Company Headcount

per HR Headcount

Survey Report

Emre Kavukcuoglu

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Introduction • The survey, which was conducted in July-August 2012, is based on

responses from 167 organizations across 7 continents.

• Aim of this research was to understand HR people support available in the Organization in different sectors from all around the World.

• When analyzing data, we should keep in mind that this metric:

– is not showing the value received from HR Departments

– may not be considered as a strategic metric, however it gives an idea about the effectiveness of the HR function, considering all other things being equal

– should not be considered as a mean for layoff in HR

– is dependent on different external factors such as technology usage in HR

• For this purpose, i have collected data related to company headcount and HR department headcount by industry and by location.

• This report shows the detailed results extracted from the data provided

Demographics-1

4%

25%

2%

29%

1%

5%

12%

22% 10000+

1000-4999

10-49

200-499

2-9

5000-9999

500-999

50-199

• Total participant 167

• 45% of total participants, represent companies with 500+ headcount

Demographics-2 • 68 of the companies are participated from North America

• Followed by Asia and Australia/New Zealand

• As there are only 2 companies from L.America, detailed results will not be

shared in this Report

68

37

24 22

7 7 2

North America Asia Australia/NewZealand

Europe Africa Middle East Latin America

Demographics-3

31

19

15

11 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 1

• 21 different industries represented – Other category excluded

• Other category includes sectors such as: engineering, biotechnology,

automotive, maritime, textile chemicals

• If you are interested on «Other» heading’s detailed analysis, you can

send a message to emre.kavukcuoglu@anadoluefes.com

Overall Results

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Location Based

203

132

113 109 102 100 98

80

Middle East NorthAmerica

GlobalAverage

Latin America Africa Europe Australia/NewZealand

Asia

• Overall result for this metric is 113 employees per HR headcount

• Middle East companies averaged with 203 per HR and North America

132 per HR head.

Industry Based

275

203 200 185 180

130 127 125 123 113 110 104 103 101 99 93 87 86

70 63 62

• Retail industry with the highest ratio:

HR headcount per 275 employees

Headcount Based

343

132 113 108 106

78

20 2

10000+ 1000-4999 5000-9999 200-499 500-999 50-199 10-49 2-9

• Data shows that as the company size increases; HR Department

effectiveness is increasing.

– 1.000+ Companies, have higher HR Head:Total Headcount ratio

than the Global Average of 113

Industry 10000+ 1000-4999 10-49 200-499 2-9 5000-9999 500-999 50-199 Average

Retail 312 238 275

Healthcare 560 212 61 126 203

Aerospace 200 200

Construction 354 283 133 76 185

Food Related/Food Service 60 300 180

Consumer Products 92 146 120 130

Education 154 64 111 126 127

Manufacturing Durable 113 115 142 156 125

Hospitality 121 130 116 123

Government 150 81 168 180 113

Pharmaceuticals 164 57 110

Telecommunications 121 140 50 104

Other 168 147 28 94 0 167 134 53 103

Manufacturing Non Durable 125 74 81 101

NonProfit 103 86 99

Media/Entertainment 100 71 130 93

Technology 168 25 77 71 116 82 87

Insurance 64 96 86

Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy 69 91 20 60 70

Banking/Finance 53 55 127 47 61 63

Business Services/Consulting 69 14 100 4 70 69 62

Average 343 132 20 108 2 113 106 78 113

Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

North America

Results

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Demographics: N.America -1

20

18

15

8

4

2 1

0

5

10

15

20

25

1000-4999 200-499 50-199 500-999 10000+ 5000-9999 10-49

• 68 Companies shared data from N.America

• 26 of these represent 1.000+ company sizes

Demographics: N.America -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

9

8 8

5

4

3 3 3 3 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1

Data: Industry Based

329

281

200 180 173 169

157 140 140

127 123 113 108 104

86 84 82 80 77 75 65

• North America participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total

Headcount ratio of 132

• Retail and Healthcare industries 2-2.5x higher results than the average

Data: Headcount Based

338

138 135 120 118

94

22

10000+ 500-999 200-499 1000-4999 5000-9999 50-199 10-49

• Data shows that 10.000+ companies yielded with a higher ratio of

x:338 employees

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 10000+ 1000-4999 10-49 200-499 5000-9999 500-999 50-199 Average

Retail 312 365 329

Healthcare 560 317 123 281

Aerospace 200 200

Food Related/Food Service 60 300 180

Consumer Products 225 120 173

Education 271 111 126 169

Manufacturing Durable 125 191 156 157

Pharmaceuticals 140 140

Telecommunications 140 140

Other 168 54 110 243 80 127

Hospitality 121 130 116 123

Government 150 75 113

NonProfit 108 108

Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy 69 140 104

Insurance 64 96 86

Construction 84 84

Manufacturing Non Durable 82 82

Media/Entertainment 100 71 80

Technology 127 50 54 77

Business Services/Consulting 70 22 100 100 75

Banking/Finance 80 39 69 65

Average 338 120 22 135 118 138 94 132

Asia

Results

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Demographics: Asia -1

10

7 7

6

4

2

1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

200-499 500-999 50-199 1000-4999 5000-9999 2-9 10-49

• 37 Companies shared data from Asia

• 10 of these represent 1.000+ company sizes

Demographics: Asia -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

12

7

4

2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1

Data: Industry Based

180

127

109

93 90

71 65 63 61 59 58

52 46

• Asia participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total Headcount

ratio of 80

• Government, Banking/Finance 1.5-2.5x higher results than the average

Data: Headcount Based

140

109

96

73

40

5 2

1000-4999 5000-9999 500-999 200-499 50-199 10-49 2-9

• Data shows that 500+ companies yielded with a higher ratio than the

Asia average

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 1000-4999 10-49 200-499 2-9 5000-9999 500-999 50-199 Average

