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Number of employees at John Lewis Partnership plc in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2025

Characteristic	Number of employees at year end
2025	69,000
2024	72,900
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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April 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2025

Supplementary notes

As of the end of the financial year, at the end of January. The financial year 2025 ended January 25, 2025.
Figures prior to 2024 are taken from the annual reports and accounts by the source.

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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 2025. During the financial year ending January 2025, the partnership employed an average of 69,000 people, including employees 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 nearly 25,000 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.