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Procurement headcount benchmark by industry: sourcing and purchasing staff per 1,000 employees

Across 11 industries and 116 named companies, sourcing and procurement runs 2.3% to 20.0% of SG&A headcount, median 11.6%. In people that is 2.4 to 101.8 per 1,000 employees, median 29.8. The lean quartile is 7.8% of SG&A headcount and the heavy quartile 13.8%. Measured from 432,253 public job titles, each classified one at a time, at every company named on this page. September 2026.

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Median of the named companies on each industry page. Click through for the per-function detail and the filed-spend table.

Industry	Companies	Sourcing and procurement share of SG&A, median	Range	Lean quartile	Heavy quartile	Per 1,000 employees, median	As of
Packaging & container	12	15.5%	6.7% to 17.6%	13.9%	16.6%	21.4	September 2026
Foodservice distribution	10	13.0%	7.8% to 19.0%	11.1%	18.2%	22.0	September 2026
Tool & industrial	7	12.1%	5.3% to 14.8%	n/a	n/a	34.7	July 2026
Food & CPG	13	12.1%	7.8% to 20.0%	12.1%	13.2%	41.1	July 2026
Appliance & housewares	10	11.9%	5.3% to 18.3%	7.6%	14.1%	48.4	September 2026
Coatings & specialty chemical	13	11.7%	2.7% to 15.4%	8.2%	13.7%	36.4	September 2026
Toy & game	9	11.6%	3.7% to 15.4%	10.6%	13.8%	80.7	August 2026
Building products	9	9.3%	6.0% to 13.4%	7.5%	11.7%	17.1	July 2026
Apparel & footwear	12	8.0%	5.1% to 11.9%	5.8%	9.6%	17.8	August 2026
Furniture & furnishings	9	8.0%	4.8% to 14.1%	5.3%	11.8%	16.7	September 2026
Beverage	12	8.0%	2.3% to 12.1%	6.7%	10.0%	25.2	September 2026

Counts are deduplicated public-profile contacts classified into the function by job title: an observed floor, not a modeled total, so per-1,000 values understate true staffing by a company-specific amount. Share of SG&A is the like-for-like read.

