GATX Corporation (GATX)
Railcar leasing with its own repair shops. Read November 11, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 194 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
25%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
28%
Employees, annual report
2,371
Leading staffing pattern
Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now25%
- End of 202728%
- End of 202828%
- End of 203028%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 67%
- Becomes checking a model's work 24%
- Handed over with lighter checks 8%
A railcar lessor that maintains its fleet in its own service centers; the filing states one total and a union share.
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, 28% at the end of 2027, 28% at the end of 2028, 28% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 28% desk work, 14% people work and 58% 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 67% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 24% becomes checking a model's work and 8% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
2,371 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; the filing names service centers in the U.S., Canada and Poland.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed 2,371 persons globally, of whom approximately 39% were union workers covered by collective bargaining agreements.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) | 50% | By description (c): a lessor of railcars and other transportation assets in North America and abroad; no count by function, so the commercial, fleet and corporate staff are read here. |
| Support Activities for Rail Transportation | 50% | By description (c): it repairs and maintains railcars at its own service centers, whose hourly employees are the 39% of the workforce under collective bargaining agreements, with their supervisors and field repair staff beside them. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 39% are union workers: hourly employees at U.S. service centers (United Steelworkers), at three Canadian service centers, and certain employees of GATX Rail Europe in Poland.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- United Rentals, Inc. (URI, 28,500 employees)31% now, 34% by 2028
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc (SUNB, 26,016 employees)31% now, 34% by 2028
- Upbound Group, Inc. (UPBD, 12,050 employees)32% now, 36% by 2028
- Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI, 9,600 employees)31% now, 34% by 2028
- EquipmentShare.com Inc. (EQPT, 8,206 employees)31% now, 34% by 2028
- Accendra Health, Inc. (ACH, 6,500 employees)32% now, 35% by 2028
- WillScot Holdings Corporation (WSC, 4,700 employees)31% now, 34% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
7 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in risk factors, including new cybersecurity risks from emerging technologies used by the company or its providers.
- “Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations expressed in forward-looking statements: a significant decline in customer demand for our transportation assets or services, including as a result of: ◦ prolonged inflation or deflation ◦ high interest rates ◦ weak macroeconomic conditions and world trade policies ◦ weak mar...”
- “Our foreign operations and international expansion strategy are subject to the following risks associated with international operations: Unforeseen developments and conditions, including terrorism, war, and international tensions and conflicts; Supply chain disruptions; Imposition of additional or new tariffs, quotas, trade barriers, embargoes, regulations, and similar restrictions on operation...”
- “Moreover, the use of emerging technologies, including AI, by us or our third-party providers may pose new or unforeseen cybersecurity risks.”
- “In addition, we are subject to an evolving and increasingly complex set of federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations governing data privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and AI.”
- “We may increasingly use AI in our business going forward, and challenges with its implementation or use could result in operational issues, reputational or financial harm, or legal liability.”
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 20231median 1
- Fiscal 20243median 4
- Fiscal 20257median 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 | 2,371 | 2026-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,150 | 2025-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 2,020 | 2024-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 1,904 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 1,863 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 1,904 | 2021-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 2,165 | 2020-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 2,225 | 2019-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 2,267 | 2018-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 2,260 | 2017-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 2,253 | 2016-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 2,213 | 2015-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 2,139 | 2014-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 2,046 | 2013-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 1,999 | 2012-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 1,947 | 2011-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 1,929 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 2,119 | 2009-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 2,094 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 2,340 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 1,870 | 2006-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 2,680 | 2005-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 2,250 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 2,800 | 2003-03-19 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 1,900 | 2002-03-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 3,200 | 2001-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 6,300 | 2000-03-17 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | 6,000 | 1999-03-19 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 6,000 | 1998-03-19 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 6,000 | 1997-03-19 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 5,900 | 1996-03-22 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 5,800 | 1995-03-22 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 5,500 | 1994-03-21 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by function; the even split between leasing and railcar maintenance is by description, with the union share as the only figure.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000040211-26-000018, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.2 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 GATX Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 25% now and 28% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce GATX Corporation'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 GATX Corporation employ?
- 2,371 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up GATX Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only); by those patterns the work is about 28% desk work, 14% people work and 58% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does GATX Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 7 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 1, 3 and 7 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 5.2 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 11, 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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