headcount
noun [ C or U ]
informal (also head count) uk/ˈhedkaʊnt/ usthe number of employees in an organization or at an event or place:
A thousand people have left in the last six months, bringing the company's headcount down to 3300.
The student headcount this fall was 34,321.
cut/reduce/increase the headcount To help streamline the company, the board approved proposals to reduce the head count by 10 percent worldwide.
The company has embarked on a reorganization that should see its headcount fall from 8,200 to 7,000.
do/conduct/take a headcount
to count the number of people that work in an organization or are present at an event or a place:
After the fire drill, managers did a headcount to confirm that everyone was accounted for.