Cadre Holdings, Inc. (CDRE)

Safety equipment maker with counted functions. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 10, 2026. Ranked 91 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 2,533 employees by function, 1,805 of them in manufacturing, so the safety equipment making leads at the medical equipment and supplies group, the 246 in corporate and executive functions take management of companies, the distribution services a wholesale share and the 27 retail associates a retail pattern.

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: 32% now, 39% at the end of 2027, 41% at the end of 2028, 41% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 41% desk work, 17% people work and 42% 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 55% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 37% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

2,533 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; the filing names sites in the United States, Canada, Italy and elsewhere without counts by country.

The filing: “We have a total of 2,533 employees. Of these employees, 1,805 were engaged in manufacturing, 236 in sales, marketing, product management and customer support, 211 in corporate functions (IT, Finance, HR, Legal and Compliance, etc.), 219 in R&D, technical engineering, manufacturing engineering and project management, 27 retail store associates and 35 in various executive and administrative functions.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 2,533 employees: 1,805 in manufacturing, 236 in sales, marketing, product management and customer support, 211 in corporate functions, 219 in R&D and engineering, 27 retail store associates and 35 in executive and administrative functions; none in a union; research groups at manufacturing sites in Ontario, California, Ottawa and Jacksonville.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Medical Equipment and Supplies 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Abbott Laboratories (ABT, 115,000 employees)28% now, 37% by 2028
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX, 72,000 employees)29% now, 38% by 2028
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX, 59,000 employees)32% now, 44% by 2028
• Stryker Corporation (SYK, 56,000 employees)30% now, 41% by 2028
• Baxter International Inc. (BAX, 37,500 employees)30% now, 39% by 2028
• Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN, 20,290 employees)29% now, 38% by 2028
• Solventum Corporation (SOLV, 20,000 employees)33% now, 45% by 2028
• STERIS plc (STE, 17,937 employees)33% now, 41% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

5 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: it and its employees, suppliers and partners may use automated decision-making tools and artificial intelligence including generative AI in product development, customer service, procurement and back-office functions, with risks of errors, bias and unauthorized disclosure.

• “Our use of emerging technologies (including artificial intelligence) and reliance on third-party service providers could expose us to operational, regulatory, intellectual property, and reputational risks.”
• “We may use, or our employees, suppliers and business partners may use, emerging technologies, including automated decision-making tools and artificial intelligence ("AI") systems (including generative AI), in areas such as product development, customer service, procurement, security, and back-office functions.”
• “The use of such tools may introduce risks, including errors or hallucinated outputs, bias, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or personal data, loss of intellectual property or trade secrets, infringement allegations, and failures to comply with evolving laws and regulations governing AI, privacy, consumer protection, and workplace practices.”
• “In addition, reliance on third-party AI providers and other vendors may increase concentration and resiliency risks, including outages, changes in terms of service, model behavior changes, or restrictions on use.”
• “We design and assess our program based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF and AI Risk Management Framework) and seek to follow industry best practices to identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks relevant to our business.”

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 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20255median 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

• The 219 in R&D, technical and manufacturing engineering and project management are a bundled engineering count and stay inside the manufacturing pattern.
• The distribution services share is by description from the revenue line (c); the filing counts no distribution staff apart.
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-025862, 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.