Liberty Global plc (LBTYK)

European cable operator, joint ventures not counted. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026. Ranked 14 of the 31 Communication Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Liberty Global’s 6,636 full-time equivalent employees run broadband, video and mobile operations in Belgium, Ireland and Slovakia with a U.K. center, one telecommunications pattern, its two joint ventures’ 22,505 people apart.

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: 27% now, 42% at the end of 2027, 49% at the end of 2028, 51% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 51% desk work, 20% people work and 29% 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 48% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 38% 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

6,636 employees as of December 31, 2025 (full-time equivalent). 81 of 6,636 full-time equivalent employees are in the U.S., by the filing’s count by country.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, our consolidated subsidiaries had an aggregate of 6,636 full-time equivalent employees, including 3,577 in Belgium, 1,543 in the U.K., 916 in the Republic of Ireland, 276 in the Netherlands, 223 in Slovakia, one in Spain, 19 in Monaco and 81 in the U.S.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 6,636 full-time equivalent employees in consolidated subsidiaries: Belgium 3,577, U.K. 1,543, Ireland 916, Netherlands 276, Slovakia 223, Monaco 19, Spain 1, U.S. 81; the nonconsolidated VMO2 joint venture employed 16,841 and VodafoneZiggo 5,664, not counted; contractors and temporary employees excluded; many European employees represented by works councils; a 2025 reshaping reduced the workforce by about 41% from the 2025 budgeted headcount.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Telecommunications, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Comcast (CMCSA, 179,000 employees)24% now, 47% by 2028
• AT&T (T, 133,030 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028
• Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR, 91,900 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028
• Verizon (VZ, 89,900 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028
• T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS, 75,000 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028
• Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN, 24,000 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028
• Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILA, 9,000 employees)27% now, 50% by 2028
• Uniti Group Inc. (UNIT, 8,632 employees)27% now, 49% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

18 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 18 times: a partnership announced in February 2026 to embed Google Cloud AI services across its operating companies, customer products and networks, and AI-enabled inclusive hiring language.

• “Other Transactions On February 3, 2026, we announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud Services to embed new artificial intelligence ( AI ) services throughout our operating companies and European operations (the Google Partnership ).”
• “Under the Google Partnership, we will integrate certain of Google's AI-enabled services into our customer products and services, as well as into our networks to improve scalability, security and data sovereignty and drive cost efficiencies.”
• “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk , as well as the following list of some, but not all, of the factors that could cause actual results or events (including with respect to our affiliates) to differ materially from anticipated results or events: economic and business conditions and industry trends in the countries in which we or our affiliates operate, including the impa...”
• “Our Planet priority also brings together innovation opportunities with smart energy initiatives-making our networks, products and operations more efficient and sustainable through the use of AI and other transformative technologies.”
• “Through inclusive hiring and progression, we seek to eliminate potential bias in our practices by utilizing inclusive hiring training for hiring managers, interview panels and inclusive language in job descriptions, enabled by AI.”

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 20232median 1
• Fiscal 20243median 4
• Fiscal 202518median 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

• The collector’s 16,841 was the VMO2 joint venture’s count; the company’s own consolidated workforce is 6,636 (rule 2), and the two joint ventures’ 22,505 employees are not counted (rule 8).
• The headcount is a full-time equivalent count.
• The revenue tables overlap and are not usable.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001570585-26-000014, 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.