The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Cyclical
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY)
Auto parts retailer, counted by workplace. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-27. Ranked 16 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 92,923 Team Members, 76,467 in stores, 11,649 in distribution centers and 4,807 in offices, so the patterns follow those counts (a).
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: 18% now, 23% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 25% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 25% desk work, 15% people work and 60% 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 75% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 16% becomes checking a model's work and 9% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
92,923 employees as of 2026-01-31 (stated). The filing describes stores in the U.S., Mexico and Canada without a count by country.
The filing: “As of January 31, 2026, we employed 92,923 Team Members (78,258 full-time Team Members and 14,665 part-time Team Members), of whom 76,467 were employed at our stores, 11,649 were employed at our DCs, and 4,807 were employed at our corporate and regional offices.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers | 82% | By stated counts (a): 76,467 Team Members employed at its stores, 82% of 92,923. |
| Warehousing and Storage | 13% | By stated counts (a): 11,649 Team Members employed at its distribution centers. |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 5% | By stated counts (a): the filing counts 4,807 Team Members at its corporate and regional offices, a stated corporate headcount under rule 6. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 92,923 Team Members: 78,258 full-time and 14,665 part-time; 76,467 in stores, 11,649 in distribution centers, 4,807 in corporate and regional offices; 649 district managers each overseeing about 10 stores; the collector's first figure of 78,258 was the full-time part.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- AutoZone, Inc. (AZO, 130,000 employees)18% now, 24% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 2 sentences, both about cybersecurity risk heightened by the adoption of AI.
- “In addition, the increased adoption of artificial intelligence could heighten certain of these risks.”
- “A material incident could significantly disrupt our operations and business processes; result in the impairment or loss of critical data; be costly and resource- 21 intensive to remedy; and/or harm our reputation and relationship with customers, Team Members, suppliers, and other stakeholders, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition,...”
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 | 78,258 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 78,111 | 2025-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 75,614 | 2024-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 71,612 | 2023-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 68,679 | 2022-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 62,530 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 82,167 | 2020-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 79,174 | 2019-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 75,289 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 74,715 | 2017-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 71,943 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 67,926 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 62,533 | 2014-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 53,615 | 2013-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 49,148 | 2012-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 47,142 | 2011-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 44,822 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 40,735 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 18,546 | 2008-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 17,153 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 15,686 | 2006-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 14,149 | 2005-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 12,635 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 11,513 | 2003-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 10,539 | 2002-03-29 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 8,937 | 2001-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | not read | 2000-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | not read | 1999-03-25 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | not read | 1998-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 3,337 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector's first figure of 78,258 was the full-time count; the filing's total of 92,923 Team Members replaces it.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000898173-26-000009, 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.
Questions about this company
- How much of O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 24% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce O'Reilly Automotive, 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 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. employ?
- 92,923 as of January 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 25% desk work, 15% people work and 60% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. 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 1, 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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