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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

VRTXNasdaqPharmaceutical PreparationsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 4, 2026Score 15/3037% above fair value
$553.15−5.73 (-1.03%)

Close on Nov 2, 2026Market cap $140.20BP/E 32.2Yield –

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Global workforce — Total employees (headcount) by Year

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Global workforce — Total employees (headcount): 6,400.00 employees in FY2025, up 4.9% from a year earlier. That is the highest of the 12 years on record here.

Latest, FY2025
6,400.00
Period ended Dec 31, 2025
Change on a year earlier
+4.9%
6,100.00 in FY2024
History
12 years
Since FY2014
Sources
11
Documents cited below

Where the FY2025 figure comes from

“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 6,400 employees.”

Source: Form 10-K (vrtx-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-13) ↗

Reported in Form 10-K Item 1 (Business — Human Capital & Employees).

Annual history

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PeriodEndedGlobal workforce — Total employees (headcount)Year on yearSource
FY2025Dec 31, 20256,400.00+4.9%Form 10-K (vrtx-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-13) ↗
FY2024Dec 31, 20246,100.00+13.0%Form 10-K (vrtx-20241231.htm, filed 2025-02-13) ↗
FY2023Dec 31, 20235,400.00+12.5%Form 10-K (vrtx-20231231.htm, filed 2024-02-15) ↗
FY2022Dec 31, 20224,800.00+23.1%Form 10-K (vrtx-20221231.htm, filed 2023-02-10) ↗
FY2021Dec 31, 20213,900.00+14.7%Form 10-K (vrtx-20211231.htm, filed 2022-02-09) ↗
FY2020Dec 31, 20203,400.00+13.3%Form 10-K (vrtx-20201231.htm, filed 2021-02-11) ↗
FY2019Dec 31, 20193,000.00+20.0%Form 10-K (a201910k-main.htm, filed 2020-02-13) ↗
FY2018Dec 31, 20182,500.00+8.7%Form 10-K (a201810k-main.htm, filed 2019-02-13) ↗
FY2017Dec 31, 20172,300.00+7.0%Form 10-K (a201810k-main.htm, filed 2019-02-13) ↗
FY2016Dec 31, 20162,150.00+10.3%Form 10-K (a201710k-main.htm, filed 2018-02-15) ↗
FY2015Dec 31, 20151,950.00+6.6%Form 10-K (a201610k-main.htm, filed 2017-02-23) ↗
FY2014Dec 31, 20141,830.00–Form 10-K (a201510k-main.htm, filed 2016-02-16) ↗

Breakdown

What makes up global workforce — Total employees (headcount)

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). Vertex Pharmaceuticals Global workforce — Total employees (headcount), annual FY2014–FY2025 [Data set]. Compiled from Vertex Pharmaceuticals SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/vrtx/kpis/emp-total

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