Tesco group: number of employees worldwide 2024, by segment

In 2024, Tesco employed 337,518 employees. Most of these employees worked in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which counted 311,531 employees. While its eastern European stores could be found in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. 

Company profile

Trading as Tesco, Tesco plc is an internationally operating grocer and general merchandise retailer. The company, with headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen. The 337,518 employees of the company ran roughly 4,950 stores for the company and generated a revenue of around 67.4 billion British pounds in the 2023/24 financial year. In the UK and ROI the company operated nearly 4,000 of its stores and about 62.8 billion of its total revenue.

Tesco on the UK market

The company has been the leading grocery company in the United Kingdom for multiple successive years. As of April 2024, Tesco held 27.4 percent of the total grocery market. Sainsbury's ranked in second place, holding 15.3 percent of the market.