What sets Brown & Brown apart
Brown & Brown structures ownership around its workforce rather than a small executive class: teammates hold roughly a fifth of the company's shares, and more than 60% of U.S. teammates and over 40% of U.K.-based teammates participate in its stock plans, the Teammate Stock Purchase Plan and the UK save-as-you-earn scheme, on top of 401(k) and long-term equity grants (Brown & Brown careers).
The firm has also scaled quickly: revenue rose from $1.8 billion in 2016 to $5.9 billion in 2025, a 22.8% single-year increase confirmed independently, while headcount grew from 8,000 to nearly 23,000 teammates over the same period (Reinsurance News). For an early-career hire, that combination means pay is tied more directly to firm performance than at a typically-structured broker, and an organization growing this fast has historically opened more room to move into as it expands, both worth weighing against flatter, slower-growing peers.