Comparing The Number And Diversity Of The “Big Four” K-Pop Labels’ Employees
While the term “Big Three” used to be more common when referring to the biggest K-Pop companies in the industry, these days it’s much more widely accepted that there is a “Big Four”. These labels consist of SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and most recently, HYBE Labels.
All of these companies are highly successful in different ways, with idols that debut under them almost guaranteed to get a lot of public attention and good marketing. Interestingly, however, these four labels have drastically different numbers of employees working under them, as recently revealed by an online forum post.
At this time, HYBE Labels has a total of 707 employees, 228 of which are men and 479 women. Their full-time employees are 209 men and 466 women, while their temporary employees are 19 men and 13 women.
Additionally, here’s a look at the employees of their subsidiaries:
- BIGHIT MUSIC: 106 employees
- Pledis Entertainment: 106 employees
- BELIFT LAB: 61 employees
- Source Music: 48 employees
- ADOR: 38 employees
- KOZ Entertainment: 40 employees
SM Entertainment has the second-most employees of the “Big Four”, with 680 according to the data. 208 of them are men and 472 are women, which are divided into their full-time employees (199 men and 460 women) and temporary employees (9 men and 12 women).
Out of these labels, JYP Entertainment has, perhaps surprisingly, the lowest number of employees. They currently have 356 people under their employment, 126 of which are men and 230 women. Their full-time employees are split into 126 men and 226 women, while they only have four female temporary employees.
It’s interesting to see how these four key players in the K-Pop world differ in terms of their employees, especially with some of them having drastically more people working for them than others!