Government 180 180

Banking/Finance 127 127

Manufacturing Durable 117 102 109

NonProfit 100 86 93

Other 192 90 0 167 63 20 90

Technology 73 71 116 48 71

Pharmaceuticals 65 65

Consumer Products 63 63

Healthcare 61 61

Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy 57 60 59

Construction 58 58

Business Services/Consulting 100 5 4 100 52

Manufacturing Non Durable 46 46

Average 140 5 73 2 109 96 40 80

Australia/N.Zealand

Results

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Demographics: Australia/N.Zealand -1

9

6

5

2

1 1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

200-499 1000-4999 50-199 5000-9999 10-49 500-999

• 24 Companies shared data from Australia/N.Zealand

• 8 of these represent 1.000+ company sizes

Demographics: Australia/N.Zealand -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

5

4 4

3 3

2

1 1 1

Data: Industry Based

209

110 100 94 94

87 85 81

41

• Australia/N.Zealand participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total

Headcount ratio of 98

• Construction, Technology industries have higher results than the average

Data: Headcount Based

125

116

100 94

69

25

1000-4999 5000-9999 200-499 500-999 50-199 10-49

• Data shows that 1.000+ companies yielded with a higher ratio than the

Australia/N.Zealand average

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 1000-4999 10-49 200-499 5000-9999 500-999 50-199 Average

Construction 167 252 209

Technology 208 25 123 83 110

Government 83 168 100

Manufacturing Durable 94 94

NonProfit 94 94

Other 133 73 71 87

Education 95 64 85

Manufacturing Non Durable 81 81

Banking/Finance 53 30 40 41

Average 125 25 100 116 94 69 98

Europe

Results

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Demographics: Europe -1

8 8

5

1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

200-499 50-199 1000-4999 10-49

• 22 Companies shared data from Europe

• 5 of these represent 1.000+ company sizes

Demographics: Europe -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

5

2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Data: Industry Based

189

164

150

130 118 116

110

97 91

85 77

45 36

• Europe participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total

Headcount ratio of 100

Data: Headcount Based

110 107

94

28

200-499 1000-4999 50-199 10-49

• Data shows that 200-499 companies yielded with a higher ratio than

the Europe average of 100

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 1000-4999 10-49 200-499 50-199 Average

Pharmaceuticals 189 189

Construction 164 164

Consumer Products 150 150

Media/Entertainment 130 130

Healthcare 107 130 118

Manufacturing Durable 115 118 116

Retail 110 110

Technology 71 113 97

Manufacturing Non Durable 91 91

Telecommunications 121 50 85

Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy 77 77

Other 28 62 45

Business Services/Consulting 33 38 36

Average 107 28 110 94 100

Africa

Results

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Demographics: Africa -1

2 2 2

1

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

1000-4999 500-999 50-199 200-499

• 7 Companies shared data from Africa

Demographics: Africa -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

2

1 1 1 1 1

Data: Industry Based

209

152

60 56

48 41

Other Manufacturing NonDurable

Construction Banking/Finance Pharmaceuticals BusinessServices/Consulting

• Africa participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total Headcount

ratio of 102

Data: Headcount Based

223

67

54 48

1000-4999 200-499 50-199 500-999

• Data shows that 1.000+ companies yielded with a higher ratio than the

Africa average of 102

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 1000-4999 200-499 500-999 50-199 Average

Other 209 209

Manufacturing Non Durable 237 67 152

Construction 60 60

Banking/Finance 56 56

Pharmaceuticals 48 48

Business Services/Consulting 41 41

Average 223 67 48 54 102

Middle East

Results

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Demographics: Middle East -1

2 2 2

1

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

10000+ 1000-4999 500-999 200-499

• 7 Companies shared data from Middle East

Demographics: Middle East -2

• Graph shows distribution of the participants based on the

corresponding industries

3

2

1 1

Construction Other Consumer Products Oil and Gas / Mining /Energy

Data: Industry Based

369

99 92

20

Construction Other Consumer Products Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy

• Middle East participant data resulted with an HR Head per Total

Headcount ratio of 203

Data: Headcount Based

354

246

75 68

10000+ 1000-4999 500-999 200-499

• Data shows that 1.000+ companies yielded with a higher ratio than the

Middle East average of 203

Data: Industry vs. Company Size

Based

• Table shows HR Head : Total Headcount

with industry and company size dimensions

Industry 10000+ 1000-4999 200-499 500-999 Average

Construction 354 400 369

Other 68 130 99

Consumer Products 92 92

Oil and Gas / Mining / Energy 20 20

Average 354 246 68 75 203