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title: We Analyzed the Revenue per Employee for 500+ Small Businesses and America’s 500 Largest Companies. Here’s What We Found. | Trends by The Hustle
description: A deep dive into the revenue generated by 1000+ American business, both big and small, and what you need to know about how these metrics indicate success.
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# [We Analyzed the Revenue per Employee for 500+ Small Businesses and America’s 500 Largest Companies. Here’s What We Found. | Trends by The Hustle](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/ebook/articles/we-analyzed-the-revenue-per-employee-for-500-small-businesses-and-americas-500-largest-companies-heres-what-we-found)

 Written by [Aja Frost @ajavuu](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/ebook/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) | Dec 10, 2019 5:53:56 PM

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Revenue per employee (RPE) — the straightforward measure of business efficiency — was thrust back into the spotlight in mid-November with the sale of 51% of Kylie Cosmetics (12 employees) to [Coty for $600m](https://www.coty.com/in-the-news/press-release/coty-and-kylie-jenner-announce-strategic-partnership-expand-beauty-brands).

But does the statistic matter for entrepreneurs? Or is it just bragging rights for companies that scale differently than others? 

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