Novo Nordisk: Number of Employees 2012-2026 | NVO

Interactive chart of Novo Nordisk (NVO) annual worldwide employee count from 2012 to 2026.
  • Novo Nordisk total number of employees in 2025 was 0, a 100% decline from 2024.
  • Novo Nordisk total number of employees in 2024 was 77,349, a 22.06% increase from 2023.
  • Novo Nordisk total number of employees in 2023 was 63,370, a 14.83% increase from 2022.
  • Novo Nordisk total number of employees in 2022 was 55,185, a 22.63% increase from 2021.
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Novo Nordisk Annual Employee Count
2025 N/A
2024 77,349
2023 63,370
2022 55,185
2021 45,000
2020 45,323
2019 43,258
2018 43,202
2017 42,076
2016 41,971
2015 41,000
2014 41,450
2013 38,000
2012 33,061
2011 32,000
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Medical Large Cap Pharmaceutical $167.527B $46.797B
Bagsv?rd, Denmark-based Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company and a leader in the worldwide diabetes market. The company is also a key player in hemophilia care, growth hormone therapy, hormone replacement therapy and obesity.Novo Nordisk operates through two segments: Diabetes and obesity care and Biopharmaceuticals. While the Diabetes and obesity care segment covers insulins, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), other protein-related products, obesity and oral anti-diabetic drugs, the Biopharmaceuticals segment includes hemophilia, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.Novo Nordisk's most well-known drugs include Levemir, NovoRapid, Victoza, Ozempic, NovoMix, NovoSeven, NovoThirteen, Ryzodeg, Xultophy, Saxenda, Rybelsus, Esperoct, Sogroya and Norditropin, among several others. The company launched its first product for weight management, Saxenda, in the United States in 2015.In August 2018, Novo Nordisk announced that it has acquired all of the shares of Ziylo Ltd.
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