CBIZ, Inc. (CBZ)
Accounting, tax, advisory and benefits firm, 140 locations. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 5 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
34%
End of 2028
71%
Employees, annual report
9,500
Leading staffing pattern
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now34%
- End of 202759%
- End of 202871%
- End of 203076%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 24%
- Becomes checking a model's work 62%
- Handed over with lighter checks 9%
CBIZ states more than 9,500 team members across more than 140 locations at December 31, 2025, in Financial Services (83% of revenue) and Benefits and Insurance Services (15%) with no count by segment, so the accounting and advisory practices take most of the workforce and the benefits and insurance practices the rest by revenue (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: 34% now, 59% at the end of 2027, 71% at the end of 2028, 76% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 76% desk work, 19% people work and 5% 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 24% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 62% 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
9,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing describes team members nationwide across more than 140 locations in 23 U.S. markets; no count by country is stated.
The filing: “With more than 9,500 team members nationwide, we prioritize our culture and invest in continuous learning, leadership development, and operational excellence to sustain our long-term growth.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | 85% | The Financial Services segment, accounting, tax, advisory and related practices, is 83% of revenue, and the filing counts no team members by segment, so it takes that share with the small National Practices segment by revenue (c). |
| Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities | 15% | The Benefits and Insurance Services segment, employee benefits and property and casualty brokerage, is 15% of revenue with no employee count, so it takes that share by revenue (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: More than 9,500 team members across more than 140 locations; the count rose from 6,700 in 2023 with the Marcum combination; no union share is stated.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP, 67,000 employees)30% now, 68% by 2028
- Paychex, Inc. (PAYX, 17,600 employees)31% now, 65% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI among a chief digital officer's responsibilities and rapid changes in AI, blockchain and automation as increasing the competitive landscape.
- “Scavuzzo's responsibilities apply to projects related to transformation, innovation, artificial intelligence, business intelligence and data analytics as well as overseeing the organization's Technology business division.”
- “Additionally, rapid changes in artificial intelligence, block chain-based technology, automation and related innovations are increasing the competitiveness landscape.”
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 20211median 0
- Fiscal 20221median 0
- Fiscal 20231median 1
- Fiscal 20242median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 9,500 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 10,000 | 2025-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 6,700 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 6,500 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 6,000 | 2022-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 4,800 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 4,800 | 2020-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 4,800 | 2019-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 4,600 | 2018-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 4,600 | 2017-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 4,400 | 2016-03-08 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 4,200 | 2015-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 4,100 | 2014-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 5,200 | 2013-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 5,100 | 2012-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 5,250 | 2011-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 5,700 | 2010-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 6,000 | 2009-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 5,500 | 2008-03-17 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 5,200 | 2007-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 4,700 | 2006-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 4,900 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 4,700 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 4,900 | 2003-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 4,900 | 2002-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 5,300 | 2001-04-02 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 5,500 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 4,200 | 1999-03-04 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 1,200 | 1998-02-18 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 451 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment: the shares are by revenue (c).
- The U.S. share rests on the filing's description, not a stated count.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000944148-26-000038, 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 CBIZ, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 34% now and 71% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce CBIZ, 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 CBIZ, Inc. employ?
- 9,500 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 100% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up CBIZ, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services; by those patterns the work is about 76% desk work, 19% people work and 5% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does CBIZ, 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 1, 1, 1, 2 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 19, 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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