Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (EXPD)
Freight forwarding, two thirds abroad. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 2 of the 85 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
37%
End of 2028
54%
Employees, annual report
20,000
Leading staffing pattern
Freight Transportation Arrangement
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now37%
- End of 202749%
- End of 202854%
- End of 203055%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 45%
- Becomes checking a model's work 42%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
A freight forwarder whose filing states its total and its count abroad but nothing by service, so one arrangement pattern carries it.
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: 37% now, 49% at the end of 2027, 54% at the end of 2028, 55% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 55% desk work, 26% people work and 19% 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 45% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 42% 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
20,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 13,000 of about 20,000 employees were in international locations, so about 35% are in the U.S.
The filing: “At December 31, 2025, Expeditors employed approximately 20,000 people, of which approximately 13,000 were employed in international locations.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Freight Transportation Arrangement | 100% | By description (c): the filing describes a logistics services company whose airfreight (36% of 2025 revenue), ocean freight (25%) and customs brokerage and other services (39%) arrange shipments it does not carry itself, freight forwarding and customs brokerage in this group; it counts employees by location, not by service, and the pattern applies abroad because the work is the same (rule 7). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 20,000 employees, about 13,000 in international locations; districts are staffed principally with local managers and personnel; an incentive compensation system has been in place since the company went public; no hourly, part-time or union counts are stated.
What the filing says about AI
9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it is investing in a technology strategy that includes AI, is in the early days of deploying it, and is teaching employees to use AI tools, with groups building their own agents to gain efficiency.
- “We are investing in our technology strategy, which includes intentional and critical consideration of how best to implement a range of technology solutions, including artificial intelligence (AI).”
- “We are in the early days in the deployment of AI and we continue to work to see where it can be applied most beneficially.”
- “We are dedicated to teaching our employees how to best utilize AI technologies, with groups creating their own agents and using tools in various areas of our business to gain efficiency and improve effectiveness.”
- “However, because our customer service, expertise, and knowledge of our customers and their specific needs are critical to our success, we do not anticipate altering customer-facing functions with AI solutions.”
- “We continue to monitor the evolving features and capabilities of new technologies such as artificial intelligence.”
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 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20241median 4
- Fiscal 20259median 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 | 20,000 | 2026-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 18,000 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 18,000 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 20,000 | 2023-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 19,000 | 2022-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 17,500 | 2021-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 18,000 | 2020-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 17,400 | 2019-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 16,500 | 2018-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 16,000 | 2017-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 15,397 | 2016-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 14,670 | 2015-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 13,910 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 13,700 | 2013-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 13,590 | 2012-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 12,880 | 2011-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 12,010 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 12,580 | 2009-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 12,310 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 11,600 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 10,600 | 2006-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 9,400 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 8,600 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 8,000 | 2003-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 7,590 | 2002-04-01 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 7,611 | 2001-04-02 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 6,480 | 2000-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 5,300 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 4,500 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 3,250 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-12-31 | 2,465 | 1996-04-01 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- One pattern by description (c); the filing counts employees by location, not by service.
- About 65% of employees are outside the United States; the pattern applies abroad because the work is the same (rule 7).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-071569, 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 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 37% now and 54% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'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 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. employ?
- 20,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 35% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Freight Transportation Arrangement; by those patterns the work is about 55% desk work, 26% people work and 19% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 9 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 1 and 9 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 19, 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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