Medpace Holdings, Inc. (MEDP)
Clinical research organization, 46 countries. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 10, 2026. Ranked 93 of the 104 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
57%
Employees, annual report
6,200
Leading staffing pattern
Scientific Research and Development Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202742%
- End of 202857%
- End of 203066%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 33%
- Becomes checking a model's work 51%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
Medpace’s approximately 6,200 employees across 46 countries run clinical trials for drug developers, read as one scientific research and development services pattern.
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: 17% now, 42% at the end of 2027, 57% at the end of 2028, 66% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 67% desk work, 17% people work and 16% 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 33% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 51% 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
6,200 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; employees are in 46 countries.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025 we had approximately 6,200 employees located across 46 countries.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Research and Development Services | 100% | By description (c): a clinical research organization running clinical trials, a Phase I clinic and laboratories for drug developers, scientific research and development services; no count by function. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 6,200 employees across 46 countries, 5,900 a year earlier; about 66% women; no U.S. employees under a collective bargaining agreement; 75% of newly filled management roles filled from within.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Scientific Research and Development Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV, 93,000 employees)22% now, 62% by 2028
- Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL, 19,700 employees)17% now, 55% by 2028
- Fortrea Holdings Inc. (FTRE, 14,300 employees)17% now, 57% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
7 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI seven times, as risks: insufficient oversight of AI in operations, and falling behind competitors’ AI investment.
- “Continued evolution and use of machine learning and generative artificial intelligence ("AI"), including risks arising from insufficient human oversight of AI or a lack of controls and procedures monitoring the use of AI in day-to-day operations as well as from potential future competitive disadvantages related to a lack of investment in AI tools, could have a negative impact on our financial r...”
- “If we do not keep pace with rapid technological changes, including AI, our services may become less competitive or obsolete.”
- “Continued evolution and use of machine learning and generative artificial intelligence ("AI"), including risks arising from insufficient human oversight of AI or a lack of controls and procedures monitoring the use of AI in day-to-day operations as well as from potential future competitive disadvantages related to a lack of investment in AI tools, could have a negative impact on our financial r...”
- “The development, adoption, and use for generative AI technologies are still in their early stages and ineffective or inadequate AI development or deployment practices by the Company or third-party developers or vendors could result in unintended consequences.”
- “Developing, testing, and deploying resource-intensive AI systems may require additional investment and increase our costs.”
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 20235median 1
- Fiscal 20247median 4
- Fiscal 20257median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 6,200 | 2026-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,900 | 2025-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,900 | 2024-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 5,200 | 2023-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 4,500 | 2022-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 3,600 | 2021-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 3,500 | 2020-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 2,900 | 2019-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 2,500 | 2018-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 2,500 | 2017-02-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by function or country; one research services pattern by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001668397-26-000006, 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.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Medpace Holdings, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 57% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Medpace Holdings, 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 Medpace Holdings, Inc. employ?
- 6,200 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Medpace Holdings, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Scientific Research and Development Services; by those patterns the work is about 67% desk work, 17% people work and 16% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Medpace Holdings, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 7 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 5, 7 and 7 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 October 19, 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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