The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Cyclical
AutoZone, Inc. (AZO)
Auto parts stores with stated function shares. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-08-30, filed 2025-10-27. Ranked 18 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
An auto parts retailer whose filing states the share of its people in stores and field supervision, in distribution centers and in store support, so all three patterns come from stated shares.
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: 18% now, 23% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 16% people work and 60% 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 76% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% 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
130,000 employees as of 2025-08-30 (stated). Approximately 19,000 of the 130,000 are employed in international operations, so about 85% are in the United States.
The filing: “As of August 30, 2025, we employed approximately 130,000 AutoZoners, approximately 60 percent of whom were employed full-time and the remaining 40 percent were employed part-time.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers | 91% | By (a): the filing states that approximately 91 percent of AutoZoners were employed in stores or in direct field supervision. |
| Warehousing and Storage | 6% | By (a): the filing states that approximately six percent were employed in distribution centers. |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 3% | By (a): the filing states that approximately three percent were employed in store support and other functions, a corporate share stated (rule 6). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 60 percent full-time and 40 percent part-time; approximately 19,000 in international operations.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY, 92,923 employees)18% now, 24% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI only in its competition and information security risk factors; it describes no use of its own.
- “Business" above for additional information regarding our competitive environment. Although we believe we compete effectively, our competitors may have greater financial resources allowing them to invest more in their business, greater sourcing capabilities allowing them to sell merchandise at lower prices, larger stores with more merchandise, longer operating histories with deeper customer re...”
- “While such incidents have not been material to date, any future incident could significantly disrupt our operations and key business processes, result in the impairment or loss of critical data, be costly and resource-intensive to remedy; harm our reputation and relationship with customers, AutoZoners, vendors and other stakeholders; and have a material adverse impact on our business and operat...”
- “Furthermore, we accept payments using a variety of methods, including credit, debit, electronic payments and gift cards, which present information security risks, and we may offer new payment options in the future presenting new risks of which we are currently unaware. While addressing vulnerabilities is a priority for us, the methods used to obtain unauthorized access are constantly evolving...”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | 130,000 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K |
| 2024-08-31 | 126,000 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K |
| 2023-08-26 | 119,000 | 2023-10-24 | 10-K |
| 2022-08-27 | 112,000 | 2022-10-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-08-28 | 100,000 | 2021-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-08-29 | 100,000 | 2020-10-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-08-31 | 96,000 | 2019-10-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-08-25 | 90,000 | 2018-10-24 | 10-K |
| 2017-08-26 | 87,000 | 2017-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2016-08-27 | 84,000 | 2016-10-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-08-29 | 81,000 | 2015-10-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-08-30 | 76,000 | 2014-10-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-08-31 | 71,000 | 2013-10-28 | 10-K |
| 2012-08-25 | 70,000 | 2012-10-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-08-27 | 65,000 | 2011-10-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-08-28 | 63,000 | 2010-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2009-08-29 | 60,000 | 2009-10-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-08-30 | 57,000 | 2008-10-27 | 10-K |
| 2007-08-25 | 55,000 | 2007-10-22 | 10-K |
| 2006-08-26 | 53,000 | 2006-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2005-08-27 | 52,000 | 2005-10-26 | 10-K |
| 2004-08-28 | 49,000 | 2004-10-27 | 10-K |
| 2003-08-30 | 48,000 | 2003-10-30 | 10-K |
| 2002-08-31 | 44,179 | 2002-10-31 | 10-K |
| 2001-08-25 | 44,600 | 2001-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2000-08-26 | 43,000 | 2000-10-27 | 10-K |
| 1999-08-28 | 40,500 | 1999-11-24 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-08-29 | 38,500 | 1998-11-25 | 10-K |
| 1997-08-30 | 28,700 | 1997-11-06 | 10-K |
| 1996-08-31 | 26,800 | 1996-11-27 | 10-K |
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-25-102611, 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.
Questions about this company
- How much of AutoZone, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 24% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce AutoZone, 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 AutoZone, Inc. employ?
- 130,000 as of August 30, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending August 30, 2025 states. About 85% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up AutoZone, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 24% desk work, 16% people work and 60% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does AutoZone, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 3 sentences in the filing name AI. 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 1, 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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