Fortive Corporation (FTV)

Test tools, software and sterilization products, 50 countries. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 92 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Fortive states a workforce of more than 10,000 research, manufacturing, sales, service and administrative professionals in about 50 countries after separating Ralliant in June 2025, across Intelligent Operating Solutions and Advanced Healthcare Solutions with no count by segment, so the instruments, the software and the healthcare products are split by description (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: 20% now, 41% at the end of 2027, 51% at the end of 2028, 56% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 56% desk work, 19% people work and 25% 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 43% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 45% 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

10,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; U.S. revenue was 54% in the latest geography table.

The filing: “We are headquartered in Everett, Washington and have a workforce of more than 10,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service, and administrative professionals in approximately 50 countries around the world.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: More than 10,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative professionals in about 50 countries; the count fell from 18,000 with the June 2025 separation of the Precision Technologies segment as Ralliant.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)19% now, 43% by 2028
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)20% now, 48% by 2028
• Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)19% now, 45% by 2028
• GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)19% now, 50% by 2028
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)18% now, 48% by 2028
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK, 26,000 employees)21% now, 57% by 2028
• Garmin Ltd. (GRMN, 23,000 employees)19% now, 49% by 2028
• AMETEK, Inc. (AME, 22,500 employees)18% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

11 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it uses AI in its business and in certain products with the risks of managing that use, has incorporated AI and machine learning as technology enablers, and has infused its business system with AI capabilities.

• “We use artificial intelligence in our business and in certain of our products, and challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.”
• “In doing so, we have incorporated new technology enablers, like artificial intelligence and machine learning and are building new capabilities to drive accelerated innovation, greater commercial success and more recurring customer value.”
• “FBS has been infused with AI capabilities, streamlining and reinforcing our growth-oriented tools and training for team members.”
• “Increasing use of artificial intelligence may increase these risks.”
• “We use artificial intelligence in our business and in certain of our products, and challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.”

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 202311median 1
• Fiscal 202411median 4
• Fiscal 202511median 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 fell from 18,000 with the Ralliant separation, which the filing reflects.
• No count by segment: the three shares are by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001659166-26-000007, 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.