Latest headcount
1,844
YoY change
+7.2%
Headcount CAGR
+4.5%
Revenue / employee
$1.53M
Employee count history for SBA Communications
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 582 |
| 2000 | 1,000 |
| 2001 | 1,350 |
| 2002 | 650 |
| 2003 | 600 |
| 2004 | 475 |
| 2005 | 515 |
| 2006 | 615 |
| 2007 | 617 |
| 2008 | 627 |
| 2009 | 617 |
| 2010 | 720 |
| 2011 | 814 |
| 2012 | 1,022 |
| 2013 | 1,117 |
| 2014 | 1,259 |
| 2015 | 1,310 |
| 2016 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 1,291 |
| 2018 | 1,347 |
| 2019 | 1,475 |
| 2020 | 1,483 |
| 2021 | 1,596 |
| 2022 | 1,834 |
| 2023 | 1,787 |
| 2024 | 1,720 |
| 2025 | 1,844 |
Revenue per employee for SBA Communications
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $149K |
| 2000 | $168K |
| 2001 | $180K |
| 2002 | $407K |
| 2003 | $353K |
| 2004 | $487K |
| 2005 | $505K |
| 2006 | $571K |
| 2007 | $662K |
| 2008 | $758K |
| 2009 | $900K |
| 2010 | $870K |
| 2011 | $858K |
| 2012 | $934K |
| 2013 | $1.17M |
| 2014 | $1.21M |
| 2015 | $1.25M |
| 2016 | $1.32M |
| 2017 | $1.34M |
| 2018 | $1.39M |
| 2019 | $1.37M |
| 2020 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.45M |
| 2022 | $1.44M |
| 2023 | $1.52M |
| 2024 | $1.56M |
| 2025 | $1.53M |
Earnings per employee for SBA Communications
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) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | -$59.3K |
| 2000 | -$28.9K |
| 2001 | -$92.7K |
| 2002 | -$420K |
| 2003 | -$287K |
| 2004 | -$310K |
| 2005 | -$184K |
| 2006 | -$217K |
| 2007 | -$126K |
| 2008 | -$74.6K |
| 2009 | -$228K |
| 2010 | -$270K |
| 2011 | -$155K |
| 2012 | -$179K |
| 2013 | -$50.1K |
| 2014 | -$19.3K |
| 2015 | -$134K |
| 2016 | $61.4K |
| 2017 | $80.3K |
| 2018 | $35.2K |
| 2019 | $99.7K |
| 2020 | $16.3K |
| 2021 | $149K |
| 2022 | $252K |
| 2023 | $281K |
| 2024 | $436K |
| 2025 | $571K |
Employee count history for SBA Communications (SBAC)
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.
- 20251,844+7.2%
- 20241,720-3.7%
- 20231,787-2.6%
- 20221,834+14.9%
- 20211,596+7.6%
- 20201,483+0.5%
- 20191,475+9.5%
- 20181,347+4.3%
- 20171,291+4.0%
- 20161,241-5.3%
- 20151,310+4.1%
- 20141,259+12.7%
- 20131,117+9.3%
- 20121,022+25.6%
- 2011814+13.1%
- 2010720+16.7%
- 2009617-1.6%
- 2008627+1.6%
- 2007617+0.3%
- 2006615+19.4%
- 2005515+8.4%
- 2004475-20.8%
- 2003600-7.7%
- 2002650-51.9%
- 20011,350+35.0%
- 20001,000+71.8%
- 1999582—
- 1998331—
About SBA Communications's employee count
SBA Communications (SBAC) employed 1,844 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +124 (+7.2%) from 1,720 a year earlier.
Across the 1999–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 582 to 1,844 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.5% per year.
SBA Communications generated about $1.53M of revenue and $571K 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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