Leslie's, Inc. (LESL)
Pool supply stores, counted by workplace. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending October 4, 2025, filed December 18, 2025. Ranked 58 of the 240 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
30%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
3,790
Leading staffing pattern
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
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.
- Now30%
- End of 202733%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203034%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 66%
- Becomes checking a model's work 23%
- Handed over with lighter checks 11%
Leslie's states about 3,790 employees by workplace, 2,990 in its pool supply stores read at other miscellaneous retailers, 360 in the corporate office at management of companies, 230 in distribution centers at warehousing and 210 field service technicians at services to buildings.
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: 30% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 34% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 34% desk work, 23% people work and 43% 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 66% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 23% becomes checking a model's work and 11% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
3,790 employees as of October 4, 2025 (stated). The filing describes pool supply stores across the United States and states no count by country; recorded as 1 with a flag.
The filing: “As of October 4, 2025, we employed approximately 3,790 employees. Of these, approximately 2,990 work within our physical network, 210 work as in-field service technicians, 360 work in our corporate office, and 230 work in our distribution centers.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Miscellaneous Retailers | 79% | Stated count (a): approximately 2,990 employees work within the physical network of pool and spa supply stores, 79% of 3,790, swimming pool supply retailing, NAICS 459999 in the 4599 group, the SIC 5990 business. |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 9% | Stated count (a): approximately 360 employees work in the corporate office, a stated corporate count that rule 6 sends to management of companies. |
| Warehousing and Storage | 6% | Stated count (a): approximately 230 employees work in the distribution centers, a counted operation read at warehousing and storage, NAICS 4931. |
| Services to Buildings and Dwellings | 6% | Stated count (a): approximately 210 in-field service technicians who repair and maintain pools and equipment at customers' homes, pool maintenance services, NAICS 561790 in the 5617 group, a counted operation. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 2,990 in the stores, 210 in-field service technicians, 360 in the corporate office and 230 in distribution centers; voluntary turnover 18% for corporate and 23% for non-corporate roles; no collective bargaining; fiscal year ends early October.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Miscellaneous Retailers, 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.
- Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (WOOF, 29,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
0 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's text names AI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | 3,790 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-28 | 3,850 | 2024-11-27 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 4,100 | 2023-11-29 | 10-K |
| 2022-10-01 | 4,200 | 2022-11-30 | 10-K |
| 2021-10-02 | 3,700 | 2021-12-10 | 10-K |
| 2020-10-03 | 3,700 | 2020-12-23 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The U.S. share of 1 rests on the filing's description of U.S. stores, not a stated count.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-25-323811, 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 Leslie's, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 30% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Leslie's, 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 Leslie's, Inc. employ?
- 3,790 as of October 4, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending October 4, 2025 states. About 100% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Leslie's, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Miscellaneous Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 34% desk work, 23% people work and 43% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Leslie's, 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 November 8, 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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