Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP)
Beverage and coffee pod maker. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 23 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
14%
End of 2028
24%
Employees, annual report
30,600
Leading staffing pattern
Beverage Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now14%
- End of 202722%
- End of 202824%
- End of 203024%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 74%
- Becomes checking a model's work 18%
- Handed over with lighter checks 7%
The filing states approximately 30,600 employees, 23,200 in the U.S. and about a third under union agreements, with no count by segment, so beverages and coffee pods take their shares of net sales (c).
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: 14% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 17% people work and 59% 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), 18% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
30,600 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 23,200 of 30,600 employees are in the U.S., 5,700 in Mexico, 1,400 in Canada and 300 elsewhere.
The filing: “HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES Our Employees We have approximately 30,600 employees, primarily located in North America.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Beverage Manufacturing | 77% | Liquid refreshment beverages made, bottled and delivered by the company's own plants and routes (NAICS 3121, the SIC 2080 business), 70% of net sales with appliances and other products folded in; the filing counts employees by country, not by segment, so by revenue (c). |
| Other Food Manufacturing | 23% | K-Cup coffee pods, roasting and packing (NAICS 3119), 23% of net sales; by revenue (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 30,600 employees: 23,200 in the U.S. (5,700 under union agreements), 5,700 in Mexico (4,200 under union agreements), 1,400 in Canada (400) and about 300 outside North America; about 34% of all employees under collective bargaining agreements.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Beverage Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- The Coca-Cola Company (KO, 65,900 employees)14% now, 24% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
1 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's one AI sentence says it invests in new and emerging technologies, including automation, connected data, robotics and artificial intelligence, across manufacturing, distribution and sales.
- “We invest in new and emerging technologies, including the use of automation, connected data, robotics, and artificial intelligence throughout our operations, including in our manufacturing and distribution facilities and our sales organization.”
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 20211median 0
- Fiscal 20221median 0
- Fiscal 20231median 1
- Fiscal 20241median 4
- Fiscal 20251median 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 | 30,600 | 2026-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 29,400 | 2025-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 28,100 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 28,000 | 2023-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 27,500 | 2022-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 27,000 | 2021-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 25,500 | 2020-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 25,500 | 2019-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 21,000 | 2018-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 20,000 | 2017-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 19,000 | 2016-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 19,000 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 19,000 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 19,000 | 2013-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 19,000 | 2012-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 19,000 | 2011-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 19,000 | 2010-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 20,000 | 2009-03-26 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Shares by segment revenue (c): the filing counts employees by country, not by segment.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001418135-26-000016, 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 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 14% now and 24% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Keurig Dr Pepper 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 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. employ?
- 30,600 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 76% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Beverage Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 24% desk work, 17% people work and 59% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 1 sentence in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 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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