Atkore Inc. (ATKR)
Electrical conduit and metal framing maker, 85% U.S. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025, filed November 26, 2025. Ranked 171 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
30%
Employees, annual report
5,400
Leading staffing pattern
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202726%
- End of 202830%
- End of 203032%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 68%
- Becomes checking a model's work 26%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing states about 5,400 full-time equivalents, 85 percent in the United States, at 38 plants making electrical raceway and metal framing products, with no count by segment, 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: 17% now, 26% at the end of 2027, 30% at the end of 2028, 32% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 32% desk work, 14% people work and 54% 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 68% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 26% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
5,400 employees as of September 30, 2025 (full-time equivalent). The filing states that about 15% of employees are at international locations in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The filing: “As of September 30, 2025, we employed approximately 5,400 full-time equivalent employees of whom approximately 6% are temporary or contract workers.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | 55% | By description (c): the Electrical segment, 70 percent of revenue, makes metal electrical conduit, armored cable and fittings at its plants; the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing | 15% | By description (c): the Electrical segment also makes PVC conduit and plastic pipe, a plastics product line; no count by plant. |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) | 20% | By description (c): the Safety and Infrastructure segment, 30 percent of revenue, makes metal framing and cable management products; no count by segment. |
| Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel | 10% | By description (c): the Safety and Infrastructure segment also makes mechanical steel tube from purchased steel; no count by plant. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 5,400 full-time equivalents, about 6% of them temporary or contract workers; a significant percentage work at 38 manufacturing facilities; about 20% are represented by a union, all in the United States or Canada (about 1,105 employees).
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Electrical Equipment and Component 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.
- Hubbell Incorporated (HUBB, 18,000 employees)17% now, 36% by 2028
- Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (AEIS, 13,000 employees)17% now, 33% by 2028
- nVent Electric plc (NVT, 12,000 employees)17% now, 33% by 2028
- EnerSys (ENS, 9,682 employees)17% now, 33% by 2028
- Belden Inc. (BDC, 8,000 employees)18% now, 39% by 2028
- Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR, 6,050 employees)18% now, 33% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI among risks: competitors may use data analytics, machine learning and AI software more effectively, and AI capabilities may raise the risk of cybersecurity attacks.
- “There is also increasing use of data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence software, which our competitors may be able to use or implement more effectively than we are able to do.”
- “The risk of cybersecurity attacks may increase as artificial intelligence capabilities improve and are increasingly used to identify vulnerabilities and construct increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks.”
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 20215median 0
- Fiscal 20225median 0
- Fiscal 20236median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20252median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 5,400 | 2025-11-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-30 | 5,600 | 2024-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 5,600 | 2023-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 5,000 | 2022-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2021-09-30 | 4,000 | 2021-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2020-09-30 | 3,700 | 2020-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-30 | 3,900 | 2019-11-22 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-30 | 3,500 | 2018-11-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-30 | 3,500 | 2017-11-29 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 3,200 | 2016-11-29 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The count is full-time equivalents and includes about 6% temporary or contract workers the filing does not count apart (rule 8), recorded as stated.
- No count by segment or plant; the split by description follows the two segments' product lines.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-25-054049, 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 Atkore Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 30% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Atkore 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 Atkore Inc. employ?
- 5,400 as of September 30, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025 states, in full-time equivalents. About 85% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Atkore Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 32% desk work, 14% people work and 54% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Atkore Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 5, 5, 6, 0 and 2 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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