Latest headcount
24,300
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+18.4%
Revenue / employee
$1.11M
Employee count history for Booking Holdings
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 359 |
| 2001 | 360 |
| 2002 | 290 |
| 2003 | 293 |
| 2004 | 438 |
| 2005 | 532 |
| 2006 | 696 |
| 2007 | 1,324 |
| 2008 | 1,780 |
| 2009 | 2,010 |
| 2010 | 3,400 |
| 2011 | 5,000 |
| 2012 | 7,000 |
| 2013 | 9,500 |
| 2014 | 12,700 |
| 2015 | 15,500 |
| 2016 | 18,500 |
| 2017 | 22,900 |
| 2018 | 24,500 |
| 2019 | 26,400 |
| 2020 | 20,300 |
| 2021 | 20,300 |
| 2022 | 21,600 |
| 2023 | 23,600 |
| 2024 | 24,300 |
| 2025 | 24,300 |
Revenue per employee for Booking Holdings
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $3.44M |
| 2001 | $3.25M |
| 2002 | $3.46M |
| 2003 | $2.95M |
| 2004 | $2.09M |
| 2005 | $1.81M |
| 2006 | $1.61M |
| 2007 | $1.06M |
| 2008 | $1.06M |
| 2009 | $1.16M |
| 2010 | $907K |
| 2011 | $871K |
| 2012 | $752K |
| 2013 | $715K |
| 2014 | $665K |
| 2015 | $595K |
| 2016 | $581K |
| 2017 | $554K |
| 2018 | $593K |
| 2019 | $571K |
| 2020 | $335K |
| 2021 | $540K |
| 2022 | $791K |
| 2023 | $905K |
| 2024 | $977K |
| 2025 | $1.11M |
Earnings per employee for Booking Holdings
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | -$878K |
| 2001 | -$20.3K |
| 2002 | -$66.2K |
| 2003 | $40.7K |
| 2004 | $71.9K |
| 2005 | $362K |
| 2006 | $107K |
| 2007 | $117K |
| 2008 | $102K |
| 2009 | $244K |
| 2010 | $155K |
| 2011 | $211K |
| 2012 | $203K |
| 2013 | $199K |
| 2014 | $191K |
| 2015 | $165K |
| 2016 | $115K |
| 2017 | $102K |
| 2018 | $163K |
| 2019 | $184K |
| 2020 | $2.91K |
| 2021 | $57.4K |
| 2022 | $142K |
| 2023 | $182K |
| 2024 | $242K |
| 2025 | $222K |
Employee count history for Booking Holdings (BKNG)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 202524,3000.0%
- 202424,300+3.0%
- 202323,600+9.3%
- 202221,600+6.4%
- 202120,3000.0%
- 202020,300-23.1%
- 201926,400+7.8%
- 201824,500+7.0%
- 201722,900+23.8%
- 201618,500+19.4%
- 201515,500+22.0%
- 201412,700+33.7%
- 20139,500+35.7%
- 20127,000+40.0%
- 20115,000+47.1%
- 20103,400+69.2%
- 20092,010+12.9%
- 20081,780+34.4%
- 20071,324+90.2%
- 2006696+30.8%
- 2005532+21.5%
- 2004438+49.5%
- 2003293+1.0%
- 2002290-19.4%
- 2001360+0.3%
- 2000359—
- 1999373—
About Booking Holdings's employee count
Booking Holdings (BKNG) employed 24,300 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 24,300 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 359 to 24,300 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +18.4% per year.
Booking Holdings generated about $1.11M of revenue and $222K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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