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HSBCNYSESavings Institution, Federally CharteredFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as HBCYF
Financials through fiscal 2025, year ended Dec 31, 2025Score 1/30
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Close on Nov 2, 2026Market cap $295.11BP/E 14.3Yield –

HSBC Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE by Quarter

Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE — Quarterly SEC 6-K/20-F)

QuarterlyAnnual

HSBC Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE: 204,330.00 FTE in Q3 2026, down 3.8% from a year earlier. That is the lowest of the 12 quarters on record here.

Latest, Q3 2026
204,330.00
Period ended Sep 30, 2026
Change on a year earlier
-3.8%
212,409.00 in Q3 2025
History
12 quarters
Since Q4 2021
Sources
8
Documents cited below

Where the Q3 2026 figure comes from

“The number of employees expressed in full-time equivalent staff at 30 September 2026 was 204,330, a decrease of 4,390 from 31 December 2025. The number of contractors at 30 September 2026 was 4,087, an increase of 113 from 31 December 2025.”

Source: HSBC — SEC 6-K 3Q26 ↗

204,330 FTE at 3Q26; annual regional breakdown from IR ESG Data Pack (FY2020–FY2025).

Quarterly history

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PeriodEndedTotal Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE — Quarterly SEC 6-K/20-F)Year on yearSource
Q3 2026Sep 30, 2026204,330.00-3.8%HSBC — SEC 6-K 3Q26 ↗
Q2 2026Jun 30, 2026206,161.00-2.4%HSBC — SEC 6-K 2Q26 Interim ↗
Q1 2026Mar 31, 2026208,844.00–HSBC — SEC 6-K 1Q26 ↗
Q4 2025Dec 31, 2025208,720.00-1.2%HSBC — SEC 6-K 2Q26 Interim ↗
Q3 2025Sep 30, 2025212,409.00–HSBC — SEC 6-K 3Q25 ↗
Q2 2025Jun 30, 2025211,130.00-1.3%HSBC — SEC 6-K 2Q26 Interim ↗
Q4 2024Dec 31, 2024211,304.00-4.3%HSBC SEC 6-K 2Q25 Interim ↗
Q2 2024Jun 30, 2024213,978.00-3.5%HSBC SEC 6-K 2Q25 Interim ↗
Q4 2023Dec 31, 2023220,861.00+0.8%HSBC — SEC 6-K 2Q24 Interim ↗
Q2 2023Jun 30, 2023221,764.00–HSBC — SEC 6-K 2Q24 Interim ↗
Q4 2022Dec 31, 2022219,199.00-0.2%HSBC SEC 6-K 2Q23 Interim ↗
Q4 2021Dec 31, 2021219,697.00–HSBC SEC 6-K 2Q22 Interim ↗

Breakdown

What makes up total Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). HSBC Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff (Group FTE, quarterly Q4 2021–Q3 2026 [Data set]. Compiled from HSBC SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/hsbc/kpis/wf-fte-total

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