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Dropbox

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2007publicWebsite @Dropbox
Composite score
12.8
rank #29 · cuts

#29 Cut. 2.9k employees.

Headcount
2.9k
0.0%
90d change
-0.7%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.9M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
15.4%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.2 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
9 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Dropbox

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,192
+2%
Operations
186
+5%
Product
153
+1%
Marketing
144
-7%
Fulfillment
144
-9%
Support
140
-8%
Analyst
125
-2%
Finance
95
-4%
Other
358

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch10d ago
    From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?

    Featured as a prominent Battlefield alum success story and noted for acquiring fellow alum DocSend; moderate substantive mention.

Events

Funding · post ipo debt · $700M
9mo ago
Layoff · 5.85% (191 roles)
Departures in 2024-11: 234 vs 6-mo baseline of 43 (5.44× spike). Derived from PDL.
2y ago
Layoff · 3.4% (124 roles)
Departures in 2023-05: 162 vs 6-mo baseline of 38 (4.26× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 3.62% (136 roles)
Departures in 2023-04: 171 vs 6-mo baseline of 35.5 (4.82× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 4.72% (164 roles)
Departures in 2021-01: 216 vs 6-mo baseline of 52.5 (4.11× spike). Derived from PDL.
5y ago

Score history

2026-06-08
12.8
rank #29
2026-06-01
12.8
rank #29
2026-05-25
30.3
rank #28
2026-05-18
20.4
rank #37
2026-05-11
20.4
rank #37
2026-05-04
20.4
rank #37
2026-04-27
29.9
rank #26
2026-04-20
28.9
rank #26
2026-04-13
28.9
rank #26
2026-04-06
28.9
rank #26
2026-03-30
10.4
rank #44
2026-03-23
23.1
rank #36