Latest headcount
69,500
YoY change
-7.3%
Headcount CAGR
+14.6%
Revenue / employee
$693K
Employee count history for Novo Nordisk
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 3,000 |
| 2003 | 18,800 |
| 2004 | 20,250 |
| 2005 | 22,000 |
| 2006 | 23,000 |
| 2007 | 26,000 |
| 2008 | 26,600 |
| 2009 | 29,000 |
| 2010 | 30,000 |
| 2012 | 35,000 |
| 2013 | 38,000 |
| 2014 | 41,000 |
| 2015 | 41,000 |
| 2016 | 42,500 |
| 2017 | 42,100 |
| 2018 | 43,200 |
| 2019 | 43,300 |
| 2020 | 45,000 |
| 2021 | 45,000 |
| 2022 | 50,000 |
| 2023 | 60,000 |
| 2024 | 75,000 |
| 2025 | 69,500 |
Revenue per employee for Novo Nordisk
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $234K |
| 2004 | $252K |
| 2005 | $244K |
| 2006 | $292K |
| 2007 | $313K |
| 2008 | $304K |
| 2009 | $349K |
| 2010 | $369K |
| 2012 | $388K |
| 2013 | $401K |
| 2015 | $386K |
| 2016 | $381K |
| 2017 | $420K |
| 2018 | $396K |
| 2019 | $418K |
| 2020 | $452K |
| 2021 | $481K |
| 2022 | $486K |
| 2023 | $559K |
| 2024 | $554K |
| 2025 | $693K |
Earnings per employee for Novo Nordisk
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) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $42.9K |
| 2004 | $43.6K |
| 2005 | $42.4K |
| 2006 | $48.5K |
| 2007 | $63.8K |
| 2008 | $64.4K |
| 2009 | $73.7K |
| 2010 | $87.5K |
| 2012 | $107K |
| 2013 | $121K |
| 2015 | $125K |
| 2016 | $129K |
| 2017 | $143K |
| 2018 | $137K |
| 2019 | $133K |
| 2020 | $150K |
| 2021 | $163K |
| 2022 | $153K |
| 2023 | $201K |
| 2024 | $193K |
| 2025 | $230K |
Employee count history for Novo Nordisk (NVO)
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.
- 202569,500-7.3%
- 202475,000+25.0%
- 202360,000+20.0%
- 202250,000+11.1%
- 202145,0000.0%
- 202045,000+3.9%
- 201943,300+0.2%
- 201843,200+2.6%
- 201742,100-0.9%
- 201642,500+3.7%
- 201541,0000.0%
- 201441,000+7.9%
- 201338,000+8.6%
- 201235,000—
- 201232,000—
- 201030,000+3.4%
- 200929,000+9.0%
- 200826,600+2.3%
- 200726,000+13.0%
- 200623,000+4.5%
- 200522,000+8.6%
- 200420,250+7.7%
- 200318,800+526.7%
- 20023,000—
About Novo Nordisk's employee count
Novo Nordisk (NVO) employed 69,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -5,500 (-7.3%) from 75,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 3,000 to 69,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +14.6% per year.
Novo Nordisk generated about $693K of revenue and $230K 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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