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Retail (1000-5000) July 2026

  • ~1.8m

    Questions answered
    over 12 months

  • ~40

    Organizations

These insights represent ~1.8m questions answered from ~40 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.

The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.

Data provided by Culture Amp

Most represented industries in this benchmark

Apparel & Fashion, Retail, Consumer Goods, Packaging & Containers, Cosmetics, Furniture

Most represented regions in this benchmark

  • Northern America

    54%

  • Europe

    25%

  • Oceania

    13%

  • Asia

    4%

  • Latin America

    2%

Reported gender breakdown

  • Female

    52%

  • Male

    48%

  • Non-Binary

    0.11%

Are employees committed to their organizations?

Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.

66% of Retail (1000-5000) employees are engaged

This is in the bottom 36% compared with other industries.


The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 42% compared with other industries.

How does Retail (1000-5000) compare?

People in Retail (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Growth.


On the lower side, people in Retail (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Social Connection, and Feedback & Recognition.

People working in Retail (1000-5000) are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ. People working in Retail (1000-5000) are less engaged than Automotive & Machinery, Resources & Utilities, Technology, Science, Research, and Cosmetics.

The highest scoring question for Retail (1000-5000) had 87% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.


People in Retail (1000-5000) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 18% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).

Which questions matter the most?

Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Retail (1000-5000) organizations.

1

The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me

Leadership
2

We have enough autonomy to perform our jobs effectively

Enablement
3

I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies

Alignment & Involvement

How long do people stay?

In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 13% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+3% compared to overall).

Understanding Tenure distributions

Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.

The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.

Tenure distributions

  • Less than 3 months

    6%

  • 3 months to 6 months

    6%

  • 6 months to less than 1 year

    11%

  • 1 to less than 2 years

    16%

  • 2 to less than 4 years

    22%

  • 4 to less than 6 years

    12%

  • 6 to less than 10 years

    11%

  • Greater than 10 years

    16%

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