How many employees work at Rakuten Group?
Rakuten Group, Inc. has 29,129 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 2.7%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: December 2025
About Rakuten Group
Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE's first section: 4755) is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Founded in 1997, Rakuten is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 17,000 employees and partner staff worldwide. Rakuten's 2018 revenues were 1101.48 billions yen. In Japanese, Rakuten stands for ‘optimism.’ It means we believe in the future. It’s an understanding that, with the right mind-set, we can make the future better by what we do today. So we challenge ourselves to evolve, innovate and experiment, to create a better, happier future for everyone. Today, our 70+ businesses span e-commerce, digital content, communications and FinTech, bringing the joy of discovery to more than 1.5 billion members across the world. For more information, visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/
As of December 2025
Rakuten Group
workforce metrics
Headcount
29.1k
Avg. Salary
$61.7k
Tenure
3.5yr
Growth Rate
2.7%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Rakuten Group annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Rakuten Group total number of employees in 2025 was 29,129, a 2.7% increase from 2024.
- Rakuten Group total number of employees in 2024 was 28,341, a 3.7% decline from 2023.
- Rakuten Group total number of employees in 2023 was 29,402, a 3.6% decline from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Rakuten Group annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Rakuten Group active job postings in 2025 was 2,641, a 23.6% increase from 2024.
- Rakuten Group active job postings in 2024 was 2,083, a 94.7% increase from 2023.
- Rakuten Group active job postings in 2023 was 744, a 117.3% decline from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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