BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (BXC)
Building products wholesale distributor. Read November 11, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 40 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
35%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
40%
Employees, annual report
2,160
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
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now35%
- End of 202739%
- End of 202840%
- End of 203040%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 59%
- Becomes checking a model's work 28%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
A building products distributor with one business; the filing states one total and the union share.
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: 35% now, 39% at the end of 2027, 40% at the end of 2028, 40% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 40% desk work, 21% people work and 38% 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 59% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% 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
2,160 employees as of January 3, 2026 (stated). The excerpt does not say where associates work.
The filing: “As of January 3, 2026, we employed approximately 2,160 associates and less than one percent of our associates are employed on a part-time basis.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) | 100% | By description (c): a wholesale distributor of lumber, panels and other building products, with material handlers and drivers in its branches; no count by function. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 21% of associates are represented by local labor unions; less than one percent work part-time.
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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Ferguson plc (FERG, 35,000 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
- Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW, 22,230 employees)37% now, 44% by 2028
- WESCO International, Inc. (WCC, 21,000 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS, 15,700 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
- Avnet, Inc. (AVT, 15,040 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
- QXO, Inc. (QXO, 7,794 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
- Boise Cascade Company (BCC, 7,680 employees)28% now, 32% by 2028
- Watsco, Inc. (WSO, 7,050 employees)35% now, 40% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it is in the early stages of integrating artificial intelligence into its business and names the risks.
- “In addition, we are in the early stages of integrating artificial intelligence ("AI") into our business to support our business operations.”
- “Our development and adoption of AI and other new technologies may present new technological threats, vulnerabilities and uncertainties, which may expose us to legal, reputational and financial harm.”
- “Factors associated with our industry, the operation of our business, and the markets for our products may cause our quarterly financial results to fluctuate, including: general economic conditions, including but not limited to housing starts, construction labor shortages, repair and remodel activity and commercial construction, foreclosure rates, interest rates, unemployment rates and job and w...”
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 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20253median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | 2,160 | 2026-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-28 | 2,000 | 2025-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-30 | 2,000 | 2024-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 2,100 | 2023-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-01 | 2,055 | 2022-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-02 | 2,100 | 2021-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-28 | 2,200 | 2020-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-29 | 2,400 | 2019-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-30 | 1,500 | 2018-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 1,600 | 2017-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-02 | 1,600 | 2016-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2015-01-03 | 1,700 | 2015-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2014-01-04 | 1,700 | 2014-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-29 | 1,868 | 2013-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 1,860 | 2012-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-01 | 1,940 | 2011-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-02 | 1,900 | 2010-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-03 | 2,100 | 2009-03-06 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-29 | 2,800 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-30 | 3,300 | 2007-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 3,600 | 2006-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2005-01-01 | 3,400 | 2005-03-22 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by function; one pattern by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-011136, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.2 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 BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 35% now and 40% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce BlueLinx Holdings 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 BlueLinx Holdings Inc. employ?
- 2,160 as of January 3, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only); by those patterns the work is about 40% desk work, 21% people work and 38% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 3 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 3 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 5.2 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 11, 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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