Airbnb layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Airbnb reported in its annual reports, 2022 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from 6,811 to approximately 8,200.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2022 | 6,811 | December 31, 2022 |
| 10-K for 2023 | 6,907 | December 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | approximately 7,300 | December 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 8,200 | December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe company reduced its global workforce in May 2020, and that reduction and remote work led to impairments of certain real property leases.
Word for word“Additionally, our reduction in workforce in May 2020 and remote work arrangements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic caused us to recognize an impairment of certain of our real property lease arrangements, and depending on the duration and extent of the remote work arrangements under our Live and Work Anywhere working model, we may incur additional impairment charges related to our real property lease agreements.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryThe company recorded restructuring charges in 2022, mostly for impairment of lease right-of-use assets and related leasehold improvements after its shift to remote work.
Word for word“As a result, in 2022 we recorded restructuring charges of $89.1 million, which include $80.5 million relating to an impairment of both domestic and international operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, 60 Table of Contents and $8.4 million of related leasehold improvements.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryAirbnb shifted to a remote work model in 2022 and recorded restructuring charges, mostly for impairment of lease right-of-use assets and related leasehold improvements.
Word for word“As a result, we recorded restructuring charges of $89 million during 2022, which included $81 million relating to an impairment of both domestic and international operating lease right-of-use assets, and $8 million of related leasehold improvements.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryAirbnb recorded restructuring charges in 2021 under a plan approved in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 decline in bookings, mainly lease and leasehold improvement impairments.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $ 113 million in restructuring charges, including $ 75 million related to impairments of operating lease ROU assets and $ 37 million related to impairments of leasehold improvements.” 10-K for 2023
| Fiscal year ended | Restructuring charges |
|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $0 |
| 2020-12-31 | $151.4 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $113 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $89 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $0 |
| 2024-12-31 | $0 |
Airbnb has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Airbnb’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-12. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.