RBC Bearings Incorporated (RBC)
Bearings and power transmission maker, 72% U.S. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending March 28, 2026, filed May 15, 2026. Ranked 71 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
19%
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
5,816
Leading staffing pattern
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now19%
- End of 202730%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203036%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 63%
- Becomes checking a model's work 30%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
RBC Bearings’ 5,816 employees, 4,187 at its U.S. plants, make precision bearings and power transmission components, split 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: 19% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 14% people work and 51% 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), 30% 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
5,816 employees as of March 28, 2026 (stated). 4,187 of 5,816 employees are at 44 U.S. facilities and 1,629 at 21 international facilities, by the filing.
The filing: “RBC employs 5,816 people worldwide. Of these, 4,187 are employed at our 44 U.S. facilities and 1,629 are employed at our 21 international facilities located in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, Poland and Switzerland.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) | 70% | By description (c): precision ball, roller and plain bearings for industrial and aerospace customers, bearing manufacturing (NAICS 332991), the larger part of the 65 plants; no count by product. |
| Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | 30% | By description (c): mounted bearings, gearing and power transmission components for industrial customers, power transmission equipment (NAICS 333613). |
What the filing says about the workforce: 5,816 employees, 4,187 in the U.S.; engineers recruited from over 40 colleges; the series rose from 1,422 in 2023 with an acquisition; no union count stated.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 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.
- The Timken Company (TKR, 19,000 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028
- Masco Corporation (MAS, 18,000 employees)20% now, 33% by 2028
- Allegion plc (ALLE, 13,300 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
- Snap-on Incorporated (SNA, 13,000 employees)22% now, 43% by 2028
- Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN, 10,000 employees)18% now, 30% by 2028
- Olin Corporation (OLN, 7,849 employees)20% now, 35% by 2028
- Crane Company (CR, 7,100 employees)18% now, 38% by 2028
- Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC, 6,700 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI three times: AI-enabled tools used for administrative and efficiency functions, not for operational or financial decisions, and their risks.
- “Future increases in interest rates would increase the cost of servicing our bank debt ( i.e. , term loan and revolving credit facility), which could materially reduce our profitability and cash flows. 15 Use of artificial intelligence could expose us to operational, compliance, and data-related risk.”
- “We currently utilize artificial intelligence -enabled tools primarily to support administrative and efficiency-focused functions.”
- “While these tools are not used to make operational, financial reporting, or customer-related decisions, we are still exposed to certain risks including potential data and security or privacy breaches, reliance on third-party AI service providers, inaccurate or incomplete outputs, and evolving regulatory and legal requirements.”
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 20240median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 5,816 | 2026-05-15 | 10-K |
| 2025-03-29 | 5,334 | 2025-05-16 | 10-K |
| 2024-03-30 | 5,302 | 2024-05-17 | 10-K |
| 2023-04-01 | 1,422 | 2023-05-19 | 10-K |
| 2022-04-02 | 3,549 | 2022-05-26 | 10-K |
| 2021-04-03 | 2,990 | 2021-05-21 | 10-K |
| 2020-03-28 | 1,575 | 2020-05-20 | 10-K |
| 2019-03-30 | 1,503 | 2019-05-23 | 10-K |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,468 | 2018-05-30 | 10-K |
| 2017-04-01 | 750 | 2017-05-31 | 10-K |
| 2016-04-02 | 750 | 2016-05-26 | 10-K |
| 2015-03-28 | 750 | 2015-05-27 | 10-K |
| 2014-03-29 | 884 | 2014-05-28 | 10-K |
| 2013-03-30 | 822 | 2013-05-29 | 10-K |
| 2012-03-31 | 790 | 2012-05-30 | 10-K |
| 2011-04-02 | 659 | 2011-05-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-04-03 | 605 | 2010-06-02 | 10-K |
| 2009-03-28 | 669 | 2009-05-27 | 10-K |
| 2008-03-29 | 693 | 2008-05-28 | 10-K |
| 2007-03-31 | 601 | 2007-06-12 | 10-K |
| 2006-04-01 | 532 | 2006-06-16 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by product; the split between bearings and power transmission products is by description.
- The geography table shows the United States at 100% and is not usable; the country counts come from the filing.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001213900-26-057626, 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 RBC Bearings Incorporated's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 19% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce RBC Bearings Incorporated'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 RBC Bearings Incorporated employ?
- 5,816 as of March 28, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending March 28, 2026 states. About 72% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up RBC Bearings Incorporated's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only); by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 14% people work and 51% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does RBC Bearings Incorporated's annual report say about AI?
- 3 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 3 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 19, 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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