Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)
Auto dealership group, 455 stores. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 22 of the 60 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
21%
End of 2028
28%
Employees, annual report
30,000
Leading staffing pattern
Automobile Dealers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now21%
- End of 202726%
- End of 202828%
- End of 203028%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 72%
- Becomes checking a model's work 18%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
The filing states approximately 30,000 full-time equivalents across 455 dealerships in one retail business, so one pattern carries the whole workforce (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: 21% now, 26% at the end of 2027, 28% at the end of 2028, 28% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 28% desk work, 19% people work and 53% 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 72% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 18% 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
30,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (full-time equivalent). The filing states no count by country; the United States is 79% of revenue, the United Kingdom 18% and Canada 3%.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, our subsidiaries employed approximately 30,000 persons on a full-time equivalent basis across 455 retail locations worldwide.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Automobile Dealers | 100% | New and used vehicle sales, service and parts at 455 dealerships (NAICS 4411, the SIC 5500 business), with the finance arm folded in under rule 5; one pattern by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 30,000 persons on a full-time equivalent basis across 455 retail locations worldwide; each store operates under a manufacturer's franchise agreement.
What the filing says about AI
0 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's text names artificial intelligence in no sentence.
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 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20250median 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 | 30,000 | 2026-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 30,000 | 2025-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 27,446 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 21,150 | 2022-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 14,538 | 2021-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 14,320 | 2020-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 13,643 | 2019-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 12,899 | 2018-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 11,170 | 2017-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 9,574 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 8,827 | 2015-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 5,700 | 2014-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 5,043 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 4,397 | 2012-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 4,039 | 2011-03-07 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 3,930 | 2010-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 4,868 | 2009-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 5,828 | 2008-04-11 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 6,261 | 2007-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 5,692 | 2006-03-08 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 5,187 | 2005-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 5,130 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 4,880 | 2003-03-31 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 3,800 | 2002-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 3,400 | 2001-03-29 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 2,851 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | 1,850 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 1,000 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 420 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K405 |
Limits of this reading
- A full-time equivalent count, recorded as the filing states it (rule 2).
- One pattern by description (c); no count by country.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001023128-26-000015, 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 Lithia Motors, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 21% now and 28% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Lithia Motors, 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 Lithia Motors, Inc. employ?
- 30,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states, in full-time equivalents.
- What kinds of work make up Lithia Motors, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Automobile Dealers; by those patterns the work is about 28% desk work, 19% people work and 53% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Lithia Motors, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 0 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 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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