Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW)
Electronic components and IT distribution. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 11, 2026. Ranked 18 of the 70 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
26%
End of 2028
43%
Employees, annual report
22,230
Leading staffing pattern
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now26%
- End of 202739%
- End of 202843%
- End of 203044%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 55%
- Becomes checking a model's work 31%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
A distributor whose filing states its total and a regional headcount table but nothing by segment, so the two wholesale patterns follow segment revenue.
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: 26% now, 39% at the end of 2027, 43% at the end of 2028, 44% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 44% desk work, 23% people work and 33% 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 55% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% 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
22,230 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts by region, not by country: Americas 5,860, EMEA 8,020, Asia/Pacific 8,350; 34% of 2025 revenue was in the United States.
The filing: “The company and its affiliates employed approximately 22,230 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2025.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) | 70% | By (c): the Global Components segment was 70% of 2025 revenue; distributing electronic components to manufacturers is electrical and electronic goods wholesale, in this durable goods group, and the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 30% | By (c): the Global ECS segment (30% of 2025 revenue) distributes enterprise computing, software and cloud solutions, computer and software wholesale in this group; the filing counts no employees by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Headcount by region: Americas 5,860, EMEA 8,020, Asia/Pacific 8,350; over 70% of open manager-level and above positions were filled internally in 2025 and 2024. No hourly, part-time or union counts are stated.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Ferguson plc (FERG, 35,000 employees)26% now, 39% by 2028
- WESCO International, Inc. (WCC, 21,000 employees)26% now, 39% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
11 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's AI sentences are risk factors: failing to invest in and implement digital, AI and other technological developments, or to maintain its digital platforms, cloud platforms and AI tools to keep pace with competitors, could hurt its sales and its ability to keep customers.
- “Glossary of Selected Abbreviated Terms* Abbreviated Term Defined Term AFC Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation AI Artificial Intelligence ASU Accounting Standard Update BIS Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S.”
- “Refer to "Business environment and other trends" in Item 7 for a further discussion of these multi-year distribution agreements. If the company fails to successfully invest in and implement digital, AI, and other technological developments, or its suppliers are not able to continue to offer competitive components and electronic computing solutions, it could materially adversely impact results...”
- “If the company is unable to sufficiently maintain and enhance its digital platforms, cloud platforms, and AI tools to keep pace with competitors and align with evolving customer and supplier expectations and demands, there could be an adverse impact on the company's sales revenues and ability to retain existing, and attract new, customers.”
- “" Additionally, laws and regulations concerning the use of AI are rapidly evolving and create uncertainty.”
- “Compliance with these laws and regulations may impose significant operational costs or limit the manner in which the company can utilize systems that incorporate AI technologies. The company's revenues originate primarily from the sales of semiconductor, IP&E, and IT hardware and software products, the sales of which are traditionally cyclical and may be impacted by shortages and other disrup...”
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 20247median 4
- Fiscal 202511median 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 | 22,230 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 21,520 | 2025-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 22,100 | 2024-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 22,300 | 2023-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 20,700 | 2022-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 19,600 | 2021-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 19,300 | 2020-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 20,100 | 2019-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 18,800 | 2018-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 18,700 | 2017-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 18,500 | 2016-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 17,000 | 2015-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 16,500 | 2014-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 16,500 | 2013-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 15,700 | 2012-02-01 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 12,700 | 2011-02-02 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 11,300 | 2010-02-03 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 12,700 | 2009-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 12,600 | 2008-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | not read | 2007-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 11,400 | 2006-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 11,500 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 11,200 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 11,700 | 2003-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 12,400 | 2002-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 12,200 | 2001-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 11,200 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 9,700 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 9,800 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 7,900 | 1997-03-27 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-12-31 | 7,200 | 1996-03-28 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-12-31 | 6,500 | 1995-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1993-12-31 | 4,600 | 1994-03-30 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Pattern shares rest on segment revenue (c); the filing counts employees by region, not by segment.
- The U.S. share is not stated; the Americas region holds 26% of the headcount.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-012765, 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 Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 26% now and 43% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Arrow Electronics, Inc.'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 Arrow Electronics, Inc. employ?
- 22,230 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only); by those patterns the work is about 44% desk work, 23% people work and 33% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 11 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 7 and 11 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 19, 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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