91/100BNetflix company profile
- CEO
- Theodore A. Sarandos
- Employees
- 16,000
- Headquarters
- 121 Albright Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032, US
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Entertainment
- IPO date
- 23 May 2002
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US64110L1061
Website:netflix.com
About the company
Netflix, Inc. serves as a worldwide entertainment provider. Its comprehensive library features television series, motion pictures, documentaries, and mobile games, spanning numerous genres and languages. Members can effortlessly stream this content through a variety of internet-connected devices, including smart TVs, digital media players, cable boxes, and mobile phones. Furthermore, the company continues to offer a DVD-by-mail subscription service to its customers in the United States. With roughly 222 million paying subscribers distributed across 190 countries, Netflix was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
Employees
Netflix had about 16,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 14.3% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Netflix
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 81.3% of Netflix's shares on 30 June 2026, 3,608 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Netflix
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings