Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPAA)

Aftermarket parts remanufacturer, 88% in Mexico. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending March 31, 2026, filed June 8, 2026. Ranked 143 of the 184 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Motorcar Parts of America’s approximately 5,600 employees, 4,900 of them in Mexico and 5,200 in production, remanufacture and make aftermarket auto parts, read as one motor vehicle parts 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: 16% now, 24% at the end of 2027, 28% at the end of 2028, 29% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 29% desk work, 14% people work and 57% 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 70% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 25% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

5,600 employees as of March 31, 2026 (stated). 300 of 5,600 employees are in the United States, 4,900 in Mexico, 200 in Canada and 200 in Malaysia and China, by the filing.

The filing: “As of March 31, 2026, we employed approximately 5,600 people, with 300 people in the United States, 4,900 people in Mexico, 200 people in Canada, and 200 people in Malaysia and China.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 5,600 people: 300 United States, 4,900 Mexico, 200 Canada, 200 Malaysia and China; about 5,200 production employees; about 4,700 production employees in a local union in Mexico; 37% women.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Motor Vehicle Parts 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.

• Lear Corporation (LEA, 164,300 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• Aptiv PLC (APTV, 140,000 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• Adient plc (ADNT, 65,000 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• Autoliv, Inc. (ALV, 64,300 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• BorgWarner Inc. (BWA, 37,500 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• Dana Incorporated (DAN, 26,900 employees)17% now, 30% by 2028
• Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (CPS, 22,000 employees)16% now, 28% by 2028
• Dauch Corp. (DCH, 18,000 employees)17% now, 29% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

6 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI six times, as a competitive risk: competitors’ AI-driven production systems and the need to adopt AI.

• “Certain of these competitors are investing heavily in advanced automated manufacturing technologies, including robotics, artificial intelligence-driven production systems, and large-scale manufacturing infrastructure.”
• “Our failure to effectively adopt and integrate artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies into our operations and products could adversely affect our competitiveness and business performance.”
• “While we currently utilize artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies in certain aspects of our business, the pace of technological advancement in AI and related fields is rapid and may significantly impact the automotive aftermarket industry.”
• “Competitors that successfully integrate AI into manufacturing, supply chain management, pricing, forecasting, customer service, and product development may achieve meaningful competitive advantages.”
• “If we are unable to timely and effectively adopt, implement, or scale AI and other advanced technologies, we may experience reduced operational efficiency, higher costs, slower innovation cycles, and diminished customer value propositions.”

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 20246median 4
• Fiscal 20256median 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 segment table shows one line at 100% and is not usable.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001140361-26-024463, 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.