Dnow Inc. (DNOW)

Industrial pipe, valve and fitting distributor, 5,300. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 24 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states about 5,300 employees, 355 of them temporary, across about 300 distribution locations with nothing by kind, so one industrial wholesale pattern carries the workforce.

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: 25% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 38% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 21% people work and 40% 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 59% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% 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

5,300 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; the data service's geography table (International 100%) is not usable.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 5,300 employees, of which approximately 355 were temporary employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 5,300 employees including about 355 temporary employees, against 2,575 a year earlier; about 300 locations including regional distribution centers, super centers, branches and corporate offices.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Genuine Parts Company (GPC, 65,000 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
• W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW, 25,000 employees)25% now, 38% by 2028
• Fastenal Company (FAST, 24,489 employees)24% now, 38% by 2028
• MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM, 7,284 employees)25% now, 38% by 2028
• Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT, 6,900 employees)25% now, 38% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI among cyber risks and says rising electricity consumption from AI-driven data centers is expected to drive demand for natural gas transportation, a market it serves.

• “Cyber incidents-such as unauthorized access, data corruption, system disruption, theft of confidential or proprietary information and the misuse or malicious use of artificial intelligence-continue to grow in frequency and sophistication.”
• “Additionally, the rapid evolution and increased availability of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies may intensify cybersecurity risks by making targeted attacks more sophisticated and cybersecurity incidents more difficult to detect, contain and mitigate.”
• “Rising electricity consumption from AI-driven data centers creates the need for additional natural gas transportation, which is also expected to drive growth in this sector.”

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 20232median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20253median 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

• The count includes about 355 temporary employees the filing counts among its employees (rule 8), recorded as stated.
• The headcount doubled from the prior year's 2,575; the excerpt states no cause.
• No count by kind of location, so the distribution centers stay inside the wholesale pattern.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-072828, 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.