Across 11 industries and 112 named companies, facilities and real estate runs 0.3% to 5.7% of SG&A headcount, median 2.0%. In people that is 0.9 to 29.3 per 1,000 employees, median 6.5. The lean quartile is 1.6% of SG&A headcount and the heavy quartile 3.2%. Measured from 432,253 public job titles, each classified one at a time, at every company named on this page. September 2026.
Median of the named companies on each industry page. Click through for the per-function detail and the filed-spend table.
| Industry | Companies | Facilities and real estate share of SG&A, median | Range | Lean quartile | Heavy quartile | Per 1,000 employees, median | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel & footwear | 11 | 3.7% | 0.9% to 5.7% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 7.3 | August 2026 |
| Furniture & furnishings | 9 | 3.5% | 1.7% to 5.3% | 2.8% | 4.8% | 7.7 | September 2026 |
| Foodservice distribution | 10 | 2.8% | 1.3% to 4.1% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 5.3 | September 2026 |
| Building products | 8 | 2.6% | 0.3% to 5.0% | 1.1% | 3.6% | 5.8 | July 2026 |
| Beverage | 10 | 2.5% | 1.2% to 4.5% | 1.4% | 3.1% | 6.6 | September 2026 |
| Packaging & container | 12 | 2.2% | 1.4% to 4.2% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 3.2 | September 2026 |
| Toy & game | 9 | 1.9% | 1.5% to 3.4% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 10.0 | August 2026 |
| Coatings & specialty chemical | 13 | 1.9% | 1.0% to 3.8% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 6.1 | September 2026 |
| Tool & industrial | 7 | 1.8% | 0.7% to 5.1% | n/a | n/a | 7.5 | July 2026 |
| Food & CPG | 13 | 1.8% | 0.7% to 3.4% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 5.7 | July 2026 |
| Appliance & housewares | 10 | 1.5% | 0.7% to 4.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 6.2 | September 2026 |
| Company | Industry | Share of SG&A | Observed contacts | Employees | Per 1,000 employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lululemon athletica inc. | Apparel & footwear | 5.7% | 267 | 39,000 | 6.8 |
| Bassett Furniture Industries | Furniture & furnishings | 5.3% | 35 | 1,194 | 29.3 |
| Oxford Industries, Inc. | Apparel & footwear | 5.2% | 60 | 6,000 | 10.0 |
| Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. | Furniture & furnishings | 5.2% | 50 | 3,062 | 16.3 |
| Klein Tools | Tool & industrial | 5.1% | 29 | 2,500 | 11.6 |
| JELD-WEN | Building products | 5.0% | 156 | 13,900 | 11.2 |
| MillerKnoll, Inc. | Furniture & furnishings | 4.8% | 81 | 10,544 | 7.7 |
| VF Corporation | Apparel & footwear | 4.6% | 488 | 26,000 | 18.8 |
| Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | Beverage | 4.5% | 159 | 16,000 | 9.9 |
| Virco Manufacturing Corporation | Furniture & furnishings | 4.2% | 6 | 731 | 8.2 |
| Weber | Appliance & housewares | 4.2% | 25 | 4,302 | 5.8 |
| Sonoco Products Company | Packaging & container | 4.2% | 122 | 22,000 | 5.5 |
| Carter's, Inc. | Apparel & footwear | 4.1% | 112 | 15,400 | 7.3 |
| Gordon Food Service | Foodservice distribution | 4.1% | 247 | 22,000 | 11.2 |
| Masonite International | Building products | 3.8% | 45 | 10,000 | 4.5 |
| Ashland Inc. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 3.8% | 53 | 2,900 | 18.3 |
| Deckers Outdoor Corporation | Apparel & footwear | 3.7% | 69 | 6,000 | 11.5 |
