How Many People Work at Blacksky? Headcount and Employee Trends

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery company in the information technology and services sector. The organization has 219 employees and spans 14 departments across 26 locations. The dataset records 19 new hires and 19 attritions, reflecting stable net headcount. This footprint supports a mix of space, analytics, and enterprise operations for government and commercial customers.

Engineering is the largest function with 81 employees (about 37% of the workforce), underscoring the company’s emphasis on product and platform development. Marketing and Product (28; ~13%) and Sales and Support (26; ~12%) represent core go‑to‑market and customer-facing teams. Information Technology (23; ~11%) and Finance and Administration (23; ~11%) form a sizable corporate and infrastructure backbone, with Operations (12), Business Management (10), Human Resources (5), Legal (3), and Other (8) rounding out the organization. Overall, the mix shows a strong technical bench balanced by customer, corporate, and operational roles.

Employees are concentrated in Seattle, WA (55; ~25%) and Washington, DC (31; ~14%), with additional teams in Denver, CO (10). The company also maintains smaller clusters across Northern Virginia—Herndon (6), Ashburn (4), Leesburg (4), Reston (4), and Fairfax (3)—as well as Tampa, FL (3). A large portion of the workforce (99; ~45%) is grouped under Other, indicating a distributed presence across additional sites not individually itemized. The distribution suggests meaningful hubs in the Pacific Northwest and the greater Washington, DC area, complemented by a broad nationwide footprint.