Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI)

Medical device maker, 7,500 in 43 countries. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 85 of the 104 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A medical device maker whose filing states 7,500 employees in 43 countries and nothing by kind of work, so the whole workforce is read at medical equipment manufacturing.

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: 19% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 38% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 38% desk work, 16% people work and 46% 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), 35% 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

7,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated: approximately 43 countries, no count by country; the data service's geography table is not usable.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 7,500 employees located in approximately 43 countries performing a variety of roles.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 7,500 employees in about 43 countries as of December 31, 2025 (7,400 a year earlier); the human capital excerpt is the text around the headcount, headquartered in South Jordan, Utah.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Abbott Laboratories (ABT, 115,000 employees)18% now, 35% by 2028
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX, 72,000 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX, 59,000 employees)19% now, 42% by 2028
• Stryker Corporation (SYK, 56,000 employees)19% now, 39% by 2028
• Baxter International Inc. (BAX, 37,500 employees)19% now, 37% by 2028
• Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN, 20,290 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Solventum Corporation (SOLV, 20,000 employees)20% now, 43% by 2028
• STERIS plc (STE, 17,937 employees)22% now, 39% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

10 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it has integrated AI into some product development activities and its business operations generally, and that competitors may integrate AI more quickly; it names AI in 10 sentences.

• “Furthermore, our existing competitors and new market entrants may respond more quickly to or integrate new or emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning in their product offerings, which could also limit the market for our products.”
• “The development, deployment and use of AI in our business operations could result in regulatory action, legal liability, operational challenges or reputational harm and our failure to adapt to developments related to AI in a timely manner (or at all) could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.”
• “We have integrated AI into our some of our product development activities and into our business operations generally.”
• “We expect to continue to utilize AI in our operations, as well as pursue new AI technology partnerships with third parties.”
• “The development, deployment and use of AI (particularly generative AI) is rapidly evolving and presents various risks, including from confidentiality, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity and compliance perspectives, and raises intellectual property, legal, regulatory, reputational, ethical, operational, technological and other concerns.”

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 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 202510median 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 U.S. share is not stated.
• The human capital excerpt is the text around the headcount.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000856982-26-000008, 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.