Wayfair Inc. employees and revenue per employee

W · Specialty Retail · $13.9B market cap

Wayfair Inc. had 11,800 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, down 2.5% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $12.5B, up 5.1% from a year earlier, or $1.06M per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

11,800

-2.5% YoY

Revenue

$12.5B

+5.1% YoY

Revenue / employee

$1.06M

Peer median $571K

Rank in industry

3 of 18

Specialty Retail

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
75259444'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 369Staff 209

Hover a year for the numbers.

W employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 202511,800$12.5B$1.06M-2.5%+5.1%
Dec 202412,100$11.9B$979K-5.5%-1.3%
Dec 202312,800$12.0B$938K-18.7%-1.8%
Dec 202215,745$12.2B$776K-5.6%-10.9%
Dec 202116,681$13.7B$822K+3.5%-3.1%
Dec 202016,122$14.1B$877K-5.1%+55.0%
Dec 201916,985$9.13B$537K+40.1%+34.6%
Dec 201812,124$6.78B$559K+56.4%+43.6%
Dec 20177,751$4.72B$609K+37.5%+39.7%
Dec 20165,637$3.38B$600K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
16,122'2016,681'2115,745'2212,800'2312,100'2411,800'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$877K'20$822K'21$776K'22$938K'23$979K'24$1.06M'25

Wayfair Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Specialty Retail.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
W
Wayfair Inc.
11,800$12.5B$1.06MLeaner
EBAY
eBay Inc.
12,300$11.1B$902KEfficient growth
CASY
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
23,490$17.6B$748KEfficient growth
CHWY
Chewy, Inc.
18,000$12.6B$700KLeaner
TSCO
Tractor Supply Company
26,000$15.5B$597KLeaner
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
31,600$17.2B$545KHiring ahead
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
78,258$17.8B$227KEfficient growth
ULTA
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
65,000$12.4B$191KHiring ahead
AZO
AutoZone, Inc.
130,000$18.9B$146KHiring ahead
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Questions about Wayfair Inc.

How many employees does Wayfair Inc. have?
Wayfair Inc. reported 11,800 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 19, 2026. That is down 2.5% from a year earlier.
What is Wayfair Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Wayfair Inc. brought in $12.5B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $1.06M per employee. That ranks 3 of 18 companies we track in Specialty Retail, where the median is $571K.
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 Wayfair Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 19, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell W.