Steven Madden, Ltd. employees and revenue per employee

SHOO · Apparel - Footwear & Accessories · $3.49B market cap

Steven Madden, Ltd. had 6,300 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, up 31.3% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $2.52B, up 10.5% from a year earlier, or $400K per employee. Headcount grew faster than revenue.

Employees

6,300

+31.3% YoY

Revenue

$2.52B

+10.5% YoY

Revenue / employee

$400K

Peer median $570K

Rank in industry

4 of 4

Apparel - Footwear & Accessories

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
72173274'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 180Staff 260

Hover a year for the numbers.

SHOO employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 20256,300$2.52B$400K+31.3%+10.5%
Dec 20244,800$2.28B$476K+14.3%+15.2%
Dec 20234,200$1.98B$472K+5.0%-6.6%
Dec 20224,000$2.12B$531K+14.3%+13.7%
Dec 20213,500$1.87B$533K+25.0%+55.3%
Dec 20202,800$1.20B$429K+12.0%-32.8%
Dec 20192,500$1.79B$715K-3.8%+8.1%
Dec 20182,600$1.65B$636K+4.1%+7.0%
Dec 20172,497$1.55B$619K+3.2%+10.5%
Dec 20162,419$1.40B$579K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
2,800'203,500'214,000'224,200'234,800'246,300'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$429K'20$533K'21$531K'22$472K'23$476K'24$400K'25

Steven Madden, Ltd. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Apparel - Footwear & Accessories.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
DECK
Deckers Outdoor Corporation
6,000$5.47B$912KEfficient growth
NKE
NIKE, Inc.
73,000$46.4B$636KLeaner
CROX
Crocs, Inc.
8,010$4.04B$504KHiring into decline
SHOO
Steven Madden, Ltd.
6,300$2.52B$400KHiring ahead
Every Consumer Cyclical company

Questions about Steven Madden, Ltd.

How many employees does Steven Madden, Ltd. have?
Steven Madden, Ltd. reported 6,300 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on March 2, 2026. That is up 31.3% from a year earlier.
What is Steven Madden, Ltd.'s revenue per employee?
Steven Madden, Ltd. brought in $2.52B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $400K per employee. That ranks 4 of 4 companies we track in Apparel - Footwear & Accessories, 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 Steven Madden, Ltd.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed March 2, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell SHOO.