HNI Corporation (HNI)
Office furniture and hearth products plants. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026, filed March 3, 2026. Ranked 49 of the 94 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
18%
End of 2028
30%
Employees, annual report
19,500
Leading staffing pattern
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now18%
- End of 202727%
- End of 202830%
- End of 203031%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 68%
- Becomes checking a model's work 26%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
A furniture maker whose filing states its total, its temporary count and its union share but nothing by segment, so the furniture and heating equipment patterns follow description.
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: 18% now, 27% at the end of 2027, 30% at the end of 2028, 31% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 31% desk work, 13% people work and 56% 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 68% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 26% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
19,500 employees as of January 3, 2026 (stated). No count by country is stated; of about 2,500 employees under collective agreements, 30 are in the United States.
The filing: “Due to the constantly evolving regulatory environment and the potential for heightened government oversight in the public contracting arena, the Company's business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. 9 Table of Contents Human Capital As of January 3, 2026, the Corporation employed approximately 19,500 persons, including approximately 1,000...”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only) | 80% | By description (c): the filing describes an office furniture maker (its SIC is office furniture) whose plants and showrooms sell workplace furnishings, office furniture manufacturing in this group; it counts no employees by segment, and the pattern applies abroad because the work is the same (rule 7). |
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) | 20% | By description (c): the hearth products business makes fireplaces and stoves, heating equipment manufacturing in this group, read at a fifth since the filing counts no employees by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 19,500 persons including about 1,000 temporary personnel; about 2,500 are covered by collective bargaining agreements, unions or works councils, about 12%, including 30 in the United States; the filing describes apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
What the filing says about AI
8 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it invests in AI, data analytics and digital assets to understand and ease the customer buying journey, and names generative AI as increasing the sophistication of social engineering attacks.
- “To that end, the Corporation continues to broaden its involvement in and understanding of the entire customer journey, by investing in artificial intelligence ("AI"), data analytics, digital assets, branding, eCommerce capabilities, and market coverage.”
- “The Corporation's deep understanding of the customer buying journey incorporates AI, other technology and digital assets to help customers navigate the buying process more quickly and with reduced effort.”
- “The use of generative artificial intelligence is increasing the sophistication and effectiveness of these types of social engineering attacks.”
- “The impact on our industry of the development and deployment of artificial intelligence in the workplace is unknown, and potential changes in work spaces and work patterns could impact order volume and adversely affect our business and financial results.”
- “As companies of all sizes evaluate and deploy artificial intelligence technologies, our customers may begin to change or adapt their work patterns, workplace needs, and approach to workspace design and furniture procurement.”
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 20258median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | 19,500 | 2026-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-28 | 7,700 | 2025-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-30 | 8,200 | 2024-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 7,300 | 2023-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-01 | 7,900 | 2022-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-02 | 7,500 | 2021-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-28 | 8,400 | 2020-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-29 | 8,700 | 2019-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-30 | 9,100 | 2018-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 8,900 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-02 | 10,000 | 2016-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2015-01-03 | 11,000 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-28 | 10,300 | 2014-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-29 | 10,400 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 9,500 | 2012-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-01 | 8,500 | 2011-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-02 | 8,700 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-03 | 12,200 | 2009-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-29 | 13,300 | 2008-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-30 | 14,200 | 2007-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 12,500 | 2006-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2005-01-01 | 10,600 | 2005-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2004-01-03 | 8,900 | 2004-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-28 | 8,800 | 2003-03-24 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-29 | 9,000 | 2002-03-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-30 | 11,500 | 2001-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2000-01-01 | 10,100 | 2000-03-20 | 10-K |
| 1999-01-02 | 9,800 | 1999-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-01-03 | 9,400 | 1998-03-27 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-28 | 6,502 | 1997-03-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-12-30 | 5,933 | 1996-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 6,131 | 1995-03-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Pattern shares rest on the filing's description (c); it counts no employees by segment, and its reported segment revenue line does not match its businesses.
- The count includes about 1,000 temporary personnel, as the filing states it.
- The headcount history shows 7,700 a year earlier; the sections read do not state the cause of the increase.
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000048287-26-000084, 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 HNI Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 30% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce HNI 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 HNI Corporation employ?
- 19,500 as of January 3, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up HNI Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only); by those patterns the work is about 31% desk work, 13% people work and 56% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does HNI Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 8 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 1 and 8 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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