Latest headcount
9,525
YoY change
+4.0%
Headcount CAGR
+8.7%
Revenue / employee
$863K
Employee count history for Nasdaq
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,276 |
| 2002 | 1,290 |
| 2003 | 956 |
| 2004 | 784 |
| 2005 | 917 |
| 2006 | 898 |
| 2007 | 891 |
| 2008 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 2,216 |
| 2010 | 2,395 |
| 2011 | 2,433 |
| 2012 | 2,506 |
| 2013 | 3,365 |
| 2014 | 3,687 |
| 2015 | 3,824 |
| 2016 | 4,325 |
| 2017 | 4,734 |
| 2018 | 4,099 |
| 2019 | 4,361 |
| 2020 | 4,830 |
| 2021 | 5,814 |
| 2022 | 6,377 |
| 2023 | 8,525 |
| 2024 | 9,162 |
| 2025 | 9,525 |
Revenue per employee for Nasdaq
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $672K |
| 2002 | $610K |
| 2003 | $617K |
| 2004 | $689K |
| 2005 | $960K |
| 2006 | $1.85M |
| 2007 | $2.73M |
| 2008 | $1.46M |
| 2009 | $1.54M |
| 2010 | $1.33M |
| 2011 | $1.41M |
| 2012 | $1.25M |
| 2013 | $954K |
| 2014 | $949K |
| 2015 | $890K |
| 2016 | $856K |
| 2017 | $834K |
| 2018 | $1.04M |
| 2019 | $976K |
| 2020 | $1.16M |
| 2021 | $1.01M |
| 2022 | $976K |
| 2023 | $711K |
| 2024 | $808K |
| 2025 | $863K |
Earnings per employee for Nasdaq
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) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $31.7K |
| 2002 | $33.4K |
| 2003 | -$110K |
| 2004 | $14.5K |
| 2005 | $67.3K |
| 2006 | $142K |
| 2007 | $582K |
| 2008 | $128K |
| 2009 | $120K |
| 2010 | $165K |
| 2011 | $159K |
| 2012 | $140K |
| 2013 | $114K |
| 2014 | $112K |
| 2015 | $112K |
| 2016 | $25K |
| 2017 | $155K |
| 2018 | $112K |
| 2019 | $177K |
| 2020 | $193K |
| 2021 | $204K |
| 2022 | $176K |
| 2023 | $124K |
| 2024 | $122K |
| 2025 | $188K |
Employee count history for Nasdaq (NDAQ)
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.
- 20259,525+4.0%
- 20249,162+7.5%
- 20238,525+33.7%
- 20226,377+9.7%
- 20215,814+20.4%
- 20204,830+10.8%
- 20194,361+6.4%
- 20184,099-13.4%
- 20174,734+9.5%
- 20164,325+13.1%
- 20153,824+3.7%
- 20143,687+9.6%
- 20133,365+34.3%
- 20122,506+3.0%
- 20112,433+1.6%
- 20102,395+8.1%
- 20092,216-11.6%
- 20082,507+181.4%
- 2007891-0.8%
- 2006898-2.1%
- 2005917+17.0%
- 2004784-18.0%
- 2003956-25.9%
- 20021,290+1.1%
- 20011,276—
About Nasdaq's employee count
Nasdaq (NDAQ) employed 9,525 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +363 (+4.0%) from 9,162 a year earlier.
Across the 2001–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,276 to 9,525 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.7% per year.
Nasdaq generated about $863K of revenue and $188K 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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