Company overview

At Starbucks, we like to say that we are not in the coffee business serving people, but in the people business serving coffee. Here, our employees - who we call partners – are the heart of the Starbucks experience, and being a partner means aspiring to become part of something bigger: inspiring positive change in the world and growing in your career and in your community. ​ It’s an opportunity to be your personal best. ​ Starbucks is an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities.​​ In everything we do, we are dedicated to our mission: To be the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world, inspiring and nurturing the human spirit — one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. Join us. Inspire with every cup. Explore opportunities, benefits and more at careers.starbucks.com
Founded in 1971
Seattle, WA, US
166K employees (1,935 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
46% positive business outlook

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

195 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +9.5% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$2.7B

Last raise

$1.8B

Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding history

May 2025

Post IPO Debt Starbucks · $1.8B

Jul 2024

Post IPO Equity Starbucks

Oct 2018

Post IPO Equity Starbucks · $900M

Feb 1991

Venture Round Starbucks

Audience

Monthly website visitors
16.3M
Month over month-7.9%
Quarter over quarter-9.6%
Top sourceDirect (44%)
Ad budget per month$499.9K
Average search rank56.3
Traffic source mix
Direct
44%
Search
37%
Referral
11.6%
Paid referral
5.8%
Social
1.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

3.1M

12-mo growth

Monthly growth

+0.6%

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