Mistras Group, Inc. (MG)
Industrial inspection and testing services, 67% U.S. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 11, 2026. Ranked 31 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
24%
End of 2028
40%
Employees, annual report
4,800
Leading staffing pattern
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now24%
- End of 202735%
- End of 202840%
- End of 203042%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 57%
- Becomes checking a model's work 28%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
The filing states 4,800 employees, 3,200 in the United States, in inspection, testing and asset protection services with nothing counted by service line, so the split is by description.
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: 24% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 40% at the end of 2028, 42% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 43% desk work, 17% people work and 40% 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 57% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
4,800 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states 3,200 of 4,800 employees in the United States, 500 in Canada and 1,100 elsewhere.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 4,800 employees worldwide, of which 3,200 were located in the United States, 500 in Canada and 1,100 in our other non-U.S. locations.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 85% | By description (c): non-destructive testing, inspection and laboratory services for industrial assets, which NAICS places with testing laboratories; field technicians train through a web-based center; no count by service line. |
| Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance | 15% | By description (c): the maintenance and access services done at customers' plants alongside inspection, read as Team's mechanical services are; no count by service line. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 4,800 worldwide including full-time, part-time and contract employees, as the filing counts them; 3,200 in the United States, 500 in Canada, 1,100 elsewhere; less than 1% of U.S. employees unionized.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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.
- NIQ Global Intelligence Plc (NIQ, 38,760 employees)25% now, 42% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
18 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says the company is increasingly integrating digital technologies, data analytics and AI, including machine learning and generative AI, into its operations, service delivery and support functions, and names AI risks.
- “In addition, emerging regulatory and market developments related to climate change, the use of AI, cybersecurity, and sustainability reporting may introduce new compliance requirements or operational risks.”
- “We may use artificial intelligence in our business, which could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.”
- “We are increasingly integrating digital technologies, data analytics, and artificial intelligence ("AI"), including machine learning and generative AI, into our operations, service delivery, and business support functions.”
- “For example, we may use AI-driven tools to assist in data interpretation, automate aspects of inspection and analysis, enhance asset integrity assessments, improve workflow efficiency, and support back-office and administrative functions.”
- “We also utilize, and may further adopt, third-party software and platforms that incorporate AI technology.”
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 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 4,800 | 2026-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 4,800 | 2025-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 4,800 | 2024-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 5,400 | 2023-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 5,400 | 2022-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 5,400 | 2021-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 5,500 | 2020-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 5,700 | 2019-03-18 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 6,000 | 2018-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2016-05-31 | 5,700 | 2016-08-15 | 10-K |
| 2015-05-31 | 5,700 | 2015-08-12 | 10-K |
| 2014-05-31 | 5,300 | 2014-08-08 | 10-K |
| 2013-05-31 | 4,400 | 2013-08-14 | 10-K |
| 2012-05-31 | 3,500 | 2012-08-14 | 10-K |
| 2011-05-31 | 2,700 | 2011-08-12 | 10-K |
| 2010-05-31 | 2,300 | 2010-08-17 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector's 12,000 is from an executive's biography; rule 2 takes the stated 4,800.
- The count includes contract employees the filing does not count apart (rule 8), recorded as stated.
- No count by service line; the split between inspection and maintenance work is by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-016765, 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 Mistras Group, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 24% now and 40% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Mistras Group, 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 Mistras Group, Inc. employ?
- 4,800 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 67% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Mistras Group, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; by those patterns the work is about 43% desk work, 17% people work and 40% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Mistras Group, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 18 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 18 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 20, 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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