Latest headcount
926
YoY change
-0.3%
Headcount CAGR
+5.8%
Revenue / employee
$1.79M
Employee count history for VeriSign
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 228 |
| 2001 | 350 |
| 2002 | 400 |
| 2003 | 2,500 |
| 2004 | 3,200 |
| 2005 | 801 |
| 2006 | 1,022 |
| 2007 | 954 |
| 2008 | 769 |
| 2009 | 571 |
| 2010 | 272 |
| 2011 | 737 |
| 2012 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 1,079 |
| 2014 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 1,019 |
| 2016 | 990 |
| 2017 | 952 |
| 2018 | 900 |
| 2019 | 872 |
| 2020 | 907 |
| 2021 | 902 |
| 2022 | 914 |
| 2023 | 907 |
| 2024 | 929 |
| 2025 | 926 |
Revenue per employee for VeriSign
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $2.08M |
| 2001 | $2.81M |
| 2002 | $3.05M |
| 2003 | $422K |
| 2004 | $365K |
| 2005 | $2.01M |
| 2006 | $1.54M |
| 2007 | $1.57M |
| 2008 | $1.25M |
| 2009 | $1.8M |
| 2010 | $2.5M |
| 2011 | $1.05M |
| 2012 | $795K |
| 2013 | $894K |
| 2014 | $952K |
| 2015 | $1.04M |
| 2016 | $1.15M |
| 2017 | $1.22M |
| 2018 | $1.35M |
| 2019 | $1.41M |
| 2020 | $1.39M |
| 2021 | $1.47M |
| 2022 | $1.56M |
| 2023 | $1.65M |
| 2024 | $1.68M |
| 2025 | $1.79M |
Earnings per employee for VeriSign
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) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | -$13.7M |
| 2001 | -$38.2M |
| 2002 | -$12.4M |
| 2003 | -$104K |
| 2004 | $58.2K |
| 2005 | $507K |
| 2006 | $371K |
| 2007 | -$146K |
| 2008 | -$487K |
| 2009 | $430K |
| 2010 | $3.06M |
| 2011 | $194K |
| 2012 | $291K |
| 2013 | $505K |
| 2014 | $335K |
| 2015 | $368K |
| 2016 | $445K |
| 2017 | $480K |
| 2018 | $647K |
| 2019 | $702K |
| 2020 | $898K |
| 2021 | $870K |
| 2022 | $737K |
| 2023 | $901K |
| 2024 | $846K |
| 2025 | $892K |
Employee count history for VeriSign (VRSN)
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.
- 2025926-0.3%
- 2024929+2.4%
- 2023907-0.8%
- 2022914+1.3%
- 2021902-0.6%
- 2020907+4.0%
- 2019872-3.1%
- 2018900-5.5%
- 2017952-3.8%
- 2016990-2.8%
- 20151,019-4.0%
- 20141,061-1.7%
- 20131,079-1.8%
- 20121,099+49.1%
- 2011737+171.0%
- 2010272-52.4%
- 2009571-25.7%
- 2008769-19.4%
- 2007954-6.7%
- 20061,022+27.6%
- 2005801-75.0%
- 20043,200+28.0%
- 20032,500+525.0%
- 2002400+14.3%
- 2001350+53.5%
- 2000228—
- 199948-84.8%
- 1998315—
About VeriSign's employee count
VeriSign (VRSN) employed 926 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -3 (-0.3%) from 929 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 228 to 926 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.8% per year.
VeriSign generated about $1.79M of revenue and $892K 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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