| Crown Holdings, Inc. | Packaging & container | 3.7% | 75 | 23,000 | 3.3 |
| PVH Corp. | Apparel & footwear | 3.6% | 318 | 26,000 | 12.2 |
| La-Z-Boy Incorporated | Furniture & furnishings | 3.5% | 62 | 10,200 | 6.1 |
| National Beverage Corp. | Beverage | 3.5% | 6 | 1,677 | 3.6 |
| United Natural Foods, Inc. | Foodservice distribution | 3.5% | 243 | 25,600 | 9.5 |
| UFP Industries | Building products | 3.4% | 98 | 13,800 | 7.1 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | Food & CPG | 3.4% | 215 | 21,500 | 10.0 |
| Mattel, Inc. | Toy & game | 3.4% | 245 | 31,000 | 7.9 |
| Shamrock Foods Company | Foodservice distribution | 3.3% | 11 | 5,000 | 2.2 |
| Stanley Black & Decker | Tool & industrial | 3.2% | 462 | 43,500 | 10.6 |
| Ball Corporation | Packaging & container | 3.2% | 125 | 16,000 | 7.8 |
| Greif, Inc. | Packaging & container | 3.2% | 67 | 12,000 | 5.6 |
| HNI Corporation | Furniture & furnishings | 3.1% | 179 | 18,500 | 9.7 |
| Constellation Brands, Inc. | Beverage | 3.1% | 80 | 9,400 | 8.5 |
| MGP Ingredients, Inc. | Beverage | 3.1% | 4 | 617 | 6.5 |
| Dot Foods | Foodservice distribution | 3.1% | 42 | 6,300 | 6.7 |
| O-I Glass, Inc. | Packaging & container | 3.0% | 58 | 19,000 | 3.1 |
| Tapestry, Inc. | Apparel & footwear | 2.9% | 169 | 19,000 | 8.9 |
| Newell Brands Inc. | Appliance & housewares | 2.9% | 209 | 21,900 | 9.5 |
| Simpson Strong-Tie | Building products | 2.8% | 44 | 3,000 | 14.7 |
| Haworth | Furniture & furnishings | 2.8% | 60 | 8,000 | 7.5 |
| Innospec Inc. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 2.8% | 15 | 2,450 | 6.1 |
| Ben E. Keith Company | Foodservice distribution | 2.8% | 63 | 5,600 | 11.2 |
| MGA Entertainment, Inc. | Toy & game | 2.7% | 25 | 1,200 | 20.8 |
| Golden State Foods | Foodservice distribution | 2.7% | 12 | 6,000 | 2.0 |
| Molson Coors Beverage Company | Beverage | 2.6% | 135 | 16,200 | 8.3 |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | Beverage | 2.5% | 119 | 30,600 | 3.9 |
| Cabot Corporation | Coatings & specialty chemical | 2.5% | 34 | 4,064 | 8.4 |
| Trex Company | Building products | 2.4% | 13 | 1,839 | 7.1 |
| Crayola LLC | Toy & game | 2.4% | 16 | 2,464 | 6.5 |
| Ralph Lauren Corporation | Apparel & footwear | 2.4% | 166 | 23,600 | 7.0 |
| Columbia Sportswear Company | Apparel & footwear | 2.4% | 63 | 9,620 | 6.5 |
| Avient Corporation | Coatings & specialty chemical | 2.4% | 62 | 9,000 | 6.9 |
| Flexsteel Industries, Inc. | Furniture & furnishings | 2.2% | 4 | 1,200 | 3.3 |
| RPM International Inc. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 2.2% | 84 | 17,546 | 4.8 |
| Silgan Holdings Inc. | Packaging & container | 2.2% | 24 | 17,320 | 1.4 |
| H.B. Fuller Company | Coatings & specialty chemical | 2.1% | 57 | 7,100 | 8.0 |
| Sealed Air Corporation | Packaging & container | 2.1% | 86 | 16,100 | 5.3 |
| Hormel Foods | Food & CPG | 2.0% | 66 | 20,000 | 3.3 |
| Ingredion | Food & CPG | 2.0% | 64 | 11,200 | 5.7 |
| Funko, Inc. | Toy & game | 2.0% | 13 | 1,104 | 11.8 |
| Amcor plc | Packaging & container | 2.0% | 163 | 75,000 | 2.2 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging & container | 2.0% | 47 | 16,800 | 2.8 |
| AptarGroup, Inc. | Packaging & container | 2.0% | 36 | 14,000 | 2.6 |
| Kennametal Inc. | Tool & industrial | 1.9% | 63 | 8,100 | 7.8 |
