee?
NewMarket Corporation brought in $2.73B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $1.33M per employee. That ranks 3 of 14 companies we track in Chemicals - Specialty, where the median is $612K.
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 NewMarket Corporation's annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 12, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell NEU.