Latest headcount
20,244
YoY change
-3.8%
Headcount CAGR
+8.1%
Revenue / employee
$321K
Employee count history for Gartner
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 2,129 |
| 1997 | 2,885 |
| 1998 | 2,972 |
| 1999 | 3,402 |
| 2000 | 4,322 |
| 2001 | 4,281 |
| 2002 | 4,039 |
| 2003 | 3,729 |
| 2004 | 3,625 |
| 2005 | 3,622 |
| 2006 | 3,784 |
| 2007 | 4,006 |
| 2008 | 4,198 |
| 2009 | 4,305 |
| 2010 | 4,461 |
| 2011 | 4,975 |
| 2012 | 5,468 |
| 2013 | 5,997 |
| 2014 | 6,758 |
| 2015 | 7,834 |
| 2016 | 8,813 |
| 2017 | 15,131 |
| 2018 | 15,173 |
| 2019 | 16,724 |
| 2020 | 15,600 |
| 2021 | 16,600 |
| 2022 | 19,500 |
| 2023 | 20,237 |
| 2024 | 21,044 |
| 2025 | 20,244 |
Revenue per employee for Gartner
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $185K |
| 1997 | $177K |
| 1998 | $216K |
| 1999 | $216K |
| 2000 | $200K |
| 2001 | $225K |
| 2002 | $225K |
| 2003 | $230K |
| 2004 | $247K |
| 2005 | $273K |
| 2006 | $280K |
| 2007 | $292K |
| 2008 | $305K |
| 2009 | $265K |
| 2010 | $289K |
| 2011 | $295K |
| 2012 | $296K |
| 2013 | $298K |
| 2014 | $299K |
| 2015 | $276K |
| 2016 | $277K |
| 2017 | $219K |
| 2018 | $262K |
| 2019 | $254K |
| 2020 | $263K |
| 2021 | $285K |
| 2022 | $281K |
| 2023 | $292K |
| 2024 | $298K |
| 2025 | $321K |
Earnings per employee for Gartner
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $7.7K |
| 1997 | $25.3K |
| 1998 | $29.7K |
| 1999 | $26K |
| 2000 | $5.91K |
| 2001 | -$15.5K |
| 2002 | $12K |
| 2003 | $6.35K |
| 2004 | $4.66K |
| 2005 | -$672.83 |
| 2006 | $15.4K |
| 2007 | $18.4K |
| 2008 | $24.7K |
| 2009 | $19.3K |
| 2010 | $21.6K |
| 2011 | $27.5K |
| 2012 | $30.3K |
| 2013 | $30.5K |
| 2014 | $27.2K |
| 2015 | $22.4K |
| 2016 | $22K |
| 2017 | $216.71 |
| 2018 | $8.07K |
| 2019 | $13.9K |
| 2020 | $17.1K |
| 2021 | $47.8K |
| 2022 | $41.4K |
| 2023 | $43.6K |
| 2024 | $59.6K |
| 2025 | $36K |
Employee count history for Gartner (IT)
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.
- 202520,244-3.8%
- 202421,044+4.0%
- 202320,237+3.8%
- 202219,500+17.5%
- 202116,600+6.4%
- 202015,600-6.7%
- 201916,724+10.2%
- 201815,173+0.3%
- 201715,131+71.7%
- 20168,813+12.5%
- 20157,834+15.9%
- 20146,758+12.7%
- 20135,997+9.7%
- 20125,468+9.9%
- 20114,975+11.5%
- 20104,461+3.6%
- 20094,305+2.5%
- 20084,198+4.8%
- 20074,006+5.9%
- 20063,784+4.5%
- 20053,622-0.1%
- 20043,625-2.8%
- 20033,729-7.7%
- 20024,039-5.7%
- 20014,281-0.9%
- 20004,322+27.0%
- 19993,402+14.5%
- 19982,972+3.0%
- 19972,885+35.5%
- 19962,129—
About Gartner's employee count
Gartner (IT) employed 20,244 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -800 (-3.8%) from 21,044 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 2,129 to 20,244 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.1% per year.
Gartner generated about $321K of revenue and $36K 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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