Starbucks: Number of Employees 2012-2026 | SBUX

Interactive chart of Starbucks (SBUX) annual worldwide employee count from 2012 to 2026.
  • Starbucks total number of employees in 2025 was 381,000, a 5.54% increase from 2024.
  • Starbucks total number of employees in 2024 was 361,000, a 5.25% decline from 2023.
  • Starbucks total number of employees in 2023 was 381,000, a 5.22% decline from 2022.
  • Starbucks total number of employees in 2022 was 402,000, a 4.96% increase from 2021.
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Starbucks Annual Employee Count
2025 381,000
2024 361,000
2023 381,000
2022 402,000
2021 383,000
2020 349,000
2019 346,000
2018 291,000
2017 277,000
2016 254,000
2015 238,000
2014 191,000
2013 182,000
2012 160,000
2011 149,000
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Retail/Wholesale Retail - Food & Restaurants $109.246B $37.184B
Starbucks is a roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee. They purchase and roast coffees that they sell, along with handcrafted coffee, tea, and other beverages and a variety of food items through company-operated stores. They also sell a variety of coffee and tea products and license their trademarks through other channels, such as licensed stores as well as grocery and foodservice through their Global Coffee Alliance with Nestlé S.A. In addition to their flagship Starbucks Coffee(R) brand, they sell goods and services under the following brands: Teavana(R), Ethos(R), and Starbucks Reserve(R).
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