Every company

Company	Industry	Share of SG&A	Observed contacts	Employees	Per 1,000 employees
McCormick & Company	Food & CPG	20.0%	902	14,100	64.0
Conagra Brands	Food & CPG	19.8%	715	17,400	41.1
Performance Food Group Company	Foodservice distribution	19.0%	945	43,780	21.6
United Natural Foods, Inc.	Foodservice distribution	18.8%	1,319	25,600	51.5
Whirlpool Corporation	Appliance & housewares	18.3%	1,882	41,000	45.9
Golden State Foods	Foodservice distribution	18.2%	81	6,000	13.5
Crown Holdings, Inc.	Packaging & container	17.6%	357	23,000	15.5
AptarGroup, Inc.	Packaging & container	16.9%	299	14,000	21.4
Silgan Holdings Inc.	Packaging & container	16.8%	180	17,320	10.4
O-I Glass, Inc.	Packaging & container	16.4%	317	19,000	16.7
Amcor plc	Packaging & container	16.3%	1,348	75,000	18.0
Sonoco Products Company	Packaging & container	16.2%	469	22,000	21.3
The Clorox Company	Food & CPG	15.9%	699	7,600	92.0
Newell Brands Inc.	Appliance & housewares	15.8%	1,129	21,900	51.6
The LEGO Group	Toy & game	15.4%	1,011	33,000	30.6
Sensient Technologies Corporation	Coatings & specialty chemical	15.4%	201	4,070	49.4
Enerpac Tool Group	Tool & industrial	14.8%	105	2,100	50.0
Funko, Inc.	Toy & game	14.8%	94	1,104	85.1
Graphic Packaging Holding Company	Packaging & container	14.8%	582	23,000	25.3
Cabot Corporation	Coatings & specialty chemical	14.7%	203	4,064	50.0
Ball Corporation	Packaging & container	14.5%	567	16,000	35.4
Ben E. Keith Company	Foodservice distribution	14.5%	333	5,600	59.5
Avery Dennison Corporation	Packaging & container	14.4%	982	35,000	28.1
HNI Corporation	Furniture & furnishings	14.1%	811	18,500	43.8
Weber	Appliance & housewares	14.1%	84	4,302	19.5
Helen of Troy Limited	Appliance & housewares	14.0%	125	1,854	67.4
Apex Tool Group	Tool & industrial	13.9%	197	5,300	37.2
Klein Tools	Tool & industrial	13.9%	79	2,500	31.6
Crayola LLC	Toy & game	13.8%	93	2,464	37.7
H.B. Fuller Company	Coatings & specialty chemical	13.8%	382	7,100	53.8
Avient Corporation	Coatings & specialty chemical	13.7%	354	9,000	39.3
Masonite International	Building products	13.4%	160	10,000	16.0
Greif, Inc.	Packaging & container	13.4%	279	12,000	23.2
US Foods Holding Corp.	Foodservice distribution	13.4%	1,506	30,000	50.2
Church & Dwight	Food & CPG	13.2%	322	5,550	58.0
Innospec Inc.	Coatings & specialty chemical	13.2%	70	2,450	28.6
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.	Appliance & housewares	13.1%	285	3,000	95.0
Louisiana-Pacific	Building products	12.9%	131	4,300	30.5
The Hershey Company	Food & CPG	12.9%	842	20,000	42.1
Haworth	Furniture & furnishings	12.9%	278	8,000	34.8
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.	Coatings & specialty chemical	12.9%	480	12,200	39.3
Sealed Air Corporation	Packaging & container	12.8%	523	16,100	32.5
Shamrock Foods Company	Foodservice distribution	12.6%	42	5,000	8.4
Mondelez International	Food & CPG	12.2%	2,353	91,000	25.9
Stanley Black & Decker	Tool & industrial	12.1%	1,747	43,500	40.2
The Kraft Heinz Company	Food & CPG	12.1%	2,003	35,000	57.2
General Mills	Food & CPG	12.1%	1,530	33,000	46.4
International Flavors & Fragrances	Food & CPG	12.1%	764	21,500	35.5
The Campbell's Company	Food & CPG	12.1%	445	13,700	32.5
Constellation Brands, Inc.	Beverage	12.1%	307	9,400	32.7
VF Corporation	Apparel & footwear	11.9%	1,260	26,000	48.5
Mattel, Inc.	Toy & game	11.8%	857	31,000	27.6
Virco Manufacturing Corporation	Furniture & furnishings	11.8%	17	731	23.3
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.	Foodservice distribution	11.8%	109	5,156	21.1
Trex Company	Building products	11.7%	62	1,839	33.7
Quaker Houghton	Coatings & specialty chemical	11.7%	95	4,700	20.2
Spin Master Corp.	Toy & game	11.6%	242	3,000	80.7
PVH Corp.	Apparel & footwear	11.6%	1,020	26,000	39.2
PPG Industries, Inc.	Coatings & specialty chemical	11.6%	1,356	43,500	31.2
MGA Entertainment, Inc.	Toy & game	11.5%	108	1,200	90.0
Ingredion	Food & CPG	11.3%	366	11,200	32.7
Molson Coors Beverage Company	Beverage	11.3%	584	16,200	36.0
Gordon Food Service	Foodservice distribution	11.1%	664	22,000	30.2
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.	Furniture & furnishings	10.8%	20	1,200	16.7
SharkNinja, Inc.	Appliance & housewares	10.8%	200	4,143	48.3
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	Beverage	10.7%	506	30,600	16.5
Hasbro, Inc.	Toy & game	10.6%	460	4,520	101.8
YETI Holdings, Inc.	Appliance & housewares	10.3%	80	1,390	57.6
Ashland Inc.	Coatings & specialty chemical	10.2%	144	2,900	49.7
Columbia Sportswear Company	Apparel & footwear	10.0%	263	9,620	27.3
James Hardie	Building products	9.4%	62	7,500	8.3
Sysco Corporation	Foodservice distribution	9.4%	1,673	75,000	22.3
Gibraltar Industries	Building products	9.3%	61	2,300	26.5
Primo Brands Corporation	Beverage	9.3%	213	12,000	17.8
The J.M. Smucker Company	Food & CPG	9.2%	287	8,000	35.9
Carter's, Inc.	Apparel & footwear	9.1%	249	15,400	16.2
Ralph Lauren Corporation	Apparel & footwear	8.9%	615	23,600	26.1
The AZEK Company	Building products	8.7%	31	2,276	13.6
MGP Ingredients, Inc.	Beverage	8.6%	11	617	17.8
Kennametal Inc.	Tool & industrial	8.5%	281	8,100	34.7
The Vita Coco Company, Inc.	Beverage	8.3%	26	336	77.4
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.	Toy & game	8.2%	65	652	99.7
Deckers Outdoor Corporation	Apparel & footwear	8.2%	153	6,000	25.5
RPM International Inc.	Coatings & specialty chemical	8.2%	313	17,546	17.8
MillerKnoll, Inc.	Furniture & furnishings	8.0%	133	10,544	12.6
Hormel Foods	Food & CPG	7.8%	253	20,000	12.7
Oxford Industries, Inc.	Apparel & footwear	7.8%	91	6,000	15.2
Dot Foods	Foodservice distribution	7.8%	105	6,300	16.7
Brown-Forman Corporation	Beverage	7.7%	184	4,900	37.6
Ecolab Inc.	Coatings & specialty chemical	7.7%	1,476	48,000	30.8
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.	Beverage	7.6%	94	2,736	34.4
Traeger, Inc.	Appliance & housewares	7.6%	21	433	48.5
JELD-WEN	Building products	7.5%	237	13,900	17.1
La-Z-Boy Incorporated	Furniture & furnishings	7.3%	129	10,200	12.6
UFP Industries	Building products	7.1%	203	13,800	14.7
lululemon athletica inc.	Apparel & footwear	6.8%	321	39,000	8.2
Monster Beverage Corporation	Beverage	6.8%	277	6,332	43.7
Packaging Corporation of America	Packaging & container	6.7%	157	16,800	9.3
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	Beverage	6.6%	233	16,000	14.6
IDEAL Industries	Tool & industrial	6.2%	30	2,502	12.0
Simpson Strong-Tie	Building products	6.0%	96	3,000	32.0
Under Armour, Inc.	Apparel & footwear	5.9%	161	14,100	11.4
Cricut, Inc.	Appliance & housewares	5.9%	20	700	28.6
Crocs, Inc.	Apparel & footwear	5.7%	139	8,010	17.4
WD-40 Company	Coatings & specialty chemical	5.4%	26	714	36.4
Snap-on Incorporated	Tool & industrial	5.3%	284	13,000	21.8
Bassett Furniture Industries	Furniture & furnishings	5.3%	35	1,194	29.3
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company	Appliance & housewares	5.3%	17	650	26.2
Tapestry, Inc.	Apparel & footwear	5.2%	305	19,000	16.1
Levi Strauss & Co.	Apparel & footwear	5.1%	346	19,000	18.2
Interface, Inc.	Furniture & furnishings	5.1%	59	3,570	16.5
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.	Furniture & furnishings	4.8%	46	3,062	15.0
The Pokémon Company International	Toy & game	3.7%	34	2,663	12.8
Celsius Holdings, Inc.	Beverage	2.8%	24	1,497	16.0
The Sherwin-Williams Company	Coatings & specialty chemical	2.7%	1,208	64,249	18.8
National Beverage Corp.	Beverage	2.3%	4	1,677	2.4

