The farming equipment manufacturer John Deere employed nearly 83,000 people in 2023, an increase from the previous year, when the company had about 82,240 employees.
John Deere's sales figures
John Deere has three main product categories: production and precision agriculture, agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry. The majority of the company’s sales are generated by the production and precision agriculture segment. In 2023, John Deere’s revenue amounted to around 61.2 billion U.S. dollars. The United States and Canada are the biggest regional market for the company, with sales of around 38.4 billion U.S. dollars.
Farm machinery market
Farming machinery is one of the great innovations of the last two centuries, allowing us to significantly increase our agricultural yields and take a major step towards eradicating world hunger. John Deere and Co. is the world’s largest farm machinery manufacturer in terms of revenue, as of 2022. John Deere’s main competitors in that market include Case New Holland Industrial, Kubota Corporation, and AGCO. Case New Holland is based in the United Kingdom and generated net revenue of about 23.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Number of employees of John Deere (Deere & Company) from 2002 to 2023
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