OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN)
Digital wholesale vehicle auctions and floorplan lending. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026. Ranked 14 of the 199 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
27%
End of 2028
41%
Employees, annual report
4,800
Leading staffing pattern
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now27%
- End of 202737%
- End of 202841%
- End of 203042%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 58%
- Becomes checking a model's work 31%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
The filing states 4,800 employees, 2,000 in the U.S., in vehicle marketplace and finance segments with nothing counted by segment, 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: 27% now, 37% at the end of 2027, 41% at the end of 2028, 42% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 42% desk work, 20% people work and 38% 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 58% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 10% 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 approximately 2,000 of 4,800 employees in the U.S. and 2,800 in Canada, Europe, Uruguay and the Philippines.
The filing: “At December 31, 2025, we had approximately 4,800 employees, of which approximately 2,000 were located in the U.S. and approximately 2,800 were located in Canada, Europe, Uruguay and the Philippines.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 75% | By description (c): digital wholesale vehicle marketplaces with inspection, transport and logistics services, read at motor vehicle wholesaling as auto auctions are; the marketplace segment is 76% of revenue, and the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation | 25% | By description (c): the finance segment, 24% of revenue, provides floorplan loans to dealers; no count by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 4,800 employees, 84% full-time, 2,000 in the U.S.; no collective bargaining; independent contractors and temporary labor services are used for certain services and not counted.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- LKQ Corporation (LKQ, 44,000 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
- Copart, Inc. (CPRT, 11,900 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
- RB Global, Inc. (RBA, 8,700 employees)26% now, 39% by 2028
- Rush Enterprises, Inc. (RUSHA, 7,937 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says the company leverages AI in its imaging, inspection and vehicle representation tools, and names failing to keep pace with AI among competitive risks.
- “We are enhancing our imaging, inspection and vehicle representation capabilities and leveraging AI to more closely simulate seeing and touching a vehicle in person.”
- “Inspection Services We inspect many of the vehicles that are offered for sale in our marketplaces through a combination of our employees and third parties using our proprietary technologies, including AI-powered tools.”
- “In addition, we may not timely or effectively develop or enhance services or business processes to respond to emerging technological trends, including artificial intelligence, or our competitors may be able to develop or enhance services or business processes sooner or more effectively.”
- “Our efforts to utilize emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, may not be successful, cost effective or compliant and may expose us to additional risks.”
- “We expect our business to increasingly rely on emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, to optimize our operations, enhance our products and services, and improve customer experiences.”
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 202515median 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 | 2026-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 4,800 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 4,500 | 2024-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 4,500 | 2023-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 9,600 | 2022-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 10,000 | 2021-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 15,300 | 2020-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 18,400 | 2019-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 17,500 | 2018-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 17,400 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 14,400 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 12,600 | 2015-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 12,300 | 2014-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 12,069 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 12,215 | 2012-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 12,558 | 2011-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 12,648 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 14,003 | 2009-03-11 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Independent contractors and temporary labor are used and not counted (rule 8).
- No count by segment; the split between the marketplaces and the finance arm is by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001395942-26-000006, 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 OPENLANE, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 27% now and 41% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce OPENLANE, 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 OPENLANE, Inc. employ?
- 4,800 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 42% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up OPENLANE, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; by those patterns the work is about 42% desk work, 20% people work and 38% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does OPENLANE, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 15 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 5, 7 and 15 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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