Albemarle Corporation number of employees

Albemarle Corporation reported 7,800 employees at December 31, 2025 in its latest annual report, down 500 (6.0%) on the year before. That compares with 6,000 at December 31, 2021. Revenue per employee was $659,325.

Headcount by year

Fiscal year end	Employees	Change	Revenue per employee	Source
December 31, 2025	7,800	−500 (6.0%)	$659,325	10-K, filed February 11, 2026
December 31, 2024	8,300	−700 (7.8%)	$647,895	10-K, filed February 12, 2025
December 31, 2023	9,000	+1,600 (21.6%)	$1.1m	10-K, filed February 15, 2024
December 31, 2022	7,400	+1,400 (23.3%)	$989,203	10-K, filed February 15, 2023
December 31, 2021	6,000	—	$554,660	10-K, filed February 22, 2022

What the annual reports say

As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 7,800 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 3,100, or 40%, are employed in the U.S. and the Americas; 2,600, or 33%, are employed in Asia Pacific; 1,500, or 19%, are employed in Europe; and 600, or 8%, are employed in the Middle East or other areas. 2025 annual report
As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 8,300 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 3,300, or 39%, are employed in the U.S. and the Americas; 2,900, or 35%, are employed in Asia Pacific; 1,500, or 19%, are employed in Europe; and 600, or 7%, are employed in the Middle East or other areas. 2024 annual report
As of December 31, 2023, we had approximately 9,000 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 3,700, or 41%, are employed in the U.S. and the Americas; 3,300, or 36%, are employed in Asia Pacific; 1,500, or 17%, are employed in Europe; and 500, or 6%, are employed in the Middle East or other areas. 2023 annual report
As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately 7,400 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 3,100, or 42%, are employed in the U.S. and the Americas; 2,300, or 31%, are employed in Asia Pacific; 1,500, or 20%, are employed in Europe; and 500, or 7%, are employed in the Middle East or other areas. 2022 annual report
As of December 31, 2021, we had approximately 6,000 employees, including employees of our consolidated joint ventures, of whom 2,600, or 43%, are employed in the U.S. and the Americas; 1,600, or 27%, are employed in Asia Pacific; 1,400, or 23%, are employed in Europe; and 400, or 7%, are employed in the Middle East or other areas. 2021 annual report

Headcount as the company states it in Item 1 of its annual report (some count full-time equivalents or exclude part-time and temporary staff), at the date it gives. Years where the report states no clear total are left out rather than estimated. Changes can reflect acquisitions and disposals as well as hiring and job cuts.

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Figures from Albemarle Corporation's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Albemarle Corporation.