Korn Ferry employees and revenue per employee

KFY · Staffing & Employment Services · $3.64B market cap

Korn Ferry had 8,965 employees at the end of fiscal Apr 2026, down 3.1% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $2.94B, up 6.4% from a year earlier, or $328K per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

8,965

-3.1% YoY

Revenue

$2.94B

+6.4% YoY

Revenue / employee

$328K

Peer median $769K

Rank in industry

9 of 10

Staffing & Employment Services

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 Apr 2017
94141188'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26Revenue 181Staff 124

Hover a year for the numbers.

KFY employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Apr 20268,965$2.94B$328K-3.1%+6.4%
Apr 20259,253$2.76B$298K+2.8%-1.2%
Apr 20249,000$2.80B$311K-15.9%-2.4%
Apr 202310,697$2.86B$268K-0.7%+8.3%
Apr 202210,770$2.64B$245K+36.5%+45.2%
Apr 20217,889$1.82B$231K-3.8%-8.0%
Apr 20208,198$1.98B$241K-5.5%+0.2%
Apr 20198,678$1.97B$227K+13.5%+8.5%
Apr 20187,643$1.82B$238K+5.7%+12.2%
Apr 20177,232$1.62B$224K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
7,889'2110,770'2210,697'239,000'249,253'258,965'26
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$231K'21$245K'22$268K'23$311K'24$298K'25$328K'26

Korn Ferry against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Staffing & Employment Services.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
NSP
Insperity, Inc.
4,200$6.81B$1.62MLeaner
TNET
TriNet Group, Inc.
3,400$5.01B$1.47MContracting
UPWK
Upwork Inc.
630$788M$1.25MHiring ahead
KELYA
Kelly Services, Inc.
3,600$4.25B$1.18MContracting
KFRC
Kforce Inc.
1,600$1.33B$831KContracting
RHI
Robert Half Inc.
14,500$5.38B$371KContracting
PAYX
Paychex, Inc.
17,600$6.51B$370KLeaner
KFY
Korn Ferry
8,965$2.94B$328KLeaner
BBSI
Barrett Business Services, Inc.
3,658$1.14B$313KLeaner
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Questions about Korn Ferry

How many employees does Korn Ferry have?
Korn Ferry reported 8,965 employees for the fiscal year ending Apr 2026, in the annual report it filed on June 26, 2026. That is down 3.1% from a year earlier.
What is Korn Ferry's revenue per employee?
Korn Ferry brought in $2.94B of revenue in fiscal Apr 2026, which is $328K per employee. That ranks 9 of 10 companies we track in Staffing & Employment Services, where the median is $769K.
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 Korn Ferry's annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed June 26, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell KFY.