Brady Corporation (BRC)

Identification labels, printers and safety products maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026, filed September 3, 2026. Ranked 61 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Brady’s approximately 6,325 employees, 72% outside the United States, make identification labels, printers, signs and safety products, split by description between miscellaneous manufacturing and converted paper.

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: 19% now, 28% at the end of 2027, 31% at the end of 2028, 31% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 31% desk work, 14% people work and 55% 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), 23% becomes checking a model's work and 8% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

6,325 employees as of July 31, 2026 (stated). Approximately 1,750 of 6,325 employees are in the United States and 4,575 outside it, by the filing.

The filing: “As of July 31, 2026, the Company employed approximately 6,325 individuals worldwide, of which approximately 1,750 were employed in the United States and approximately 4,575 were employed outside the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 6,325 employees, 1,750 in the United States and 4,575 outside; the pay ratio section counts 5,660 full-time and part-time employees at its own determination date; manufacturing, distribution and headquarters operations; no union count stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Miscellaneous 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.

• 3M Company (MMM, 60,500 employees)21% now, 37% by 2028
• Mattel, Inc. (MAT, 31,000 employees)23% now, 37% by 2028
• Newell Brands Inc. (NWL, 21,900 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028
• Acushnet Holdings Corp. (GOLF, 7,300 employees)21% now, 34% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 15 times, as risks: business models built on AI, and the need to integrate AI and automation into its processes.

• “For Brady, uncertainties arise from: Ability to integrate the Productivity Solutions and Services ("PSS") acquisition while minimizing operational disruptions Our increased indebtedness, financial condition and fulfillment of obligations thereunder Increased cost of materials, labor, material shortages and supply chain disruptions, including as a result of tariffs or other impacts of the global...”
• “Competition may force us to reduce prices or incur additional costs to remain competitive in an environment in which business models, including the development and use of AI technologies, are changing rapidly.”
• “The use of AI and the failure to effectively integrate AI and automation into our business processes could hinder our operational efficiency and adversely affect our business and financial results.”
• “We have made investments in developing and implementing AI to streamline internal workflows and enhance operational decision-making.”
• “We believe that the effective use of AI within our internal business processes, including supply chain management, administrative functions, and data analysis is critical to our ability to maintain a competitive cost structure and achieve long-term success.”

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 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20252median 10
• Fiscal 202615

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 product line; the split between identification products and labels is by description.
• The segment table shows one line at 100% and is not usable.
• The headcount series rose from 5,700 to 6,400 in 2025 with acquisitions, the PSS acquisition the latest.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000746598-26-000044, 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.