Latest headcount
12,844
YoY change
-0.6%
Headcount CAGR
+9.7%
Revenue / employee
$984K
Employee count history for Intercontinental Exchange
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 4,232 |
| 2014 | 2,902 |
| 2015 | 5,549 |
| 2016 | 5,631 |
| 2017 | 4,952 |
| 2018 | 5,161 |
| 2019 | 5,989 |
| 2020 | 8,890 |
| 2021 | 8,858 |
| 2022 | 8,911 |
| 2023 | 13,222 |
| 2024 | 12,920 |
| 2025 | 12,844 |
Revenue per employee for Intercontinental Exchange
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $409K |
| 2014 | $1.5M |
| 2015 | $844K |
| 2016 | $1.06M |
| 2017 | $1.18M |
| 2018 | $1.22M |
| 2019 | $1.09M |
| 2020 | $927K |
| 2021 | $1.03M |
| 2022 | $1.08M |
| 2023 | $749K |
| 2024 | $910K |
| 2025 | $984K |
Earnings per employee for Intercontinental Exchange
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) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $60K |
| 2014 | $338K |
| 2015 | $230K |
| 2016 | $254K |
| 2017 | $510K |
| 2018 | $385K |
| 2019 | $323K |
| 2020 | $235K |
| 2021 | $458K |
| 2022 | $162K |
| 2023 | $179K |
| 2024 | $213K |
| 2025 | $257K |
Employee count history for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
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.
- 202512,844-0.6%
- 202412,920-2.3%
- 202313,222+48.4%
- 20228,911+0.6%
- 20218,858-0.4%
- 20208,890+48.4%
- 20195,989+16.0%
- 20185,161+4.2%
- 20174,952-12.1%
- 20165,631+1.5%
- 20155,549+91.2%
- 20142,902-31.4%
- 20134,232—
About Intercontinental Exchange's employee count
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) employed 12,844 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -76 (-0.6%) from 12,920 a year earlier.
Across the 2013–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 4,232 to 12,844 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.7% per year.
Intercontinental Exchange generated about $984K of revenue and $257K 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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