Eternal doubles staff in FY25 on expansion drive

Eternal, formerly known as Zomato, more than doubled its workforce in FY25 as the company expanded its quick commerce business, Blinkit, and the going-out vertical District.

- Sakshi Sadashiv

Most of the hiring has gone into Blinkit, and District—verticals that are capital-and labour-intensive, requiring last-mile delivery staff, dark store operators, and local sales teams, according to the company’s annual report for FY25.

Doubling a workforce in a single year is rare even in high-growth sectors and usually reflects hyper-scaling driven by new funding, expansion bets, or pre-IPO momentum, said Vivek Mehta, partner at ABC Consultants.