| The Kraft Heinz Company | Food & CPG | 1.9% | 307 | 35,000 | 8.8 |
| McCormick & Company | Food & CPG | 1.9% | 87 | 14,100 | 6.2 |
| Hasbro, Inc. | Toy & game | 1.9% | 84 | 4,520 | 18.6 |
| Monster Beverage Corporation | Beverage | 1.9% | 76 | 6,332 | 12.0 |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.9% | 220 | 43,500 | 5.1 |
| Graphic Packaging Holding Company | Packaging & container | 1.9% | 74 | 23,000 | 3.2 |
| Sysco Corporation | Foodservice distribution | 1.9% | 332 | 75,000 | 4.4 |
| Snap-on Incorporated | Tool & industrial | 1.8% | 97 | 13,000 | 7.5 |
| The Clorox Company | Food & CPG | 1.8% | 81 | 7,600 | 10.7 |
| The J.M. Smucker Company | Food & CPG | 1.8% | 56 | 8,000 | 7.0 |
| The LEGO Group | Toy & game | 1.8% | 116 | 33,000 | 3.5 |
| Sensient Technologies Corporation | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.8% | 23 | 4,070 | 5.7 |
| Interface, Inc. | Furniture & furnishings | 1.7% | 20 | 3,570 | 5.6 |
| Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | Appliance & housewares | 1.7% | 37 | 3,000 | 12.3 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.7% | 787 | 64,249 | 12.2 |
| US Foods Holding Corp. | Foodservice distribution | 1.7% | 188 | 30,000 | 6.3 |
| Enerpac Tool Group | Tool & industrial | 1.6% | 12 | 2,100 | 5.7 |
| IDEAL Industries | Tool & industrial | 1.6% | 7 | 2,502 | 2.8 |
| Mondelez International | Food & CPG | 1.6% | 303 | 91,000 | 3.3 |
| Church & Dwight | Food & CPG | 1.6% | 39 | 5,550 | 7.0 |
| The Pokémon Company International | Toy & game | 1.6% | 14 | 2,663 | 5.3 |
| Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company | Appliance & housewares | 1.6% | 5 | 650 | 7.7 |
| Quaker Houghton | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.6% | 13 | 4,700 | 2.8 |
| The AZEK Company | Building products | 1.5% | 5 | 2,276 | 2.2 |
| The Campbell's Company | Food & CPG | 1.5% | 56 | 13,700 | 4.1 |
| Spin Master Corp. | Toy & game | 1.5% | 30 | 3,000 | 10.0 |
| JAKKS Pacific, Inc. | Toy & game | 1.5% | 12 | 652 | 18.4 |
| Whirlpool Corporation | Appliance & housewares | 1.5% | 155 | 41,000 | 3.8 |
| Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.5% | 57 | 12,200 | 4.7 |
| The Hershey Company | Food & CPG | 1.4% | 93 | 20,000 | 4.6 |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Beverage | 1.4% | 33 | 4,900 | 6.7 |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | Packaging & container | 1.4% | 97 | 35,000 | 2.8 |
| Performance Food Group Company | Foodservice distribution | 1.4% | 71 | 43,780 | 1.6 |
| General Mills | Food & CPG | 1.3% | 163 | 33,000 | 4.9 |
| The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | Beverage | 1.3% | 16 | 2,736 | 5.8 |
| The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | Foodservice distribution | 1.3% | 12 | 5,156 | 2.3 |
| Primo Brands Corporation | Beverage | 1.2% | 28 | 12,000 | 2.3 |
| YETI Holdings, Inc. | Appliance & housewares | 1.2% | 9 | 1,390 | 6.5 |
| Traeger, Inc. | Appliance & housewares | 1.1% | 3 | 433 | 6.9 |
| Ecolab Inc. | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.1% | 218 | 48,000 | 4.5 |
| WD-40 Company | Coatings & specialty chemical | 1.0% | 5 | 714 | 7.0 |
| Under Armour, Inc. | Apparel & footwear | 0.9% | 24 | 14,100 | 1.7 |
| Helen of Troy Limited | Appliance & housewares | 0.9% | 8 | 1,854 | 4.3 |
| Louisiana-Pacific | Building products | 0.7% | 7 | 4,300 | 1.6 |
