Medline Inc. (MDLN)

Medical supplies maker and distributor, 45,000, 58% U.S.. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 16 of the 36 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states the total and the U.S. count, nothing by kind of work, so the wholesale and manufacturing shares are by description (c), said so.

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: 23% now, 39% at the end of 2027, 45% at the end of 2028, 47% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 47% desk work, 22% people work and 31% 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 49% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 39% 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

45,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Over 26,000 of over 45,000 in the United States; the largest non-U.S. populations are in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, India, Canada, Slovakia, France, China, Japan, Germany and Australia.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed over 45,000 employees worldwide, with over 26,000 located in the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Over 45,000 employees, over 26,000 in the United States; no U.S. employees unionized, some in Mexico in unions, works councils in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Japan and industry agreements in France, Spain, Belgium and Italy; new sales representatives in comprehensive training programs.

What the filing says about AI

11 sentences in the filing name AI. Eleven sentences: AI and robotics used in over 26 million square feet of U.S. warehouse space to improve distribution efficiency and capacity, and risks from its own and partners' use of AI and from AI-enabled attacks.

• “Our use or our third-party service providers' or business partners' use of AI, automated decision-making and machine learning technologies and the evolving regulatory framework in this area may subject us to risks or heightened costs that could adversely affect business, results of operation and financial condition.”
• “We utilize artificial intelligence ("AI") and robotics technology in over 26 million square feet of warehouse space in the United States to improve efficiency and capacity to optimize distribution logistics and maximize utilization.”
• “Further, these attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated through the use of certain AI, automated decision-making and machine learning technology (collectively, "Machine Learning Technology") and are often well-funded, including in some cases by state sponsors.”
• “Compliance with all current and emerging privacy, security and data protection laws, regulations, and requirements, as well as laws that are adjacent (such as the proliferation of new laws and regulations addressing generative AI) to those domains is increasingly difficult.”
• “Our use or our third-party service providers' or business partners' use of AI, automated decision-making and machine learning technologies and the evolving regulatory framework in this area may subject us to risks or heightened costs that could adversely affect business, results of operation and financial condition.”

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

• No count by kind of work: the wholesale and manufacturing shares are by description (c).
• Over 45,000 employees; the total is the filing's stated figure.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0002046386-26-000009, 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.