H.B. Fuller Company (FUL)
Adhesives maker, 7,100 employees, 44 countries. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending November 29, 2025, filed January 22, 2026. Ranked 6 of the 43 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
7,100
Leading staffing pattern
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202731%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203035%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 65%
- Becomes checking a model's work 28%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
An adhesives maker whose filing states 7,100 employees in 44 countries with 2,500 in the U.S. and nothing by segment, so the whole workforce is read at the adhesives and cleaning chemicals group.
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, 31% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% 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 65% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% 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
7,100 employees as of November 29, 2025 (stated). Stated by count: approximately 2,500 of 7,100 employees based in the U.S.
The filing: “As of November 29, 2025, we have approximately 7,100 employees in 44 countries, including approximately 2,500 employees based in the U.S.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) | 100% | By description (c): the filing describes adhesives, sealants and specialty chemical products made at its plants for hygiene, engineering and construction markets, adhesive manufacturing (NAICS 325520), with no count by segment, so the whole workforce is read at the soap, cleaning and adhesives group. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 7,100 employees in 44 countries as of November 29, 2025 (7,500 a year earlier), about 2,500 in the U.S.; about 400 U.S. and 850 foreign employees under collective bargaining agreements.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG, 43,500 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
- Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL, 33,600 employees)20% now, 33% by 2028
- Kenvue Inc. (KVUE, 22,000 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
- RPM International Inc. (RPM, 17,546 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
- Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA, 12,300 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
- Coty Inc. (COTY, 11,335 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
- The Clorox Company (CLX, 9,200 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names artificial intelligence and quantum computing among technologies that may increase cyber-attacks, and says failing to generate new products and ideas, including with the effective use of AI, could hurt its growth.
- “In addition, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing may increase the frequency and magnitude of cyber-attacks.”
- “Failure to create and/or acquire new products and generate new ideas, including with the effective use of artificial intelligence, could negatively impact our ability to grow and deliver strong financial results.”
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 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20252median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | 7,100 | 2026-01-22 | 10-K |
| 2024-11-30 | 7,500 | 2025-01-23 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-02 | 7,200 | 2024-01-24 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-03 | 7,000 | 2023-01-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-11-27 | 6,500 | 2022-01-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-11-28 | 6,428 | 2021-01-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-11-30 | 6,400 | 2020-01-24 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-01 | 6,500 | 2019-01-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-02 | 6,000 | 2018-01-31 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-03 | 4,600 | 2017-01-31 | 10-K |
| 2015-11-28 | 4,400 | 2016-01-27 | 10-K |
| 2014-11-29 | 3,700 | 2015-01-28 | 10-K |
| 2013-11-30 | 3,700 | 2014-01-24 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-01 | 1,100 | 2013-01-29 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-03 | 3,500 | 2012-01-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-11-27 | 3,300 | 2011-01-20 | 10-K |
| 2009-11-28 | 3,100 | 2010-01-22 | 10-K |
| 2008-11-29 | 3,100 | 2009-01-28 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-01 | 3,200 | 2008-01-30 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-02 | 3,700 | 2007-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-03 | 4,000 | 2006-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2004-11-27 | 4,500 | 2005-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2003-11-29 | 4,500 | 2004-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2002-11-30 | 4,611 | 2003-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 4,900 | 2002-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-02 | 5,200 | 2001-03-02 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-11-27 | 5,400 | 2000-02-24 | 10-K |
| 1998-11-28 | 6,000 | 1999-02-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-11-29 | 6,000 | 1998-02-27 | 10-K |
| 1996-11-30 | 5,900 | 1997-02-28 | 10-K |
| 1995-11-30 | 6,400 | 1996-02-27 | 10-K |
| 1994-11-30 | 6,400 | 1995-02-27 | 10-K405 |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment: the three adhesives segments are read at one pattern by description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001437749-26-001767, 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 H.B. Fuller Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce H.B. Fuller Company'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 H.B. Fuller Company employ?
- 7,100 as of November 29, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending November 29, 2025 states. About 35% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up H.B. Fuller Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only); by those patterns the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does H.B. Fuller Company's annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 2 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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