Latest headcount
21,500
YoY change
-4.0%
Headcount CAGR
+11.4%
Revenue / employee
$507K
Employee count history for International Flavors & Fragrances
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 748 |
| 1995 | 765 |
| 1996 | 778 |
| 1997 | 811 |
| 1998 | 820 |
| 1999 | 884 |
| 2000 | 1,186 |
| 2001 | 1,060 |
| 2002 | 1,097 |
| 2003 | 1,099 |
| 2004 | 1,056 |
| 2005 | 1,095 |
| 2006 | 1,065 |
| 2007 | 1,132 |
| 2008 | 1,146 |
| 2009 | 5,400 |
| 2010 | 5,500 |
| 2011 | 5,600 |
| 2012 | 5,700 |
| 2013 | 6,000 |
| 2014 | 6,200 |
| 2015 | 6,700 |
| 2016 | 6,900 |
| 2017 | 7,300 |
| 2018 | 13,000 |
| 2019 | 13,600 |
| 2020 | 13,700 |
| 2021 | 24,000 |
| 2022 | 24,600 |
| 2023 | 21,500 |
| 2024 | 22,400 |
| 2025 | 21,500 |
Revenue per employee for International Flavors & Fragrances
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $1.76M |
| 1995 | $1.88M |
| 1996 | $1.85M |
| 1997 | $1.76M |
| 1998 | $1.72M |
| 1999 | $1.63M |
| 2000 | $1.23M |
| 2001 | $1.74M |
| 2002 | $1.65M |
| 2003 | $1.73M |
| 2004 | $1.93M |
| 2005 | $1.82M |
| 2006 | $1.97M |
| 2007 | $2.01M |
| 2008 | $2.08M |
| 2009 | $431K |
| 2010 | $477K |
| 2011 | $498K |
| 2012 | $495K |
| 2013 | $492K |
| 2014 | $498K |
| 2015 | $451K |
| 2016 | $452K |
| 2017 | $466K |
| 2018 | $306K |
| 2019 | $378K |
| 2020 | $371K |
| 2021 | $486K |
| 2022 | $506K |
| 2023 | $534K |
| 2024 | $513K |
| 2025 | $507K |
Earnings per employee for International Flavors & Fragrances
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $302K |
| 1995 | $325K |
| 1996 | $244K |
| 1997 | $269K |
| 1998 | $249K |
| 1999 | $183K |
| 2000 | $104K |
| 2001 | $109K |
| 2002 | $160K |
| 2003 | $157K |
| 2004 | $186K |
| 2005 | $176K |
| 2006 | $213K |
| 2007 | $218K |
| 2008 | $200K |
| 2009 | $36.2K |
| 2010 | $47.9K |
| 2011 | $47.7K |
| 2012 | $44.6K |
| 2013 | $58.9K |
| 2014 | $66.9K |
| 2015 | $62.6K |
| 2016 | $58.7K |
| 2017 | $40.5K |
| 2018 | $25.7K |
| 2019 | $33.4K |
| 2020 | $26.6K |
| 2021 | $11.2K |
| 2022 | -$75.9K |
| 2023 | -$119K |
| 2024 | $10.8K |
| 2025 | -$16.8K |
Employee count history for International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
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.
- 202521,500-4.0%
- 202422,400+4.2%
- 202321,500-12.6%
- 202224,600+2.5%
- 202124,000+75.2%
- 202013,700+0.7%
- 201913,600+4.6%
- 201813,000+78.1%
- 20177,300+5.8%
- 20166,900+3.0%
- 20156,700+8.1%
- 20146,200+3.3%
- 20136,000+5.3%
- 20125,700+1.8%
- 20115,600+1.8%
- 20105,500+1.9%
- 20095,400+371.2%
- 20081,146+1.2%
- 20071,132+6.3%
- 20061,065-2.7%
- 20051,095+3.7%
- 20041,056-3.9%
- 20031,099+0.2%
- 20021,097+3.5%
- 20011,060-10.6%
- 20001,186+34.2%
- 1999884+7.8%
- 1998820+1.1%
- 1997811+4.2%
- 1996778+1.7%
- 1995765+2.3%
- 1994748—
About International Flavors & Fragrances's employee count
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) employed 21,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -900 (-4.0%) from 22,400 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 748 to 21,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +11.4% per year.
International Flavors & Fragrances generated about $507K of revenue and -$16.8K 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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