Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE)

Exchanges and data services, 27% in India. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 5, 2026. Ranked 81 of the 88 Financial Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 12,844 employees, 7,551 in the U.S. and 3,512 in India, across exchanges, data services and mortgage technology, with no count by segment, so the split is by 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: 32% now, 58% at the end of 2027, 70% at the end of 2028, 74% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 74% desk work, 22% people work and 4% 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 26% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 60% becomes checking a model's work and 9% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

12,844 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 7,551 of 12,844 employees in the U.S. (59%), 3,512 in India, 799 in the U.K. and 377 in the rest of Europe, stated.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 12,844 employees. In the U.S., we had a total of 7,551 employees. Internationally, we had a total of 5,293 employees, including 3,512 in India, 799 in the U.K. and 377 in the rest of Europe.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 7,551 U.S., 3,512 India, 799 U.K., 377 rest of Europe; less than 1% under collective bargaining agreements; voluntary attrition below finance and technology benchmarks for three years.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS, 44,000 employees)29% now, 69% by 2028
• SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (SSNC, 28,800 employees)28% now, 69% by 2028
• Moody's Corporation (MCO, 16,076 employees)31% now, 69% by 2028
• Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (BR, 16,000 employees)34% now, 66% by 2028
• Equinix, Inc. (EQIX, 13,716 employees)28% now, 67% by 2028
• FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS, 12,800 employees)29% now, 69% by 2028
• Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM, 11,000 employees)28% now, 68% by 2028
• Morningstar, Inc. (MORN, 10,973 employees)30% now, 69% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

26 sentences in the filing name AI. Twenty-six sentences: the company names artificial intelligence among the drivers of demand for its data services and among the technology activities its employees work in, and lists AI in its forward-looking factors.

• “Factors that may affect our performance and the accuracy of any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those listed below: conditions in global financial markets and domestic and international economic and social conditions, including inflation, changes to international trade policies and tariffs, risk of recession, political uncertainty and discord, prolonged United States...”
• “We believe our key strengths include our: Data Services: Across all three of our segments and our various networks, our data services aim to address the rising demand for independent, real-time information, which is being driven by regulation, market fragmentation and competition, increasing technology and data demands, artificial intelligence, increasing automation, as well as passive investin...”
• “We employ a significant number of employees in technology-related activities, including product management, system architecture, software development, artificial intelligence, data center engineering, network engineering, server maintenance and continuity, cybersecurity, system and data performance, systems analysis, quality assurance, database administration and customer technical support.”
• “Leveraging artificial intelligence has been a natural extension of our growth strategy given that technology and innovation have been foundational to ICE since our inception.”
• “We are leveraging artificial intelligence to further our efforts to enable automation for our customers by building tools that drive efficiency and deliver enhanced analytical insights.”

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 20217median 0
• Fiscal 20224median 0
• Fiscal 20233median 1
• Fiscal 202418median 4
• Fiscal 202526median 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

• No count by segment: the split between the data and mortgage technology businesses and the exchanges is by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001571949-26-000004, 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.