Intuit Inc. (INTU)
Tax and small business software. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026, filed September 9, 2026. Ranked 28 of the 74 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
25%
End of 2028
69%
Employees, annual report
18,600
Leading staffing pattern
Software Publishers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now25%
- End of 202755%
- End of 202869%
- End of 203075%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 25%
- Becomes checking a model's work 58%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
18,600 employees in seven countries at a software company, read as one software publishers pattern; 12,300 seasonal tax-season employees are outside the year-end count.
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, 55% at the end of 2027, 69% at the end of 2028, 75% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% 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 25% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 58% becomes checking a model's work and 10% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
18,600 employees as of July 31, 2026 (stated). The filing states employees in seven countries and no count by country.
The filing: “As of July 31, 2026, we had approximately 18,600 employees in seven countries.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Software Publishers | 100% | The filing describes one kind of work, software and services for consumers (40% of revenue) and small and mid-market businesses (60%), and counts no employees by segment (c); one software publishers pattern. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 18,600 employees in seven countries at July 31, 2026; on average about 12,300 seasonal employees from January to April in fiscal 2026 supporting Consumer segment customers in tax season, outside the year-end count; a restructuring plan announced in May 2026; most non-seasonal employees eligible for stock awards.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Software Publishers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Microsoft (MSFT, 223,000 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
- Oracle (ORCL, 141,000 employees)26% now, 69% by 2028
- Salesforce, Inc. (CRM, 83,334 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
- Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER, 34,000 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
- DoorDash, Inc. (DASH, 31,400 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
- Adobe Inc. (ADBE, 31,360 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
- ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW, 29,187 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
- Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS, 28,000 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
86 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 86 sentences: its strategy to be an AI-driven expert platform that brings together data, AI and human tax and financial experts, a platform described as bringing artificial intelligence and human intelligence together for its 93 million customers, learning paths and courses so employees can use AI effectively and responsibly, and the risk factors around them.
- “In this report, forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the following: our expectations and beliefs regarding future conduct and growth of the business; statements regarding the impact of macroeconomic conditions on our business; our beliefs and expectations regarding seasonality, competition, and other trends that affect our business; our expectation that we will continue to in...”
- “Serving approximately 93 million consumers, small and mid-market businesses, and accountants worldwide, Intuit's platform brings the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and human intelligence together to fuel customers' success.”
- “Our strategy is to be an AI-driven expert platform that brings together data, AI, and human tax and financial experts into a single system of intelligence that does the work for customers.”
- “We connect customers to AI-enabled human experts for that last mile of decisions or to complete the work for them.”
- “Our powerful combination of proprietary data, domain-specific AI platform capabilities, and AI-powered human expertise helps customers make high-stakes financial decisions with confidence.”
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 202113median 0
- Fiscal 202219median 0
- Fiscal 202343median 1
- Fiscal 202452median 4
- Fiscal 202563median 10
- Fiscal 202686
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 18,600 | 2026-09-09 | 10-K |
| 2025-07-31 | 18,200 | 2025-09-03 | 10-K |
| 2024-07-31 | 18,800 | 2024-09-04 | 10-K |
| 2023-07-31 | 18,200 | 2023-09-01 | 10-K |
| 2022-07-31 | 17,300 | 2022-09-02 | 10-K |
| 2021-07-31 | 13,500 | 2021-09-08 | 10-K |
| 2020-07-31 | 10,600 | 2020-08-31 | 10-K |
| 2019-07-31 | 9,400 | 2019-08-30 | 10-K |
| 2018-07-31 | 8,900 | 2018-08-31 | 10-K |
| 2017-07-31 | 8,200 | 2017-09-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-07-31 | 7,900 | 2016-09-01 | 10-K |
| 2015-07-31 | 7,700 | 2015-09-01 | 10-K |
| 2014-07-31 | 8,000 | 2014-09-12 | 10-K |
| 2013-07-31 | 8,000 | 2013-09-13 | 10-K |
| 2012-07-31 | 8,500 | 2012-09-13 | 10-K |
| 2011-07-31 | 8,000 | 2011-09-14 | 10-K |
| 2010-07-31 | 7,700 | 2010-09-16 | 10-K |
| 2009-07-31 | 7,800 | 2009-09-15 | 10-K |
| 2008-07-31 | 8,200 | 2008-09-12 | 10-K |
| 2007-07-31 | 8,200 | 2007-09-14 | 10-K |
| 2006-07-31 | 7,500 | 2006-09-15 | 10-K |
| 2005-07-31 | 7,000 | 2005-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2004-07-31 | 6,700 | 2004-09-24 | 10-K |
| 2003-07-31 | 6,700 | 2003-09-19 | 10-K |
| 2002-07-31 | 6,500 | 2002-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-07-31 | 6,000 | 2001-10-05 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-07-31 | 4,500 | 2000-10-13 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-07-31 | 3,675 | 1999-10-12 | 10-K |
| 1998-07-31 | 2,500 | 1998-10-06 | 10-K |
| 1997-07-31 | 2,500 | 1997-10-15 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-07-31 | 3,184 | 1996-10-24 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The 12,300 seasonal tax-season employees are not in the July 31 headcount; they are recorded in the notes.
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000896878-26-000037, 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 Intuit Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 25% now and 69% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Intuit 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 Intuit Inc. employ?
- 18,600 as of July 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Intuit Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Software Publishers; by those patterns the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Intuit Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 86 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2026 name it in 13, 19, 43, 52, 63 and 86 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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