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How this is measured

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.

01

Collect real job titles

We pull each company's public workforce signals: department tallies and the actual job titles behind them. No survey, no self-reporting, no login.

02

Classify every title one by one

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.

03

Count only what we can see

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.

Questions & answers

FAQs

What is a normal procurement headcount benchmark?

Across 11 industries and 116 named companies, sourcing and procurement runs 2.3% to 20.0% of SG&A headcount, median 11.6%. In people that is 2.4 to 101.8 per 1,000 employees, median 29.8. The lean quartile is 7.8% of SG&A headcount and the heavy quartile 13.8%. 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.

Which industries run the leanest and heaviest sourcing and procurement teams?

Packaging & container carries the most sourcing and procurement, at a median of 15.5% of SG&A headcount. Beverage carries the least, at 8.0%. In between: foodservice distribution 13.0%, tool & industrial 12.1%, food & CPG 12.1%, appliance & housewares 11.9%, coatings & specialty chemical 11.7%, toy & game 11.6%, building products 9.3%, apparel & footwear 8.0%, furniture & furnishings 8.0%. Measured per 1,000 employees the order changes: furniture & furnishings is thinnest at 16.7 and toy & game is densest at 80.7.

What is a lean-quartile sourcing and procurement ratio?

Lean quartile is 7.8% of SG&A headcount and heavy quartile 13.8%, across 116 named companies. We say lean and heavy rather than top and bottom because a smaller sourcing and procurement 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.

Where do these numbers come from?

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/.

How do I compare my own sourcing and procurement team?

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Why do these differ from survey procurement benchmarks?

Surveys count what respondents tell them, and only companies that chose to respond appear. We count the same way at every company whether it participates or not, from public job titles. That is why you can see named outliers here instead of an average. For an exact count of your own people, the paid census lands within 5 to 8 percent of true headcount.

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