In 2023, American tech company IBM employed around 282 thousand people worldwide. This was a decrease of over six thousand employees on 2022, though remained significantly fewer than a decade prior, when the firm employed over 400 thousand people. IBM saw its global revenue decline over the ten year period following 2011. IBM’s history IBM, the common name of International Business Machines Corporation, is one of the largest technology and consulting companies in the world. Founded in 1911, the company is headquartered in Armonk, New York. The company's business segments include the "Global Technology Services" segment, where IBM provides comprehensive IT infrastructure and platform services, as well as the "Global Business Services" segment which provides clients with consulting, business process, and application management services, specializing in AI workflows and applications for hybrid cloud environments. IBM's innovations IBM is responsible for some of the most groundbreaking inventions in the technology industry: the automated teller machine (ATM), the hard disk drive (HDD), the Universal Product Code (UPC), and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The company continues to innovate, ranking first among companies with the most U.S. patents granted and a leading owner of machine learning and AI patents. Alongside this, IBM has committed itself to environmental leadership, addressing climate change, energy efficiency, product design, and the use of materials.

IBM reported 293.4K in Employees for its fiscal year ending in December of 2024. Data for IBM - Employees Total Number including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last October in 2025.

The Americas region is IBM’s greatest source of revenue with over 31 billion U.S. dollars generated in the region - around 50 percent of the company’s overall revenue. IBM's global revenue declined in the decade following 2011, with the company struggling to adapt to shifting industry trends. IBM’s investments in the futureAlong with many other companies in the tech industry, IBM is in a period of transition from a legacy business in the technology sector to adapting its product offerings for a changing industry. It is regaining lost ground from prior underinvestment in cloud services and applications by purchasing and investing in innovative companies in the field, as well as refocusing its own research and development expenses on new and emerging products and technologies. In 2019, IBM acquired enterprise software company Red Hat, the world’s largest provider of open-source software solutions for 34 billion U.S. dollars. Much of IBM’s research and development is in the direction of hybrid cloud, blockchain, quantum computing, and AI, in hopes to kick start growth and reverse the trend of declining revenues. Of these, quantum computing is a promising way for IBM to be at the forefront of the world’s fastest and most powerful computing devices.

As of its 2023 fiscal year, American IT and consulting company Cognizant employed a total of ***** thousand people around the world. The vast majority of the employees (more than *** thousand) were located in the company’s Indian branches, while nearly ** thousand more worked in North America. The company reached its peak employment within Europe to more than ** thousand people last year. However, it decreased in 2023 reaching around ** thousand Cognizant Since its founding in 1994, Cognizant has grown into one of the world’s largest IT services companies, trailing only IBM in terms of total market capitalization. The company operates significant business segments across many distinct markets such as financial services, healthcare, and, of course, technology, and has managed to rapidly increase sales revenue and profit in recent years. Employment in the tech industry Despite its status as one of the most successful IT providers, Cognizant’s employment numbers pale in comparison to many of the world’s largest employers. Within the tech industry specifically, IBM holds a lead on Cognizant in employee count, although both of these IT service providers fall short compared to Amazon's workforce of nearly *** million employees in 2020.

How many employees does Microsoft have? The American technology company Microsoft employs approximately ******* people in full-time positions worldwide. Around ** percent of Microsoft’s employees are located in the company’s home country the United States. The employees are spread out over four business units: operations (manufacturing, distribution, product support, and consulting services), research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administration. Product portfolio and business segmentsMicrosoft sells a wide range of consumer and enterprise software, hardware, and services. The technology company had a revenue standing at around *** billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2024, most of which came from the commercial licensing of its software and operating systems. For example, Microsoft Windows is a dominating presence in the desktop operating systems market, with a market share of around ** percent. Microsoft U.S. tech giant Microsoft is one of the biggest technology companies in the United States next to Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, and IBM. Microsoft’s market capitalization has consistently grown to over three trillion U.S. dollars over the period from 2014 to 2024. Today Microsoft is one of the most valuable brands worldwide with a brand value close to *** trillion U.S. dollars, with only Apple having a higher brand value. The fiscal year-end of the company is June, 30th.

