Number of Deloitte employees worldwide by region 2010-2023

Deloitte employed around 457,000 people worldwide in 2023, with approximately 215,000 of those employees based in the Americas region. The accounting firm has continued to increase its global workforce and has also reported steady revenue growth across all regions.

Deloitte’s employee experience

Next to the Americas region, Deloitte employed approximately 143,000 members of staff in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in 2023, which is around a third of their total number of employees worldwide. Of all the personnel worldwide in 2023, more than 372,000 were professional staff members working, for example, as qualified auditors, tax advisors, or lawyers. Further analysis of Deloitte’s employee figures in 2023 has shown that when broken down by gender, 46 percent of Deloitte employees worldwide were women.

Is the accounting industry at risk?

Deloitte is one of the Big Four accounting firms – also known as audit firms or professional services networks. The leading accounting firms in the world have been consistently led by the Big Four when it has come to fee income. There is growing concern that if one of the Big Four collapses – as happened to American firm Arthur Andersen in 2002 – the remaining three might not have the resources to cope and could struggle to absorb all of the work, leaving all the clients of the failed firm facing the prospect of financial ruin.