Company data
F5, Inc. employees and revenue per employee
FFIV · Software - Infrastructure · $25.6B market cap
F5, Inc. had 6,578 employees at the end of fiscal Sep 2025, up 0.3% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $3.09B, up 9.7% from a year earlier, or $469K per employee. Revenue and headcount both grew, and revenue grew faster.
Employees
6,578
+0.3% YoY
Revenue
$3.09B
+9.7% YoY
Revenue / employee
$469K
Peer median $459K
Rank in industry
17 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.
Hover a year for the numbers.
| Year ending | Employees | Revenue | Per employee | Staff YoY | Revenue YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 6,578 | $3.09B | $469K | +0.3% | +9.7% |
| Sep 2024 | 6,557 | $2.82B | $429K | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| Sep 2023 | 6,524 | $2.81B | $431K | -8.0% | +4.4% |
| Sep 2022 | 7,089 | $2.70B | $380K | +9.7% | +3.6% |
| Sep 2021 | 6,461 | $2.60B | $403K | +5.8% | +10.7% |
| Sep 2020 | 6,109 | $2.35B | $385K | +14.7% | +4.8% |
| Sep 2019 | 5,325 | $2.24B | $421K | +20.8% | +3.7% |
| Sep 2018 | 4,409 | $2.16B | $490K | +1.0% | +3.4% |
| Sep 2017 | 4,366 | $2.09B | $479K | -0.7% | +4.8% |
| Sep 2016 | 4,395 | $2.00B | $454K | — | — |
Open roles: we have not matched a verified job board for this company yet.
F5, Inc. against similar companies
The closest industry peers by revenue, from Software - Infrastructure.
| Company | Employees | Revenue | Revenue / employee | Shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBX Dropbox, Inc. | 2,113 | $2.52B | $1.19M | Contracting |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. | 4,429 | $4.48B | $1.01M | Efficient growth |
| FFIV F5, Inc. | 6,578 | $3.09B | $469K | Efficient growth |
| OKTA Okta, Inc. | 6,366 | $2.92B | $459K | Efficient growth |
| MDB MongoDB, Inc. | 5,636 | $2.46B | $437K | Efficient growth |
| NET Cloudflare, Inc. | 5,156 | $2.17B | $420K | Efficient growth |
| ZS Zscaler, Inc. | 8,700 | $3.35B | $385K | Efficient growth |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 11,000 | $4.21B | $383K | Efficient growth |
| NTNX Nutanix, Inc. | 8,350 | $2.85B | $342K | Efficient growth |
Questions about F5, Inc.
- How many employees does F5, Inc. have?
- F5, Inc. reported 6,578 employees for the fiscal year ending Sep 2025, in the annual report it filed on November 25, 2025. That is up 0.3% from a year earlier.
- What is F5, Inc.'s revenue per employee?
- F5, Inc. brought in $3.09B of revenue in fiscal Sep 2025, which is $469K per employee. That ranks 17 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 F5, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed November 25, 2025. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell FFIV.