MasterBrand, Inc. (MBC)

Cabinet maker, 81% hourly production and distribution. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 28, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 76 of the 161 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

MasterBrand's table counts 12,633 associates at December 28, 2025, 10,182 in production and distribution and 2,451 in office roles, 32% under collective bargaining agreements, so the plants and distribution take the cabinet group and the stated administrative count goes to management of companies (a).

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: 20% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 14% people work and 49% 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 62% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

12,633 employees as of December 28, 2025 (stated). The filing counts associates by role, not by country; revenue is 96% U.S., 4% Canada and 1% Mexico.

The filing: “Below is a summary of the number of associates by role as of December 28, 2025: Production and Distribution 10,182; Office 2,451; Total 12,633.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 81% hourly production and distribution associates and the rest in administrative roles; approximately 32% under collective bargaining agreements; full-time and part-time associates counted together, contract workers excluded.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• HNI Corporation (HNI, 19,500 employees)18% now, 30% by 2028
• MillerKnoll, Inc. (MLKN, 10,544 employees)19% now, 29% by 2028
• La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB, 10,200 employees)20% now, 31% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it has incorporated and expects to continue to incorporate AI solutions into its operations, and lists the risks of AI systems and third-party AI vendors (technical difficulties, flawed algorithms, legal and regulatory liability) in its risk factors.

• “Use of artificial intelligence in our operations could result in reputational or competitive harm, legal or regulatory liability and adverse impacts on our financial performance.”
• “We have incorporated, and expect to continue to incorporate in the future, artificial intelligence ("AI") solutions into our operations, and the use of AI involves various risks and challenges that could adversely affect our business or financial performance.”
• “The use, development and deployment of AI systems or the AI systems of third-party AI vendors involve inherent technical complexities and uncertainties, and these AI systems may encounter unexpected technical difficulties, limitations or errors, including inaccuracies in data processing or flawed algorithms, which could compromise the reliability and effectiveness of our products and services b...”
• “In addition, our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively.”
• “The use of AI applications, including large language models, has resulted in, and may in the future result in, cybersecurity vulnerabilities or incidents that implicate the personal information, intellectual property, proprietary data or other sensitive information of end users of such applications.”

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 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20259median 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 pick was the rounded 'more than 12,000'; the table counts 12,633 (rule 2).
• Contract workers are excluded by the filing's own count (rule 8).
• The U.S. share is not stated; revenue is 96% U.S.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001941365-26-000006, 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.