Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)

Toothpaste, soap and pet food maker, mostly abroad. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 23, 2026. Ranked 15 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states approximately 33,600 employees in over 100 countries, over 84% outside the United States, with no count by segment, so the two segments take their shares of net sales (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: 19% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 32% at the end of 2028, 33% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 33% desk work, 13% people work and 54% 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 66% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 27% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

33,600 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). At most 16%: the filing says over 84% of employees are outside the United States; North America is 17%.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 33,600 employees based in over 100 countries.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 33,600 employees in over 100 countries: Asia Pacific 33%, Latin America 31%, North America 17%, Europe 15%, Africa/Eurasia 4%; functions from manufacturing to management; certain employees represented by unions or works councils.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 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.

• PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG, 43,500 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

22 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names leading in data, analytics and artificial intelligence as one of the capabilities in its growth strategy, and AI with e-commerce as what has brought new competitors selling direct to consumers.

• “We do this by leveraging the global reach and penetration of our brands; building the incremental benefit of superior, science-based innovation supported by an agile and resilient supply chain; harnessing the power of best-in-class omni-channel demand generation; leading in capabilities such as data, analytics and artificial intelligence ("AI"); and evolving our high-impact, inclusive culture.”
• “For further information regarding the impact of changes in commodity prices, see Item 1A, "Risk Factors - Volatility in material and other costs has in the past and may continue to adversely impact our profitability" and Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Our products are sold in a highly competitive global omni-channel marketplace t...”
• “In addition, the substantial growth in eCommerce and the use of AI have encouraged the entry of new competitors, some of which sell products direct-to-consumer.”
• “We are also subject to laws and regulations relating to sustainability, labor and employment practices, AI and taxation.”
• “In addition, the substantial growth in eCommerce and the use of AI have encouraged the entry of new competitors, some of which sell products direct-to-consumer. 7 We face competition in several aspects of our business, including pricing, promotional activities, new product introductions and expansion into new geographies and channels.”

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 20238median 1
• Fiscal 202411median 4
• Fiscal 202522median 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

• Shares by segment revenue (c): the filing counts employees by region, not by segment.
• The U.S. share is an upper bound: over 84% of employees are outside the United States.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000021665-26-000006, 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.