Watsco, Inc. employees and revenue per employee

WSO · Industrial - Distribution · $12.3B market cap

Watsco, Inc. had 6,950 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, down 3.7% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $7.24B, down 5.0% from a year earlier, or $1.04M per employee. Revenue fell, and headcount fell or held flat with it.

Employees

6,950

-3.7% YoY

Revenue

$7.24B

-5.0% YoY

Revenue / employee

$1.04M

Peer median $878K

Rank in industry

3 of 8

Industrial - Distribution

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
94140187'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 172Staff 138

Hover a year for the numbers.

WSO employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 20256,950$7.24B$1.04M-3.7%-5.0%
Dec 20247,220$7.62B$1.06M-1.8%+4.6%
Dec 20237,350$7.28B$991K+2.1%+0.1%
Dec 20227,200$7.27B$1.01M+5.1%+15.8%
Dec 20216,850$6.28B$917K+18.1%+24.2%
Dec 20205,800$5.05B$872K+0.0%+6.0%
Dec 20195,800$4.77B$822K+11.5%+4.9%
Dec 20185,200$4.55B$874K+0.0%+4.7%
Dec 20175,200$4.34B$835K+3.0%+2.9%
Dec 20165,050$4.22B$836K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
5,800'206,850'217,200'227,350'237,220'246,950'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$872K'20$917K'21$1.01M'22$991K'23$1.06M'24$1.04M'25

Watsco, Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Industrial - Distribution.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
CNM
Core & Main, Inc.
5,600$7.65B$1.37MLeaner
WCC
WESCO International, Inc.
21,000$23.5B$1.12MEfficient growth
WSO
Watsco, Inc.
6,950$7.24B$1.04MContracting
FERG
Ferguson plc
35,000$30.8B$879KLeaner
QXO
QXO, Inc.
7,794$6.84B$878KEfficient growth
GWW
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
22,100$17.9B$812KLeaner
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
6,900$4.97B$720KEfficient growth
FAST
Fastenal Company
24,489$8.20B$335KEfficient growth
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Questions about Watsco, Inc.

How many employees does Watsco, Inc. have?
Watsco, Inc. reported 6,950 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 27, 2026. That is down 3.7% from a year earlier.
What is Watsco, Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Watsco, Inc. brought in $7.24B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $1.04M per employee. That ranks 3 of 8 companies we track in Industrial - Distribution, where the median is $878K.
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 Watsco, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 27, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell WSO.