Company overview

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Founded in 2009
Oakland, California, USA
13K employees (950 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
56% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$173,700 – $283,500

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

33 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +4.3% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$4.8B

Last raise

$2.2B

Post IPO Debt, 7 months ago

Funding history

Aug 2025

Post IPO Debt Block · $2.2B

May 2024

Post IPO Debt Block · $2B

Jan 2023

Post IPO Equity Block

May 2021

Post IPO Equity Block · $10.7M

Jan 2019

Post IPO Equity Block

Oct 2014

Series E Block · $150M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
633.3K
Month over month-8.9%
Quarter over quarter-30.2%
Top sourceDirect (50.4%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank51.9
Traffic source mix
Direct
50.4%
Referral
28.9%
Search
18.9%
Social
1.4%
Paid referral
0.4%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

179.1K

12-mo growth

+52.9%

Monthly growth

+5.6%

News

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