Employer organization size — Work data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Developer Survey 2026

Question

Approximately how many people are employed by your employer? This should only include your primary company. If you had more than one employer, please consider the one you spent most of your time working for in the past year.

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Data

	Respondents	Percent
10,000 or more employees	2,941	13.9%
5,000 to 9,999 employees	1,017	4.8%
1,000 to 4,999 employees	2,409	11.4%
500 to 999 employees	1,307	6.2%
100 to 499 employees	3,474	16.5%
20 to 99 employees	3,677	17.4%
Less than 20 employees	3,555	16.8%
Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc.	2,213	10.5%
I don’t know	522	2.5%

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Stack Exchange Inc. (2026). “Employer organization size”. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026. Licensed under ODbL 1.0. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data/org-size

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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 10,000 or more employees | 2,941 | 13.9% |
| 5,000 to 9,999 employees | 1,017 | 4.8% |
| 1,000 to 4,999 employees | 2,409 | 11.4% |
| 500 to 999 employees | 1,307 | 6.2% |
| 100 to 499 employees | 3,474 | 16.5% |
| 20 to 99 employees | 3,677 | 17.4% |
| Less than 20 employees | 3,555 | 16.8% |
| Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 2,213 | 10.5% |
| I don’t know | 522 | 2.5% |

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