ACCO Brands Corporation (ACCO)
Office and school products maker, 77% abroad. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 9, 2026. Ranked 53 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
33%
Employees, annual report
4,700
Leading staffing pattern
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202730%
- End of 202833%
- End of 203034%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 65%
- Becomes checking a model's work 25%
- Handed over with lighter checks 9%
The filing states 4,700 employees, 3,600 outside the U.S., making office and school products with nothing counted by product line, so the split is by description.
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: 20% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 33% at the end of 2028, 34% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 34% desk work, 15% people work and 52% 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 65% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 25% becomes checking a model's work and 9% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
4,700 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states approximately 3,600 of 4,700 employees based outside the U.S., leaving about 1,100 in it.
The filing: “At the end of 2025, we had approximately 4,700 full-time and part-time employees worldwide, with approximately 3,600 employees based outside the U.S.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 70% | By description (c): school and office products, staplers, laminators, computer and gaming accessories, which NAICS places with office supplies in miscellaneous manufacturing; the filing counts no employees by product line. |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing | 30% | By description (c): binders, notebooks, planners and filing products are converted paper products made at its plants; no count by product line. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 4,700 full-time and part-time employees, 3,600 outside the U.S.; about 200 U.S. manufacturing and distribution employees under collective bargaining agreements and government-mandated arrangements in Europe and Brazil; a contingent hourly workforce for seasonal demand, not counted.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- 3M Company (MMM, 60,500 employees)21% now, 37% by 2028
- Mattel, Inc. (MAT, 31,000 employees)23% now, 37% by 2028
- Newell Brands Inc. (NWL, 21,900 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028
- Acushnet Holdings Corp. (GOLF, 7,300 employees)21% now, 34% by 2028
- Brady Corporation (BRC, 6,325 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028
- Matthews International Corporation (MATW, 5,500 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
- Hasbro, Inc. (HAS, 4,520 employees)23% now, 40% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
8 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says the company uses AI, including generative and agentic AI, in various parts of its business, and names failing to implement it successfully among its risk factors.
- “Summary Risk Factors Economic and Strategic Risks o Customer concentration; o General economic and business conditions globally and in our markets; o Impact of business decisions by large customers; o Foreign currency exposure; o Highly competitive industry; o Ability to develop and market innovative products at competitive prices; o Operating in emerging markets; o Continued declines in the us...”
- “Failure to successfully implement artificial intelligence in our operations and mitigate the attendant risks could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.”
- “We use artificial intelligence ("AI"), including generative AI and agentic AI, in various parts of our business.”
- “If we fail to successfully implement AI in our business operations, it could adversely affect our ability to realize anticipated cost savings and operational efficiencies as planned.”
- “Further, our competitors may more successfully incorporate AI into their businesses and products, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations.”
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 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20258median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 4,700 | 2026-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,000 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,600 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 6,000 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 6,000 | 2022-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 6,100 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 7,000 | 2020-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 6,700 | 2019-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 6,620 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 5,040 | 2017-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 5,020 | 2016-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 5,240 | 2015-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 5,470 | 2014-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 5,850 | 2013-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 3,800 | 2012-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 4,200 | 2011-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 4,200 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 5,100 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 6,000 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 6,846 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 7,770 | 2006-03-22 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The contingent hourly workforce used for seasonal demand is not counted (rule 8).
- No count by product line or kind of location; the distribution employees the filing names stay inside the manufacturing patterns.
- The data service's segment table (one segment at 100%) and its 2017 geography table are not usable.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-098616, 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.
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Questions about this company
- How much of ACCO Brands Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 33% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce ACCO Brands Corporation's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does ACCO Brands Corporation employ?
- 4,700 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 23% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up ACCO Brands Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 34% desk work, 15% people work and 52% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does ACCO Brands Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 8 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 8 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 20, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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