Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE)
Protective clothing maker, mostly abroad. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed April 16, 2026. Ranked 121 of the 240 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
26%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
30%
Employees, annual report
2,600
Leading staffing pattern
Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now26%
- End of 202729%
- End of 202830%
- End of 203030%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 71%
- Becomes checking a model's work 20%
- Handed over with lighter checks 9%
The filing states approximately 2,600 employees at January 31, 2026, 2,375 of them outside the U.S., and describes one protective clothing manufacturing business, so the whole workforce is read at cut and sew apparel manufacturing 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: 26% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 30% at the end of 2028, 30% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 30% desk work, 11% 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 71% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 20% 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
2,600 employees as of January 31, 2026 (stated). Approximately 225 of 2,600 employees in the U.S. and 2,375 outside (stated).
The filing: “As of January 31, 2026, the Company employed approximately 2,600 people worldwide, of which approximately 2,570 were full-time and approximately 30 were part-time.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing | 100% | The filing describes an industrial protective clothing manufacturer with manufacturing sites abroad and 57% of its workforce under collective agreements, so the whole workforce is read at cut and sew apparel manufacturing by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 2,600 employees worldwide at January 31, 2026, 2,570 full-time and 30 part-time, up from 2,050; about 225 in the U.S. and 2,375 outside; approximately 1,500 (57%) covered by collective bargaining agreements or works councils; an Employee Assistance Program for all associates worldwide.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Cut and Sew Apparel 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB, 10,600 employees)31% now, 36% by 2028
- Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. (JRSH, 6,300 employees)26% now, 30% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's two AI sentences are in a director's biography naming his service on the board of ScanTech AI Systems; the excerpt says nothing about the company's own use of artificial intelligence.
- “Jenkins served on the board of directors of ScanTech AI Systems Inc. from December 2024 to October 2025, during which time he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.”
- “He previously served on the board of directors of Mars Acquisition Corp. until its acquisition by ScanTech AI Systems Inc. and OmniLit Acquisition Corp. from September 2021 to April 2023.”
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 20242median 4
- Fiscal 20252median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2,570 | 2026-04-16 | 10-K |
| 2025-01-31 | 2,050 | 2025-04-17 | 10-K |
| 2024-01-31 | 1,700 | 2024-04-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-01-31 | 1,550 | 2023-04-18 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-31 | 1,800 | 2022-04-21 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-31 | 2,000 | 2021-04-16 | 10-K |
| 2020-01-31 | 1,829 | 2020-04-15 | 10-K |
| 2019-01-31 | 1,632 | 2019-04-16 | 10-K |
| 2018-01-31 | 1,072 | 2018-04-16 | 10-K |
| 2017-01-31 | 993 | 2017-04-26 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-31 | 1,211 | 2016-04-21 | 10-K |
| 2015-01-31 | 1,304 | 2015-05-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-01-31 | 1,427 | 2014-04-28 | 10-K |
| 2013-01-31 | 1,652 | 2013-05-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-01-31 | 1,912 | 2012-04-18 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-31 | 2,000 | 2011-04-07 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-31 | 1,700 | 2010-04-16 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-31 | 2,238 | 2009-04-15 | 10-K |
| 2008-01-31 | 1,782 | 2008-04-14 | 10-K |
| 2007-01-31 | 1,667 | 2007-04-12 | 10-K |
| 2006-01-31 | 1,634 | 2006-04-17 | 10-K |
| 2005-01-31 | 1,458 | 2005-04-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-01-31 | 1,292 | 2004-04-30 | 10-K |
| 2003-01-31 | 1,271 | 2003-04-29 | 10-K |
| 2002-01-31 | 1,311 | 2002-05-01 | 10-K |
| 2001-01-31 | 1,524 | 2001-04-30 | 10-K |
| 2000-01-31 | 1,311 | 2000-04-28 | 10-K |
| 1999-01-31 | 923 | 1999-04-28 | 10-K |
| 1998-01-31 | 766 | 1998-04-30 | 10-K |
| 1997-01-31 | 1,000 | 1997-04-25 | 10-K |
| 1996-01-31 | 1,000 | 1996-04-26 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The Index row carries the 2,570 full-time count; the filing states approximately 2,600 employees in all (rule 2).
- No count by function or plant; one pattern by description (c); the data service's segment and geography tables are from fiscal 2014 and 2018 and were not used.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-159176, 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 Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 26% now and 30% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Lakeland Industries, 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 Lakeland Industries, Inc. employ?
- 2,600 as of January 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026 states. About 9% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 30% desk work, 11% 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 Lakeland Industries, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 2 and 2 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 November 9, 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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