Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB)

Online stays and experiences marketplace, 8,200 employees. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 1 of the 161 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A travel platform whose filing states 8,200 employees beside 13,000 third-party support workers it keeps apart, with nothing by kind of work, so the whole workforce is read at travel reservation services.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 36% now, 52% at the end of 2027, 57% at the end of 2028, 58% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 58% desk work, 32% people work and 10% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 40% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 47% becomes checking a model's work and 11% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

8,200 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated: the filing counts no employees by country; most can work remotely under its Live and Work Anywhere policy.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 8,200 employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 8,200 employees as of December 31, 2025 (7,300 a year earlier); about 13,000 third-party workers handle most community support contacts and are not employees; the vast majority of employees may work remotely.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (GBTG, 27,000 employees)34% now, 59% by 2028
• Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG, 24,300 employees)36% now, 57% by 2028
• Expedia Group, Inc. (EXPE, 16,000 employees)36% now, 57% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

45 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it launched a redesigned app with AI-powered personalization and unified search and booking, that its use of artificial intelligence and machine learning gives rise to legal, business and operational risks, and names AI among the laws that govern its business.

• “We are subject to a wide variety of laws, regulations, and rules applicable to short-term rental, experiences, services, long-term rental, and home sharing businesses, or that govern our business practices, including among others, e-commerce, data privacy and cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, payment services, advertising, consumer protection, employment, licensing requirements, and comme...”
• “Our use of artificial intelligence and machine learning gives rise to legal, business, and operational risks.”
• “In 2025, we launched a redesigned app experience featuring unified search and booking for all offerings, artificial intelligence ("AI")-powered personalization, and integrated social features that allow guests to connect with co-travelers or experience attendees.”
• “During 2025, we expanded the use of AI-powered customer service and support features to help more quickly and effectively resolve issues for both hosts and guests.”
• “AI capabilities now assist in risk assessment and rapid fraud and scam detection, supplementing our existing review, watchlist, and background check procedures.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20218median 0
• Fiscal 202210median 0
• Fiscal 202336median 1
• Fiscal 202447median 4
• Fiscal 202545median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• About 13,000 third-party community support workers are not employees and are not counted (rule 8).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001559720-26-000004, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.