Employee Breakdown and Growth

The Employee Breakdown & Growth insight provides detailed information about a company's departmental composition, headcount distribution, and growth patterns over time, offering valuable metrics that reveal organizational priorities and expansion strategies.

Why This Insight Matters

• Reveals company priorities through departmental investment and growth patterns
• Identifies expansion focus areas by highlighting which teams are growing fastest
• Shows organizational shifts through declining departments vs. accelerating ones
• Provides context for solutions by revealing where the company is allocating resources
• Creates natural conversation starters based on observable business trends

Available Subtypes

Subtypes: employeeBreakdown & employeeGrowth

Full departmental headcount distribution and growth trends.

Response Fields

Growth Metrics

Organization Metrics

Department Breakdown

Department Growth (1-Year)

Analysis

{
  "company": {
    "metrics": {
      "growth": {
        "sixMonth": 3,
        "oneYear": 7,
        "twoYear": 9
      },
      "organization": {
        "headCount": 579336,
        "yearFounded": 1995
      },
      "headcountByDepartment": {
        "engineering": 144558,
        "informationTechnology": 94225,
        "businessDevelopment": 61616,
        "operations": 44699,
        "finance": 21197,
        "sales": 14451,
        "marketing": 5446,
        "productManagement": 1740
      },
      "1yearGrowthByDepartment": {
        "communityAndSocialServices": 31,
        "sales": 24,
        "education": 22,
        "engineering": 4,
        "productManagement": -3
      }
    },
    "analysis": {
      "summary": "Massive company showing slow but steady growth.",
      "insight": "The company is experiencing slow but steady growth, increasing from 7% to 9% to 3% over the last two years. With a very large headcount (~579k), this suggests a mature organization where significant growth is difficult to achieve."
    }
  }
}

Example Output

"Incredible to see headcount grow 20% 10 years in with 4,500 employees to start... super impressive."

Subtype: employeeBreakdownAndGrowthFinance

Quantifies how many employees sit in a company's Finance organization, what percentage of total headcount they represent, and how that number has changed year-over-year. These signals help sellers gauge a prospect's investment in financial operations, controls, planning, and overall fiscal strategy.

Why This Subtype Matters

• Expanding Finance headcount can indicate increased emphasis on FP&A, budgeting rigor, fundraising readiness, or M&A activity.
• Shrinking Finance teams often point to cost-cutting, automation initiatives, or a shift toward decentralized P&L ownership.
• Flat Finance staffing suggests steady-state operations and potential interest in efficiency gains versus net-new hiring.

Response Fields

{
  "summary": "24 Finance employees account for 0.6% of total headcount (4328).",
  "description": "The Finance team is currently 24 out of 4328 employees. Finance headcount is trimming moderately (-14.0% YoY), hinting at efficiency efforts."
}

Subtype: employeeBreakdownAndGrowthHumanResources

Quantifies how many employees work in Human Resources (HR), what percentage they represent within the organization, and how that number has changed over time. Useful for evaluating a company's focus on people operations, recruiting, onboarding, and workforce growth support.

Why This Subtype Matters

• HR growth can signal headcount expansion and hiring scale-up.
• Declining HR presence might imply budget cuts, consolidation, or slowing growth.
• Steady or flat HR numbers help indicate organizational stability.

Response Fields

{
  "summary": "3 HR employees account for 2.0% of total headcount (148).",
  "description": "The HR team is currently 3 out of 148 employees. HR headcount has stayed flat year-over-year."
}

API Usage

Generate Content API

{
  "enabledInsights": ["employeeBreakdown", "employeeGrowth"],
  "disabledInsights": []
}

Generate Insights API

{
  "insightSubtype": "employeeBreakdown"
}

Or for department-specific breakdowns:

{
  "insightSubtype": "employeeBreakdownAndGrowthFinance"
}

{
  "insightSubtype": "employeeBreakdownAndGrowthHumanResources"
}

Coverage

• Refresh: Monthly
• Coverage: 75-99% of companies
• Best for: HR tech, recruiting tools, market sizing, organizational analysis