NOV Inc. (NOV)

Oilfield equipment maker and servicer. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 3 of the 6 Energy companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 31,605 employees, 34% in the United States, describing engineers, trades and field service staff without counts, so products and services take their shares of revenue (c).

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, 27% at the end of 2027, 32% at the end of 2028, 33% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 33% desk work, 14% people work and 52% 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 63% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 29% 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

31,605 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 34% of employees work in the United States, 21% in Europe, 14% in Latin America, 13% in Asia Pacific, 11% in the Middle East and Africa, 4% in Canada and 3% in China.

The filing: “NOV's 31,605 global, diverse employees use their skill and expertise to provide the products and services that help our customers operate safely, efficiently, sustainably, and competitively.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 31,605 employees at 503 locations: 34% in the United States, 21% Europe, 14% Latin America, 13% Asia Pacific, 11% Middle East and Africa, 4% Canada, 3% China; women 16% of employees; the collector's 8,900 is the count eligible for retiree medical coverage.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, 118,000 employees)18% now, 37% by 2028
• Deere & Company (DE, 73,100 employees)19% now, 37% by 2028
• Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH, 59,850 employees)17% now, 38% by 2028
• Carrier Global Corporation (CARR, 47,000 employees)18% now, 36% by 2028
• Trane Technologies plc (TT, 44,000 employees)18% now, 33% by 2028
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW, 43,000 employees)18% now, 37% by 2028
• Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT, 36,500 employees)18% now, 36% by 2028
• CNH Industrial N.V. (CNH, 34,197 employees)18% now, 36% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its products: a platform and analytics services that apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to operational data, closed-loop drilling that uses machine learning, and keeping such capabilities in its products as a competitive need.

• “The Company's Max TM platform and analytics services also allow users to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to operational data, enabling better decision-making for more efficient, more productive, safer, and less carbon intensive operations.”
• “For example, NOV's segments jointly introduced closed-loop drilling technologies, which link real-time data from the well bottom to drilling rig controls and use machine learning to drive greater efficiency.”
• “In contrast, if we are unable to maintain our technology leadership position, including building artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into our products where appropriate, it could adversely affect our competitive advantage for certain products and services.”

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 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20253median 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 headcount is the stated 31,605 (rule 2); the collector's pick was the count eligible for retiree medical coverage.
• Shares by revenue (c): the filing describes the kinds of work but counts no employees by kind or segment.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-048350, 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.