How can Organization markup express an employee count range?

Definition: numberOfEmployees is the Schema.org property for an organization's employee count. To express a range, give it a QuantitativeValue object with minValue and maxValue fields.

Key facts

• Google's Organization structured data documentation lists numberOfEmployees as a recommended property with the expected type QuantitativeValue.
• The same documentation gives a range example with minValue set to 100 and maxValue set to 999.
• Schema.org's Organization type describes numberOfEmployees as the number of employees in an organization, such as a business.
• Schema.org's QuantitativeValue type describes a point value or an interval for product characteristics and other purposes.
• In that type, minValue is the lower value and maxValue is the upper value of a characteristic or property.
• Google says Organization markup has no required properties and recommends adding properties relevant to the organization.

What does the JSON-LD pattern look like?

Google documents numberOfEmployees as a QuantitativeValue and shows this JSON fragment for an employee count range:

"numberOfEmployees": {
  "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
  "minValue": 100,
  "maxValue": 999
}

The two fields describe the lower and upper values of the interval. The example uses numeric values, and Schema.org lists Number as the expected type for both minValue and maxValue.

What do minValue and maxValue mean?

QuantitativeValue can represent a point value or an interval. For a range, minValue carries the lower value of the employee-count characteristic and maxValue carries its upper value. The property name remains numberOfEmployees, so the object describes the organization's employees rather than a separate measurement.

Schema.org's Organization definition lists numberOfEmployees with QuantitativeValue as its expected type. Its description is “The number of employees in an organization, e.g. business.” The same vocabulary defines minValue as the lower value and maxValue as the upper value of a characteristic or property.

Where should the markup be placed and checked?

Google recommends placing this organization information on the home page or on a single page that describes the organization, such as an About Us page. The documentation says it does not need to appear on every page. It also recommends using the most specific Schema.org subtype that matches the organization.

After adding the object, Google says to validate the code with the Rich Results Test and fix critical errors. The range example is a property fragment, so it should sit inside the page's complete JSON-LD Organization object, alongside the other properties that apply to that organization.

Related terms

• Organization structured data
• Structured data
• JSON-LD

FAQ

Can a single employee count use the same property?

Yes. Google shows a QuantitativeValue with a value field for a specific count, and a QuantitativeValue with minValue and maxValue for a range.

Which fields express the range?

Use minValue for the lower value and maxValue for the upper value inside the QuantitativeValue assigned to numberOfEmployees.

Where should you put the organization data?

Place it on your home page or on one page that describes your organization, such as an About Us page. Google says you do not need to include the information on every page.

Sources

1. Google Search Central, "Organization (Organization) structured data", 2026-09-08
2. Schema.org, "Organization", 2026-09-16
3. Schema.org, "QuantitativeValue", 2026-09-16

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