| Apex Tool Group | Tool & industrial | 0.7% | 10 | 5,300 | 1.9 |
| Conagra Brands | Food & CPG | 0.7% | 25 | 17,400 | 1.4 |
| SharkNinja, Inc. | Appliance & housewares | 0.7% | 13 | 4,143 | 3.1 |
| Gibraltar Industries | Building products | 0.3% | 2 | 2,300 | 0.9 |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | Apparel & footwear | n/a | 102 | 19,000 | 5.4 |
| Cricut, Inc. | Appliance & housewares | n/a | 2 | 700 | 2.9 |
Three steps, the same for every company on the page. The long version, including what these numbers cannot tell you, is on how it’s measured and as data at methodology.json.
We pull each company's public workforce signals: department tallies and the actual job titles behind them. No survey, no self-reporting, no login.
Each title is classified into the ten-function SG&A map. This is where about a third of department labels move: procurement buyers filed under Finance, whole Sourcing and Facilities teams hiding inside Operations.
Levels are the classified people we actually observed, capped at each company's profile-visible workforce. That makes them a floor, never an inflated model, which is why the share of SG&A leads and the per-1,000 figure follows.
Across 11 industries and 112 named companies, facilities and real estate runs 0.3% to 5.7% of SG&A headcount, median 2.0%. In people that is 0.9 to 29.3 per 1,000 employees, median 6.5. The lean quartile is 1.6% of SG&A headcount and the heavy quartile 3.2%. Measured from 432,253 public job titles, each classified one at a time, at every company named on this page. September 2026. Use the share of SG&A to compare companies of different sizes.
Apparel & footwear carries the most facilities and real estate, at a median of 3.7% of SG&A headcount. Appliance & housewares carries the least, at 1.5%. In between: furniture & furnishings 3.5%, foodservice distribution 2.8%, building products 2.6%, beverage 2.5%, packaging & container 2.2%, toy & game 1.9%, coatings & specialty chemical 1.9%, tool & industrial 1.8%, food & CPG 1.8%. Measured per 1,000 employees the order changes: packaging & container is thinnest at 3.2 and toy & game is densest at 10.0.
Lean quartile is 1.6% of SG&A headcount and heavy quartile 3.2%, across 112 named companies. We say lean and heavy rather than top and bottom because a smaller facilities and real estate team is not automatically the better one: lean = 25th percentile of staffing intensity (fewer people per unit), heavy = 75th. Quartiles are published for a cut of 8 or more companies; below that they are absent rather than estimated.
We read every public job title at each company and put it in one of ten SG&A functions, one title at a time. No survey, no self-reporting, and no company has to take part. The full method is at https://sgabenchmarking.com/how-its-measured/.
Take your facilities and real estate headcount as a share of your total SG&A headcount and read it against the range above. That comparison holds at any company size. If you want us to measure your company the same way we measured these, add it at the top of this page and we will email you the result.
Every number here is available as JSON, and any company can be compared against these cohorts over plain HTTP. No key, no form. Each response also names the next step.
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