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ClickUp

HQ San Diego, USFounded 2017late stageWebsite @clickup
Composite score
100.0
rank #1 · cuts

The most-pressured company in the index this week. 1.3k employees.

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Headcount
1.3k
0.0%
90d change
-0.8%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
1
AI-attributed present

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$584k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
18.5%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.2 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y 1mo
last round

Hiring flow · ClickUp

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
304
+9%
Support
187
+16%
Sales
172
+2%
Operations
70
-7%
Product
62
-6%
Marketing
59
-6%
Analyst
56
-3%
Human Resources
53
+18%
Other
180
—

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch2mo ago
    What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

    ClickUp named as example of AI-driven layoff (22% workforce cut), central to article's critique of over-application of AI.

Events

Layoff · 0.22% (— roles)
ClickUp cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents.AI-attributed
source
2mo ago
Funding · debt financing · $125M
1y ago
Layoff · 4.1% (44 roles)
Departures in 2023-07: 63 vs 6-mo baseline of 19 (3.32× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 5.56% (54 roles)
Departures in 2022-05: 66 vs 6-mo baseline of 11.5 (5.74× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago

Score history

2026-07-20
100.0
rank #1
2026-07-13
100.0
rank #1
2026-07-06
100.0
rank #1
2026-06-29
100.0
rank #1
2026-06-22
100.0
rank #1
2026-06-15
100.0
rank #1
2026-06-08
100.0
rank #1
2026-06-01
100.0
rank #1
2026-05-25
35.0
rank #17
2026-05-18
31.3
rank #21
2026-05-11
31.3
rank #21
2026-05-04
31.3
rank #21