The Workforce AI Index · Basic Materials
CRH plc (CRH)
Building materials maker, counted by division. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-18. Ranked 4 of the 5 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 83,032 people, 49,828 in the Americas and 33,204 international, and nothing by kind of operation, so the split follows its description and 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: 14% now, 20% at the end of 2027, 22% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 10% people work and 67% 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 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 20% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
83,032 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). The filing counts 49,828 people in its Americas Division across 48 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces; no U.S. count on its own.
The filing: “In 2025, we employed 83,032 people at 3,961 locations in 28 countries, of which 49,828 were in the Americas Division and 33,204 in the International Division.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 45% | By description (c): cement, concrete and asphalt products made at the 3,961 locations the filing counts, the industry its SIC code names, with no count by kind of operation. |
| Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | 30% | By revenue (c): services at 23% of revenue, the paving and construction work the filing describes, weighted up for its staffing, with no count of its own. |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | 25% | By description (c): the aggregates quarries and mining operations the filing names among its operations subject to mine safety rules, with no count of their own. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 83,032 people at 3,961 locations in 28 countries, 49,828 in the Americas Division and 33,204 in the International Division; seasonal peaks and troughs; both unionized and non-unionized workplaces; a lost-time incident rate of 0.31 in 2025.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Nonmetallic Mineral Product 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.
- Corning Inc (GLW, 67,200 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 4 sentences: an investment in VODA.ai for water asset management, AI-driven predictive analytics for pipe condition, and AI among its research initiatives.
- “Our strategic investment in VODA.ai expands our capabilities in water asset management with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technology.”
- “This platform helps utilities manage aging water infrastructure by providing AI-driven predictive analytics to assess pipe condition and risk across transmission, distribution, and collection systems.”
- “To date, research initiatives across the Company include hydrogen use, CO 2 mineralization projects, novel cements, AI technology and Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS); CRH Ventures, the Company's venture capital arm, invests in, and partners with, construction technology and climate technology companies across the construction value chain to pilot and scale new technologies and innovatio...”
- “In addition, as cybersecurity threats evolve, including from emerging technologies, such as advanced forms of AI and quantum computing, the Company is increasingly required to expend additional resources to enhance our cybersecurity protection measures and may be required to expend additional resources to investigate and remediate identified vulnerabilities.”
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 | 83,032 | 2026-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 79,800 | 2025-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 78,500 | 2024-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 77,520 | 2023-03-10 | 20-F |
| 2021-12-31 | 77,400 | 2022-03-11 | 20-F |
| 2020-12-31 | 77,100 | 2021-03-12 | 20-F |
| 2019-12-31 | 80,300 | 2020-03-06 | 20-F |
| 2018-12-31 | 17,800 | 2019-03-08 | 20-F |
| 2017-12-31 | 5,304 | 2018-03-09 | 20-F |
| 2016-12-31 | 27,000 | 2017-03-10 | 20-F |
| 2015-12-31 | 16,100 | 2016-03-16 | 20-F |
| 2014-12-31 | 19,100 | 2015-03-12 | 20-F |
| 2013-12-31 | 76,000 | 2014-03-13 | 20-F |
| 2012-12-31 | 10,700 | 2013-03-27 | 20-F |
| 2011-12-31 | 11,600 | 2012-03-28 | 20-F |
| 2010-12-31 | not read | 2011-03-31 | 20-F |
| 2009-12-31 | 18,500 | 2010-04-01 | 20-F |
| 2008-12-31 | 21,300 | 2009-05-08 | 20-F |
| 2007-12-31 | 23,500 | 2008-05-13 | 20-F |
| 2006-12-31 | 19,000 | 2007-05-03 | 20-F |
| 2005-12-31 | 14,600 | 2006-05-30 | 20-F |
| 2004-12-31 | 14,300 | 2005-06-29 | 20-F |
| 2003-12-31 | 54,239 | 2004-06-04 | 20-F |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts people by division, not by kind of operation; the split between products, paving and quarrying rests on description and revenue (c).
- The U.S. share is not stated; the Americas Division includes Canada.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-009043, 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.
Questions about this company
- How much of CRH plc's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 14% now and 22% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce CRH plc'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 CRH plc employ?
- 83,032 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up CRH plc's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 10% people work and 67% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does CRH plc's annual report say about AI?
- 4 sentences in the filing name AI. 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 1, 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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