Chewy, Inc. (CHWY)
Online pet retailer. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending February 1, 2026, filed March 25, 2026. Ranked 15 of the 104 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
24%
End of 2028
31%
Employees, annual report
18,000
Leading staffing pattern
Warehousing and Storage
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now24%
- End of 202730%
- End of 202831%
- End of 203032%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 68%
- Becomes checking a model's work 19%
- Handed over with lighter checks 11%
18,000 full-time and part-time employees at an online pet retailer, read as fulfillment warehouses, customer service and the retail business by description since the filing counts no employees by function.
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: 24% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 31% at the end of 2028, 32% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 32% desk work, 16% people work and 52% 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), 19% 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
18,000 employees as of February 1, 2026 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; the business it describes is in the United States.
The filing: “We employed approximately 18,000 full-time and part-time employees as of February 1, 2026 and engage staffing agencies to supplement our workforce.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and Storage | 60% | The fulfillment centers, where the filing describes investments in automation and AI across its distribution network, the largest part of an online retailer's workforce by description (c); the filing counts no employees by function. |
| Business Support Services | 20% | The customer service operation that the filing's mission statement puts at the center of the business, read at business support services (contact centers) by description (c). |
| Other Miscellaneous Retailers | 20% | The retail business itself, merchandising, pharmacy and corporate work, read at the pet supplies retailers' group by description (c); NAICS places pet and pet supplies retailers here. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 18,000 full-time and part-time employees as of February 1, 2026, supplemented by staffing agency workers who are outside the count; no employees represented by a union; no full-time or part-time split stated.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Warehousing and Storage, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Amazon (AMZN, 1,576,000 employees)19% now, 33% by 2028
- MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI, 123,670 employees)23% now, 41% by 2028
- Coupang, Inc. (CPNG, 108,000 employees)18% now, 21% by 2028
- GXO Logistics, Inc. (GXO, 105,000 employees)17% now, 22% by 2028
- Ryder System, Inc. (R, 51,600 employees)18% now, 23% by 2028
- Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM, 29,400 employees)19% now, 28% by 2028
- Lineage, Inc. (LINE, 24,000 employees)17% now, 22% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
12 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in twelve sentences: investments in automation and artificial intelligence technologies within its fulfillment centers to drive efficiency across its distribution network, a risk that the development of AI technologies changes how consumers use search engines, and the risk factors around them.
- “Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, our ability to: sustain our recent growth rates and successfully manage challenges to our future growth, incl...”
- “Additionally, our investments in automation and artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies within our fulfillment centers drive efficiency across our distribution network.”
- “If there are changes in the usage and functioning of search engines or decreases in consumer use of search engines, for example, as a result of the continued development of AI technologies, this could negatively impact our websites.”
- “We expect AI technologies to become increasingly important to e-commerce businesses.”
- “As our competitors develop and expand their strategic use of AI, our operations and profitability could be adversely impacted if we fail to utilize those technologies.”
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 202410median 4
- Fiscal 202512median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | 18,000 | 2026-03-25 | 10-K |
| 2025-02-02 | 18,000 | 2025-03-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-01-28 | 18,100 | 2024-03-20 | 10-K |
| 2023-01-29 | 19,400 | 2023-03-22 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-30 | 21,300 | 2022-03-29 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-31 | 18,500 | 2021-03-30 | 10-K |
| 2020-02-02 | 12,000 | 2020-04-02 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector found no count in the filing's text; the human capital section states about 18,000 (rule 2).
- The filing counts no employees by function, so the shares are by description (c).
- Staffing agency workers are outside the count under rule 8.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001766502-26-000034, 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 Chewy, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 24% now and 31% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Chewy, 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 Chewy, Inc. employ?
- 18,000 as of February 1, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending February 1, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Chewy, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Warehousing and Storage; by those patterns the work is about 32% desk work, 16% people work and 52% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Chewy, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 12 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 1, 10 and 12 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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