Akamai Technologies, Inc. employees and revenue per employee

AKAM · Software - Infrastructure · $15.8B market cap

Akamai Technologies, Inc. had 11,000 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, up 2.8% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $4.21B, up 5.4% from a year earlier, or $383K per employee. Revenue and headcount both grew, and revenue grew faster.

Employees

11,000

+2.8% YoY

Revenue

$4.21B

+5.4% YoY

Revenue / employee

$383K

Peer median $459K

Rank in industry

28 of 35

Software - Infrastructure

Headcount against revenue

Both lines start at 100 in the first year we hold, so you can see which one grew faster.

EmployeesRevenueIndexed to 100 in Dec 2016
46118189'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 179Staff 169

Hover a year for the numbers.

AKAM employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 202511,000$4.21B$383K+2.8%+5.4%
Dec 202410,700$3.99B$373K+4.4%+4.7%
Dec 202310,250$3.81B$372K+4.6%+5.4%
Dec 20229,800$3.62B$369K+12.6%+4.5%
Dec 20218,700$3.46B$398K+4.0%+8.2%
Dec 20208,368$3.20B$382K+130.0%+10.5%
Dec 20193,639$2.89B$795K-51.6%+6.6%
Dec 20187,519$2.71B$361K-1.7%+9.1%
Dec 20177,650$2.49B$325K+17.9%+6.0%
Dec 20166,490$2.35B$362K——

Open roles: we have not matched a verified job board for this company yet.

Employees, last six fiscal years
8,368'208,700'219,800'2210,250'2310,700'2411,000'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$382K'20$398K'21$369K'22$372K'23$373K'24$383K'25

Akamai Technologies, Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Software - Infrastructure.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
CRWV
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock
2,189$5.13B$2.34M—
GEN
Gen Digital Inc.
3,900$5.00B$1.28MEfficient growth
PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
4,429$4.48B$1.01MEfficient growth
TWLO
Twilio Inc.
5,587$5.07B$907KEfficient growth
GDDY
GoDaddy Inc.
5,845$4.95B$847KEfficient growth
CRWD
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
10,698$4.81B$450KEfficient growth
ZS
Zscaler, Inc.
8,700$3.35B$385KEfficient growth
CPAY
Corpay, Inc.
11,800$4.53B$384KEfficient growth
AKAM
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
11,000$4.21B$383KEfficient growth
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Questions about Akamai Technologies, Inc.

How many employees does Akamai Technologies, Inc. have?
Akamai Technologies, Inc. reported 11,000 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 20, 2026. That is up 2.8% from a year earlier.
What is Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Akamai Technologies, Inc. brought in $4.21B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $383K per employee. That ranks 28 of 35 companies we track in Software - Infrastructure, where the median is $459K.
Where do these numbers come from?
Employee counts and revenue are taken from each company's own annual report (Form 10-K). Open roles are counted from the company's public job board where we have matched one. Companies report headcount once a year, sometimes rounded, so small changes can be noise.

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Source: employee counts and revenue as stated in Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 20, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell AKAM.