The total number of Apple employees dramatically increased from 2005 through to 2024. As of FY 2024, the total number of employees had reached around *** thousand (only counting full-time equivalent), up from *** thousand recorded in the previous year. The fiscal year end of the company is September, 30th. Apple Corporation – additional information Founded in 1976, Apple is an American multinational corporation that specializes in computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and online services. The company initially focused on the production of consumer and business computers. Over the years it has included a more diverse line of electronic products. In 2027, Apple was the world’s 7th largest company and the world’s largest information technology company. Even though Apple was the most valuable brand in the world in 2024, it was not among the world’s largest companies in terms of staff. Other information technology companies, such as Samsung Electronics or IBM, had employed a larger number of people. However, the revenue per employee of Apple turned out to be the highest among leading technology companies. Apple products Apple’s current product line ranges across personal computers, tablet computers, digital music players and smartphones. The iPhone, a line of smartphones designed and produced by Apple, has revolutionized the smartphone industry with its screen-centric design and touch controls. Its global sales have skyrocketed since its introduction in 2007, with about *** million units sold in 2023. According to the quarterly reports by Apple, the iPhone has generated around half of Apple’s revenue between 2013 and 2024. The iPad, a line of tablet computers, counts as one of the very first players in the global tablet industry. Even though the global market share of the iPad has dropped since 2012, it still dominated the tablet market with a ** percent share as of the second quarter of 2024.

Combined, China had the highest rate of exploring and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) globally in 2022. It was followed closely by India and Singapore. This lead was also marked when accounting only for the deployment of AI in organizations in China, with India following. Both nations had a nearly ** percent deployment rate. When accounting only for exploration, however, the leading nations were Canada and the United States. AI in Europe on the rise Europe contains an exceptionally vibrant technology sector. This is particularly true in the field of AI, where funding for startups specializing in this high-demand technology stood at more than *** billion U.S. dollars in late 2022. Many of Europe’s major economies are leaders in the exploration and deployment of AI and are ahead of the global curve. Opportunities for early adopters Those businesses that begin using AI early will find it easier to reap the benefits. The most desirable effect, or at least the one that directly affects most businesses, is a revenue increase as it underpins the whole of their business model. The most important benefit of AI usage in enterprises is in supply chain management and human resources. Major improvements to supply chains provide a major boost to revenue by using AI to map out idiosyncrasies and problematic stops. When it comes to human resources, the use of AI can drastically reduce time in hiring cycles by enabling AI-driven algorithms to select those candidates whose resume most aligns with the job requirements.

In 2020, SAS Institute (short for Statistical Analysis System) generated ** percent of its software revenue in the Americas region. The company's revenue in that year was three billion U.S. dollars, of which SAS reinvested ** percent in research and development. This share is significantly higher than with most other software companies.

SAS is one of the leading analytics software providers

With a share of almost ** percent, SAS Institute is the leading vendor in the global advanced and predictive analytics software market, where SAS competes with IBM, MathWorks, Alteryx, and Microsoft for market share. SAS also holds single to double-digit percentages in all other segments of the overall big data and analytics software market, including BI and analytics tools, artificial intelligence software platforms, analytic data integration and integrity software, and customer relationship analytics applications. The company's share of the overall big data and analytics software market stands at around five percent, putting SAS amongst the top vendors in the market behind Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, IBM, and Salesforce.

90 percent of Fortune *** companies use SAS products

The SAS Institute developed out of a project at the agricultural department at the North Carolina State University in the *****. The company's current CEO James Goodnight and other participants of the project established it as a private company in 1976. As of 2020, the company had ****** employees worldwide, selling and providing its software analytics products and services to customers in *** countries. The company's software is installed at more than ** thousand government, university, and business sites and is used by more than ** percent of the top companies on the 2020 Fortune *** list.

With a market capitalization of 3.12 trillion U.S. dollars as of May 2024, Microsoft was the world’s largest company that year. Rounding out the top five were some of the world’s most recognizable brands: Apple, NVIDIA, Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Amazon. Saudi Aramco led the ranking of the world's most profitable companies in 2023, with a pre-tax income of nearly 250 billion U.S. dollars. How are market value and market capitalization determined? Market value and market capitalization are two terms frequently used – and confused - when discussing the profitability and viability of companies. Strictly speaking, market capitalization (or market cap) is the worth of a company based on the total value of all their shares; an important metric when determining the comparative value of companies for trading opportunities. Accordingly, many stock exchanges such as the New York or London Stock Exchange release market capitalization data on their listed companies. On the other hand, market value technically refers to what a company is worth in a much broader context. It is determined by multiple factors, including profitability, corporate debt, and the market environment as a whole. In this sense it aims to estimate the overall value of a company, with share price only being one element. Market value is therefore useful for determining whether a company’s shares are over- or undervalued, and in arriving at a price if the company is to be sold. Such valuations are generally made on a case-by-case basis though, and not regularly reported. For this reason, market capitalization is often reported as market value. What are the top companies in the world? The answer to this question depends on the metric used. Although the largest company by market capitalization, Microsoft's global revenue did not manage to crack the top 20 companies. Rather, American multinational retailer Walmart was ranked as the largest company in the world by revenue. Walmart also had the highest number of employees in the world.