Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA)

Coatings maker, 42 plants, 25% U.S. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 5 of the 43 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Axalta states approximately 12,300 team members at December 31, 2025, 25% in the U.S., across 42 manufacturing facilities and four technology centers in one coatings business, so one pattern takes the whole workforce by description (c).

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, 31% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% 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), 28% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

12,300 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states 25% of team members based in the U.S. and 75% in international locations; 45% in the Americas, 36% in EMEA and 19% in Asia Pacific.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 12,300 team members, inclusive of team members added from recent acquisitions, with 25% of our team members based in the U.S. and 75% based in international locations.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 1,300 team members are dedicated to technology development, a function count kept inside the pattern; the roles named are management professionals, scientists, technicians, engineers, sales representatives, operators, supply chain experts, and administrative and customer service professionals; 42 manufacturing facilities and four technology centers.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 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.

• PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG, 43,500 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
• Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL, 33,600 employees)20% now, 33% by 2028
• Kenvue Inc. (KVUE, 22,000 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
• RPM International Inc. (RPM, 17,546 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
• Coty Inc. (COTY, 11,335 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
• The Clorox Company (CLX, 9,200 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
• H.B. Fuller Company (FUL, 7,100 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: uncertainty in the development, deployment and use of AI in its products, services and business more broadly, and AI capabilities that may lead to more sophisticated cyber attacks.

• “Uncertainty in the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in our products and services, as well as our business more broadly, could adversely affect our business and reputation.”
• “Geopolitical tensions or conflicts may further heighten the risk of cyber attacks, and the emergence and maturation of artificial intelligence capabilities may also lead to more sophisticated methods of attack.”
• “Lastly, if we do not effectively implement the ERP system as planned or the ERP system does not operate as intended, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting could be negatively affected. 29 Table of Contents Uncertainty in the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in our products and services, as well as our business more broadly, could adversely...”
• “Artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies may enable disruption in our industry and threaten our competitive positioning.”
• “We use systems and tools that incorporate technologies based on AI, including systems and tools that may include generative AI for customers and our workforce.”

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 202312median 1
• Fiscal 202415median 4
• Fiscal 202515median 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

• No count by segment or kind of work: the one pattern is by description (c); the Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings segments are both coatings.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-008008, 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.