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Klarna

BNPL pioneer, now AI-led customer support poster child.

HQ Stockholm, SEFounded 2005late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 3.6k employees.

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Headcount
3.6k
0.0%
90d change
0.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
4 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$211k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.7%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.0 yrs
Time since last raise
5 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Klarna

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,440
-7%
Analyst
490
-11%
Operations
198
-8%
Partnerships
178
+2%
Marketing
163
-10%
Product
153
-18%
Finance
109
-7%
Support
104
-12%
Other
294

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadline1mo ago
    Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna

    Klarna is named in headline and article as Apple's partner for the new Upgrade device leasing program.

  2. TechCrunchHeadline2mo ago
    Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

    Klarna is a key partner in Apple's new lease-to-own program and named in the headline.

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Events

Funding · post ipo debt · $2.0B
6mo ago
Funding · debt financing · $1.6B
1y ago
Funding · series unknown · $4M
2y ago
Funding · series unknown · $800M
4y ago
Layoff · 3.68% (264 roles)
Departures in 2022-06: 399 vs 6-mo baseline of 134.5 (2.97× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago

Score history