head count

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By the end of 2025, the agency’s head count was roughly one-quarter smaller than it had been at the start of the year, according to one count.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The head count was 86.2 million, down from 86.5 million in just 12 months.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Boston Consulting Group CEO Christoph Schweizer said his firm’s head count is expanding as it rushes to meet a near “infinite need” from companies for help rolling out AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

By the end of March, Ethan Allen’s head count was around 3,100, down close to 6% from a year earlier and a nearly 40% drop from March 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

First the boat, then all that hiking, and now he was stuck in a cell until the guards came by to make their evening head count.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo