Cintas Corporation (CTAS)
Uniform rental and facility services, 48,100 employee-partners. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed July 29, 2026. Ranked 42 of the 47 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
15%
End of 2028
21%
Employees, annual report
48,100
Leading staffing pattern
Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now15%
- End of 202720%
- End of 202821%
- End of 203022%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 76%
- Becomes checking a model's work 16%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
The filing states one total and a union count, nothing by segment or country, so the laundry, supplies and fire protection shares follow segment 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: 15% now, 20% at the end of 2027, 21% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 14% people work and 64% 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 76% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 16% 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
48,100 employees as of May 31, 2026 (stated). A global workforce; the filing states no count by country.
The filing: “At May 31, 2026, Cintas employed approximately 48,100 employee-partners in our global workforce, of which approximately 800 were represented by labor unions.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Drycleaning and Laundry Services | 80% | Uniform Rental and Facility Services is 77% of revenue and Uniform Direct Sales 3%, the laundering, delivery and sale of uniforms and facility products; the filing states no count by segment, so the share follows revenue (c). |
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 12% | First Aid and Safety Services, 12% of revenue, stocks and sells first aid and safety supplies on routes; by revenue (c), with no count stated. |
| Investigation and Security Services | 8% | Fire Protection Services, 8% of revenue, inspects and services fire protection systems; by revenue (c), with no count stated. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 48,100 employee-partners worldwide, about 800 represented by labor unions; every driver takes monthly safety training; 140 OSHA VPP Star sites.
What the filing says about AI
21 sentences in the filing name AI. Twenty-one sentences, as risks: generative AI among the new technology cybercriminals integrate, and emerging AI and machine learning technologies intensifying cybersecurity risks and making protective measures harder to anticipate.
- “Cyber-security attacks are evolving, and cybercriminals have increasingly demonstrated advanced capabilities, such as zero-day vulnerabilities and rapid integration of new technology such as generative artificial intelligence.”
- “Emerging artificial intelligence technologies may intensify these cybersecurity risks.”
- “The rapid, ongoing evolution and increased adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning may make it more difficult to anticipate and implement protective measures to recognize, detect, and prevent the occurrence of any of the cyber events.”
- “Additionally, we cannot be certain that any insurance coverage will be adequate for cybersecurity liabilities actually incurred, that insurance will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all, or that our insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. 12 Our ability to successfully develop, implement and utilize artificial intelligence and other emerging...”
- “We are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, machine learning, automation and other emerging technologies across various aspects of our business, including customer service, sales and marketing, logistics and route optimization, supply chain management, operational processes, data analytics, software development and internal business functions.”
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 20235median 1
- Fiscal 20247median 4
- Fiscal 202521median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 48,100 | 2026-07-29 | 10-K |
| 2025-05-31 | 48,300 | 2025-07-28 | 10-K |
| 2024-05-31 | 46,500 | 2024-07-25 | 10-K |
| 2023-05-31 | 44,500 | 2023-07-27 | 10-K |
| 2022-05-31 | 43,000 | 2022-07-27 | 10-K |
| 2021-05-31 | 40,000 | 2021-07-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-05-31 | 40,000 | 2020-07-29 | 10-K |
| 2019-05-31 | 45,000 | 2019-07-26 | 10-K |
| 2018-05-31 | 41,000 | 2018-07-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-05-31 | 42,000 | 2017-07-31 | 10-K |
| 2016-05-31 | 35,000 | 2016-07-29 | 10-K |
| 2015-05-31 | 32,000 | 2015-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2014-05-31 | 33,000 | 2014-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2013-05-31 | 32,000 | 2013-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2012-05-31 | 30,000 | 2012-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2011-05-31 | 30,000 | 2011-07-29 | 10-K |
| 2010-05-31 | 30,000 | 2010-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2009-05-31 | 31,000 | 2009-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2008-05-31 | 34,000 | 2008-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2007-05-31 | 34,000 | 2007-07-30 | 10-K |
| 2006-05-31 | 32,000 | 2006-08-11 | 10-K |
| 2005-05-31 | 30,000 | 2005-08-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-05-31 | 28,300 | 2004-08-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-05-31 | 27,700 | 2003-08-29 | 10-K |
| 2002-05-31 | 27,000 | 2002-08-26 | 10-K |
| 2001-05-31 | 24,193 | 2001-08-29 | 10-K |
| 2000-05-31 | 22,500 | 2000-08-28 | 10-K |
| 1999-05-31 | 22,000 | 1999-08-27 | 10-K |
| 1998-05-31 | 16,957 | 1998-08-28 | 10-K |
| 1997-05-31 | 11,996 | 1997-08-27 | 10-K |
| 1996-05-31 | 10,803 | 1996-08-28 | 10-K |
| 1995-05-31 | 9,724 | 1995-08-29 | 10-K |
| 1994-05-31 | 8,581 | 1994-08-29 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment or by country: the shares follow segment revenue (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000723254-26-000028, 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 Cintas Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 15% now and 21% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Cintas 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 Cintas Corporation employ?
- 48,100 as of May 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Cintas Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Drycleaning and Laundry Services; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 14% people work and 64% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Cintas Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 21 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 5, 7 and 21 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 2, 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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