John Lewis Partnership employee numbers 2023

This statistic displays the number of people employed by the John Lewis Partnership plc in the United Kingdom (UK), as of the end of financial years 2009 to 2023. In the year ending January 2023, the partnership had 74,300 employees, including those working as part of the John Lewis department store and Waitrose grocery store operations. There has been an overall decrease in the company's employee count since 2015, with a loss of more than 10 thousand employees.

The John Lewis Partnership is a British retailer, which operates the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, as well as its own banking and financial services and online retail sites (johnlewis.com, waitrose.com). The company uses an employee-owned business model, where its employees - known as Partners - are influential in running the business and are given a share of the annual profits.

Number of employees at John Lewis Partnership plc in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of employees at year end
2023	74,300
2022	78,600
2021	80,900
2020	80,800
2019	83,900
2018	85,500
2017	86,700
2016	91,500
2015	93,800
2014	91,000
2013	84,700
2012	80,900
2011	76,500
2010	72,400
2009	68,300

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

Supplementary notes

As of the end of the financial year, at the end of January. The financial year 2023 ended January 28, 2023.
Figures prior to 2018 are taken from the annual reports and accounts by the source.

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