Restaurant Brands International Inc. employees and revenue per employee

QSR · Restaurants · $24.3B market cap

Restaurant Brands International Inc. had 53,500 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, up 42.3% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $9.43B, up 12.2% from a year earlier, or $176K per employee. Headcount grew faster than revenue.

Employees

53,500

+42.3% YoY

Revenue

$9.43B

+12.2% YoY

Revenue / employee

$176K

Peer median $92K

Rank in industry

3 of 11

Restaurants

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
86721336'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 228Staff 1244

Hover a year for the numbers.

QSR employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 202553,500$9.43B$176K+42.3%+12.2%
Dec 202437,600$8.41B$224K+317.8%+19.7%
Dec 20239,000$7.02B$780K+40.6%+7.9%
Dec 20226,400$6.50B$1.02M+12.3%+13.3%
Dec 20215,700$5.74B$1.01M+9.6%+15.5%
Dec 20205,200$4.97B$955K-17.5%-11.3%
Dec 20196,300$5.60B$889K+5.0%+4.6%
Dec 20186,000$5.36B$893K-3.2%+17.1%
Dec 20176,200$4.58B$738K+44.2%+10.4%
Dec 20164,300$4.15B$964K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
5,200'205,700'216,400'229,000'2337,600'2453,500'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$955K'20$1.01M'21$1.02M'22$780K'23$224K'24$176K'25

Restaurant Brands International Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Restaurants.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
DPZ
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
10,200$4.94B$484KLeaner
MCD
McDonald's Corporation
150,000$26.9B$179KLeaner
QSR
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
53,500$9.43B$176KHiring ahead
YUM
Yum! Brands, Inc.
49,000$8.21B$168KHiring ahead
SBUX
Starbucks Corporation
381,000$37.2B$98KHiring ahead
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
130,301$11.9B$92KLeaner
EAT
Brinker International, Inc.
85,003$5.81B$68KEfficient growth
DRI
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
209,931$13.2B$63KEfficient growth
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
101,000$5.88B$58KEfficient growth
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Questions about Restaurant Brands International Inc.

How many employees does Restaurant Brands International Inc. have?
Restaurant Brands International Inc. reported 53,500 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 20, 2026. That is up 42.3% from a year earlier.
What is Restaurant Brands International Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Restaurant Brands International Inc. brought in $9.43B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $176K per employee. That ranks 3 of 11 companies we track in Restaurants, where the median is $92K.
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 Restaurant Brands International Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 20, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell QSR.