Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ)
Car rental, 26,000, 81% U.S.. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 10 of the 62 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
19%
End of 2028
26%
Employees, annual report
26,000
Leading staffing pattern
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now19%
- End of 202724%
- End of 202826%
- End of 203026%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 74%
- Becomes checking a model's work 17%
- Handed over with lighter checks 8%
The filing states the total by country and nothing by kind of work, so one rental pattern by description (c), said so.
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: 19% now, 24% at the end of 2027, 26% at the end of 2028, 26% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 26% desk work, 24% people work and 50% 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 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 17% 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
26,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). About 21,000 of 26,000 in the U.S.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 26,000 full- and part-time persons, consisting of approximately 21,000 persons in the U.S. and approximately 5,000 persons internationally.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing | 100% | Car rental in the U.S. (83% of revenue) and abroad (17%), with Hertz Car Sales and the corporate staff inside; no count by kind of work, so the whole workforce by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 26,000 full- and part-time employees, 21,000 in the U.S. and 5,000 abroad; some employees represented by labor unions, with no count stated; an employee relief fund for natural disasters.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- U-Haul Holding Company (UHAL, 34,700 employees)18% now, 25% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
10 sentences in the filing name AI. Ten sentences: AI among the technology changes affecting its third-party channels, and the possible use of AI and generative AI in its own operations with the risks of managing it.
- “These third-party channels may be influenced by changes in technology including developments in artificial intelligence.”
- “We may use AI in our business, and challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm and legal liability, and could have adverse effects on our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows .”
- “We may incorporate AI solutions into our business, and we may leverage AI, including generative AI, into our business operations.”
- “Our competitors or other third parties, like third-party distribution channels, may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than we do, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and could adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “In addition, there are significant risks in using AI, and there can be no assurance that the use of AI will enhance our business or be beneficial to our business operations, including our efficiency or our profitability.”
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 20249median 4
- Fiscal 202510median 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 | 26,000 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 26,000 | 2025-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 27,000 | 2024-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 25,000 | 2023-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 23,000 | 2022-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 24,000 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 38,000 | 2020-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 38,000 | 2019-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 37,000 | 2018-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 36,000 | 2017-03-06 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by kind of work: one pattern by description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001657853-26-000008, 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.
Questions about this company
- How much of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 19% now and 26% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Hertz Global Holdings, 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 Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. employ?
- 26,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 81% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing; by those patterns the work is about 26% desk work, 24% people work and 50% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 10 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 9 and 10 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 3, 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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