CDW Corporation (CDW)
IT reseller, 76% in the U.S. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 20, 2026. Ranked 27 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
28%
End of 2028
53%
Employees, annual report
14,800
Leading staffing pattern
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now28%
- End of 202746%
- End of 202853%
- End of 203056%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 44%
- Becomes checking a model's work 42%
- Handed over with lighter checks 11%
The filing states 14,800 coworkers, 11,200 in the US, selling hardware, software and services to business and public customers, so the wholesale pattern leads by the revenue mix.
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: 28% now, 46% at the end of 2027, 53% at the end of 2028, 56% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 56% desk work, 26% people work and 19% 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 44% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 42% becomes checking a model's work and 11% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
14,800 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 11,200 of 14,800 coworkers in the US (76%) and 3,600 in international locations, stated.
The filing: “We have approximately 14,800 coworkers across the globe, with 11,200 coworkers in the US and 3,600 coworkers in international locations.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 90% | Hardware is 72% of net sales and software products 19%, sold by account managers to business, government, education and healthcare customers, which NAICS counts as computer and software wholesalers (4234), read by description (c) as Arrow's enterprise computing segment was. |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services | 10% | Services are 9% of net sales, the integration, managed and professional services the company delivers with its products, read at computer systems design by the revenue mix (c); the filing counts no coworkers by function. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 11,200 in the US and 3,600 abroad; no coworker represented by a union; more than half of US net sales from account managers with over seven years of tenure; a new ERP system in 2025.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Medline Inc. (MDLN, 45,000 employees)24% now, 45% by 2028
- Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC, 25,000 employees)27% now, 51% by 2028
- TD Synnex Corp (SNX, 24,000 employees)28% now, 51% by 2028
- Ingram Micro Holding Corporation (INGM, 22,200 employees)28% now, 51% by 2028
- Avantor, Inc. (AVTR, 13,500 employees)23% now, 41% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
29 sentences in the filing name AI. Twenty-nine sentences: the company expects AI, with hybrid and cloud computing, to fuel IT demand, names AI-incorporating solutions among the evolving competitive landscape, and offers its coworkers AI proficiency training.
- “These factors include, among others: relationships with our vendor partners and wholesale distributors and the terms of their agreements; the ability of vendor partners, wholesale distributors, and third-party providers to fulfill their responsibilities and commitments and our reliance on certain key vendor partners and wholesale distributors; our dependence on the continued innovations in tech...”
- “We believe that demand for IT will outpace general economic growth in the markets we serve, fueled by new technologies, including hybrid and cloud computing and artificial intelligence ("AI"), as well as growing end-user demand for security, efficiency, and productivity.”
- “We expect the competitive landscape to continue to evolve as new technologies and consumption models emerge, such as cloud-based and other "as a service" solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure, embedded software solutions, and solutions that incorporate AI.”
- “We enable our customers with AI solutions that empower their end users and drive efficiency in business-critical functions.”
- “Leveraging expertise in cloud-native deployment, DevOps, AI, and automation, we help customers improve business outcomes through scalable and secure technology implementations.”
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 20212median 0
- Fiscal 20221median 0
- Fiscal 20238median 1
- Fiscal 202417median 4
- Fiscal 202529median 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 | 14,800 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 15,100 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 15,100 | 2024-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 15,100 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 13,900 | 2022-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 10,000 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 9,900 | 2020-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 9,019 | 2019-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 8,726 | 2018-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 8,516 | 2017-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 8,465 | 2016-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 7,211 | 2015-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 5,000 | 2014-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 6,800 | 2013-03-08 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | not read | 2012-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 6,200 | 2011-03-04 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector found no headcount sentence; the human capital section states 14,800 coworkers (rule 2).
- No count by function: the split between reselling and services follows the revenue mix (c).
- The data service's geography table (Non-US 100%) fails the checks and was not used.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001402057-26-000011, 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 CDW Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 28% now and 53% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce CDW Corporation'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 CDW Corporation employ?
- 14,800 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 76% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up CDW Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; by those patterns the work is about 56% desk work, 26% people work and 19% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does CDW Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 29 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 2, 1, 8, 17 and 29 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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