Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT)

Industrial parts distributor counted by segment and country. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed August 13, 2026. Ranked 21 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Applied Industrial Technologies’ 6,900 associates, 5,300 in the U.S., distribute bearings, power transmission, fluid power and automation products from about 580 facilities, both counted segments wholesale work.

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: 25% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 38% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 21% people work and 40% 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 59% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

6,900 employees as of June 30, 2026 (stated). 5,300 of 6,900 associates are in the United States, 700 in Canada and 900 in other countries, by the filing’s table.

The filing: “At June 30, 2026, we had approximately 6,900 associates across seven countries, with geographic and segment distribution as follows: United States 5,300, Canada 700, Other Countries 900; Service Center 4,100, Engineered Solutions 2,500, Other 300.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 6,900 associates across seven countries: 5,300 U.S., 700 Canada, 900 other; by segment 4,100 Service Center, 2,500 Engineered Solutions, 300 other; about 580 facilities; no counts by status or union.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Genuine Parts Company (GPC, 65,000 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
• W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW, 25,000 employees)25% now, 38% by 2028
• Fastenal Company (FAST, 24,489 employees)24% now, 38% by 2028
• MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM, 7,284 employees)25% now, 38% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI four times: physical AI integration and automation among customers’ investments, potential AI efficiency benefits for its margins, and machine learning in its automation offerings.

• “This includes localizing and reshoring supply chains to North America, required infrastructure investments, greater equipment maintenance and system modernization on aged industrial assets, automation adoption and physical artificial intelligence ("AI") integration, and skilled labor shortages at customer's facilities.”
• “Combined with our history of cost accountability, continuous improvement culture, and potential AI efficiency benefits, we see an ongoing opportunity to optimize our margin profile and cash generation in coming years.”
• “Our advanced automation operations provide solutions focused on the design, engineering, assembly, integration, and distribution of machine vision, collaborative robots, mobile robots, RFID (radio-frequency identification), 6 Table of Contents industrial networking, motion control, and machine learning technologies for OEMs, machine builders, integrators, and other industrial and technology end...”
• “Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage information systems or data on such systems change frequently and are becoming increasingly sophisticated, particularly with the expanded use of artificial intelligence, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate measures to prevent unauthorized access to our information...”

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 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20241median 4
• Fiscal 20251median 10
• Fiscal 20264

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

• Both counted segments resolve to the machinery wholesale pattern and are merged; the 300 in other are not described and stay inside.
• The geography table shows other countries at 100% and is not usable; the country counts come from the filing.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000109563-26-000033, 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.