Roche Group's number of employees 2007-2023

This statistic illustrates the number of employees at Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche from 2007 to 2023. Roche is one of the largest global pharmaceutical companies and is based in Basel, Switzerland. In 2023, the Roche Group had nearly 104,000 employees worldwide. Roche is the world's leading pharmaceutical company in the area of oncology.

Roche’s global standing

Roche is one of the largest global pharmaceutical companies and is based in Basel, Switzerland. As of January 2023, Roche was the second leading pharmaceutical company worldwide by number of originated drugs and first by size of the R&D pipeline. Roche is the sixth leading pharmaceutical company worldwide by prescription sales. In 2023, Roche’s pharmaceutical products business, which represents Roche’s largest division, generated some 44.6 billion Swiss francs in sales revenue.

Roche in the oncology sector

Roche is the world's leading pharmaceutical company in the area of oncology with the highest market share of global oncology products. It is the leading pharmaceutical company worldwide by oncology revenue. Roche’s oncology products generated some 20 billion Swiss francs each year in the last two years. However, oncology's share of Roche's total pharmaceutical sales has steadily decreased since 2017.