Equifax Inc. (EFX)

Credit bureau with counted technology centers. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 2 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 15,000 employees by unit, 10,700 in its data businesses and 4,300 in corporate centers of excellence, so every pattern is a counted part.

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: 42% now, 55% at the end of 2027, 60% at the end of 2028, 62% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 62% desk work, 28% people work and 10% 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 38% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 44% becomes checking a model's work and 15% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

15,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; the International unit's 4,800 and the support centers in Chile, Costa Rica, India and Ireland are abroad, and U.S. revenue is 88%.

The filing: “Equifax employed approximately 15,000 employees in 22 countries as of December 31, 2025: approximately 3,100 in Workforce Solutions, 2,800 in USIS, 4,800 in International and 4,300 in the corporate Centers of Excellence.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 3,100 Workforce Solutions, 2,800 USIS, 4,800 International, 4,300 corporate Centers of Excellence; about 2,700 hired and 1,800 promoted in 2025; 22 countries; no hourly, part-time or union figure stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

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

• Concentrix Corporation (CNXC, 455,000 employees)44% now, 60% by 2028
• Genpact Limited (G, 146,500 employees)36% now, 63% by 2028
• TaskUs, Inc. (TASK, 65,500 employees)47% now, 59% by 2028
• ExlService Holdings, Inc. (EXLS, 65,000 employees)37% now, 63% by 2028
• Conduent Incorporated (CNDT, 51,000 employees)47% now, 59% by 2028
• TTEC Holdings, Inc. (TTEC, 51,000 employees)47% now, 59% by 2028
• Maximus, Inc. (MMS, 37,200 employees)46% now, 59% by 2028
• IBEX Limited (IBEX, 35,000 employees)47% now, 59% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

34 sentences in the filing name AI. Thirty-four sentences: the company says it uses artificial intelligence and machine learning with proprietary analytical platforms to build insights and automate decisions for clients, and that its cloud infrastructure lets it deploy AI, machine learning and agentic capabilities in products and internal processes.

• “We use advanced statistical techniques, artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as proprietary software tools to analyze available data for the creation of customized insights, decision-making and process automation solutions, and processing services for our clients.”
• “Our cloud infrastructure also allows us to rapidly deploy and integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning and agentic based capabilities to improve our products and solutions, as well as internal processes.”
• “We use proprietary advanced analytical platforms, including capabilities in machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced visualization tools, to leverage our unique data to develop leading analytical insights that enhance the precision of our customers' decisioning activities.”
• “These laws and regulations may involve consumer reports, privacy and consumer protection, data protection, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, competition, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, employment, health, taxation or other subjects.”
• “Congress, various state legislative bodies and foreign governments concerning consumer and data protection, as well as artificial intelligence, that could affect us.”

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 20215median 0
• Fiscal 20226median 0
• Fiscal 202311median 1
• Fiscal 202418median 4
• Fiscal 202534median 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 corporate Centers of Excellence (4,300) are a stated corporate count, read at management of companies under rule 6.
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000033185-26-000010, 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.