Deluxe Corporation (DLX)
Check printer and payments company, 96% U.S. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 9 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
31%
End of 2028
51%
Employees, annual report
4,571
Leading staffing pattern
Printing and Related Support Activities
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now31%
- End of 202745%
- End of 202851%
- End of 203052%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 47%
- Becomes checking a model's work 40%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
The filing states 4,571 employees by country in check printing, payments and marketing segments with nothing counted by segment, so the split is by description.
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: 31% now, 45% at the end of 2027, 51% at the end of 2028, 52% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 52% desk work, 19% people work and 29% 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 47% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 40% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
4,571 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states 4,376 of 4,571 employees based in the United States, 182 in Canada and 13 in India.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed a total of 4,571 employees, with 4,376 based in the United States, 182 in Canada, and 13 in India.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Printing and Related Support Activities | 50% | By description (c): checks and business forms, 54% of revenue, are printed at its plants; the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) | 30% | By description (c): treasury management, merchant services and other payment solutions, 23% of revenue, are payment processing read whole under the Fiserv anchor; no count by segment. |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services | 20% | By description (c): data-driven marketing solutions, 23% of revenue, are direct marketing and campaign services; no count by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 4,571 employees, 4,376 in the United States; no union representation; the headcount fell from 6,313 in 2021; monthly site safety committees.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Printing and Related Support Activities, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Cimpress plc (CMPR, 16,500 employees)27% now, 38% by 2028
- Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD, 10,100 employees)28% now, 42% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says AI is deployed in targeted areas, naming DAX, an AI-powered customer service assistant that resolves routine inquiries, and names generative AI and agentic search among the forces changing how customers buy.
- “Artificial intelligence (AI) is being deployed in targeted areas where it can deliver measurable value.”
- “For example, our customer service team implemented DAX, an AI-powered assistant that blends advanced technology with human expertise to efficiently resolve routine inquiries, allowing our staff to focus on more complex customer needs and further enhancing service quality.”
- “Furthermore, the increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agentic search technologies, including conversational search engines, autonomous shopping assistants, and AI-driven product recommendations, may change how customers discover, compare, and purchase products and services.”
- “The markets for many of our products and services are characterized by rapid and disruptive technological change, including advancements in payment technologies, internet and mobile platforms, AI, machine learning, and digital commerce.”
- “Information security risks have escalated in recent years due to factors such as the proliferation of new technologies, including emerging AI systems, remote work arrangements, and the growing sophistication of cyber threat actors.”
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 20222median 0
- Fiscal 20231median 1
- Fiscal 20242median 4
- Fiscal 202515median 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 | 4,571 | 2026-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 4,981 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,170 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 5,863 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 6,313 | 2022-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 6,185 | 2021-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 5,584 | 2020-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 5,934 | 2019-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 5,119 | 2018-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 5,433 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 5,341 | 2016-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 5,328 | 2015-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 5,006 | 2014-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 4,881 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 5,020 | 2012-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 5,203 | 2011-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 5,592 | 2010-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 6,591 | 2009-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 7,600 | 2008-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 8,396 | 2007-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 8,310 | 2006-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 8,610 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 5,805 | 2004-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 6,195 | 2003-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 6,840 | 2002-03-26 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 7,800 | 2001-03-23 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 11,900 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 15,100 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 18,900 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 19,600 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 19,300 | 1996-04-01 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-12-31 | 18,000 | 1995-03-27 | 10-K405 |
| 1993-12-31 | 17,748 | 1994-03-31 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment; the split between check printing, payments and marketing services is by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000027996-26-000037, 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 Deluxe Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 31% now and 51% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Deluxe 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 Deluxe Corporation employ?
- 4,571 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 96% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Deluxe Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Printing and Related Support Activities; by those patterns the work is about 52% desk work, 19% people work and 29% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Deluxe Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 15 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 2, 2, 1, 2 and 15 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 20, 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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