Company Insights
Published on
July 11, 2025

How Many People Work at Square? Headcount and Employee Trends

Total Employees
5268
7.2% from last year
384
New Hires (YTD)
305
5% of total workforce
Departments
19
650 in Engineering
Locations
17
5,012 in New York, NY

Square, the commerce and payment-processing company within Block, employs roughly 5,268 people worldwide. Staffing records show 305 additions and 384 departures, resulting in a slightly smaller but still sizeable team. The organisation maintains a balanced mix of technical, commercial, and corporate talent that supports its hardware, software, and financial-services offerings across a broad merchant base.

Square Headcount Breakdown by Department

Engineering is the largest group with about 1,859 employees—close to 35 % of total headcount—highlighting Square’s focus on product development and platform reliability. Sales and Support follows at roughly 1,032 people (around 20 %), underscoring the importance of merchant onboarding and customer assistance. Marketing and Product houses approximately 881 employees (about 17 %), while Finance & Administration, Business Management, and Information Technology collectively account for just under 16 % of staff. Smaller yet essential teams in Operations, Human Resources, and Program & Project Management round out the organisation, together making up the remaining single-digit share of employees.

Engineering
1859
Sales and Support
1032
Marketing and Product
881
Finance and Administration
309
Business Management
295
Information Technology
213
Operations
200
Human Resources
117
Program and Project Management
87
Other
275

Square Employees by Location

San Francisco is the largest single hub with about 914 employees, representing nearly one-fifth of global staff. New York City, St. Louis, and Toronto form the next tier of office concentrations, each hosting between 240 and 470 team members. Additional clusters in Dhaka, Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Dublin contribute 2–4 % apiece to overall headcount. A sizeable "Other" category of more than 2,500 employees indicates a distributed or remote workforce that complements Square’s primary urban centres.

San Francisco, CA
914
New York, NY
466
St Louis, MO
292
Toronto, Canada
241
Dhaka, Bangladesh
207
Atlanta, GA
184
Seattle, WA
167
Los Angeles, CA
154
Dublin, Ireland
114
Other
2529
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