How many employees does Shift4 Payments, Inc. have?

Shift4 Payments, Inc. reported 6,300 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 27, 2026. That is up 57.5% from a year earlier.

What is Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s revenue per employee?

Shift4 Payments, Inc. brought in $4.18B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $663K per employee. That ranks 21 of 64 companies we track in Software - Infrastructure, where the median is $453K.

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.

Company data

Shift4 Payments, Inc. employees and revenue per employee

FOUR · Software - Infrastructure · $3.64B market cap

Shift4 Payments, Inc. had 6,300 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, up 57.5% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $4.18B, up 25.5% from a year earlier, or $663K per employee. Headcount grew faster than revenue.

Employees

6,300

+57.5% YoY

Revenue

$4.18B

+25.5% YoY

Revenue / employee

$663K

Peer median $453K

Rank in industry

21 of 64

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 2020

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FOUR employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year ending	Employees	Revenue	Per employee	Staff YoY	Revenue YoY
Dec 2025	6,300	$4.18B	$663K	+57.5%	+25.5%
Dec 2024	4,000	$3.33B	$833K	+32.0%	+29.9%
Dec 2023	3,030	$2.56B	$846K	+31.7%	+28.7%
Dec 2022	2,300	$1.99B	$867K	+32.8%	+45.8%
Dec 2021	1,732	$1.37B	$790K	+32.7%	+78.3%
Dec 2020	1,305	$767M	$588K	—	—

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

Employees, last six fiscal years

Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years

Shift4 Payments, Inc. against similar companies

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

Company	Employees	Revenue	Revenue / employee	Shape
GEN Gen Digital Inc.	3,900	$5.00B	$1.28M	Efficient growth
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc.	4,429	$4.48B	$1.01M	Efficient growth
GDDY GoDaddy Inc.	5,845	$4.95B	$847K	Efficient growth
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.	6,300	$4.18B	$663K	Hiring ahead
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.	10,698	$4.81B	$450K	Efficient growth
EEFT Euronet Worldwide, Inc.	10,800	$4.24B	$393K	Efficient growth
CPAY Corpay, Inc.	11,800	$4.53B	$384K	Efficient growth
AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc.	11,000	$4.21B	$383K	Efficient growth
DOX Amdocs Limited	26,969	$4.53B	$168K	Contracting

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Questions about Shift4 Payments, Inc.

How many employees does Shift4 Payments, Inc. have?: Shift4 Payments, Inc. reported 6,300 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 27, 2026. That is up 57.5% from a year earlier.
What is Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s revenue per employee?: Shift4 Payments, Inc. brought in $4.18B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $663K per employee. That ranks 21 of 64 companies we track in Software - Infrastructure, where the median is $453K.
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 Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 27, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell FOUR.