Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)

Company-operated Shacks, support center counted. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 143 of the 161 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 13,873 team members, 13,427 in its Shacks and 446 at the support center, so restaurants carry the workforce as a counted part.

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: 11% now, 14% at the end of 2027, 15% at the end of 2028, 15% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 15% desk work, 22% people work and 63% 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 85% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 11% 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

13,873 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated as a count; the company-operated Shacks are in the United States (Shack sales 96% of revenue), with licensed Shacks abroad run by licensees.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had 13,873 team members, of whom 13,427 were hourly team members and Shack-level managers and 446 were Shack Support Center personnel.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 13,427 hourly team members and Shack-level managers, 446 at the Shack Support Center; 3,720 promotions in fiscal 2025; licensees' employees at licensed Shacks are outside the count (rule 8); no part-time or union figure stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Restaurants and Other Eating Places, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Starbucks (SBUX, 381,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC, 290,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Darden (DRI, 209,931 employees)11% now, 13% by 2028
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD, 150,000 employees)11% now, 13% by 2028
• Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG, 130,301 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (TXRH, 101,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Brinker International, Inc. (EAT, 85,003 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL, 74,500 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. Three sentences: the company expanded its governance framework and business-use policy for artificial intelligence with guardrails for responsible adoption, and risk factors name AI-driven cyber threats and consumers' adoption of AI.

• “As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in business operations, we expanded our governance framework for artificial intelligence technologies, including updating our business-use policy and implementing guardrails that promote responsible adoption in alignment with emerging regulatory expectations.”
• “Form 10-K | 26 addition, the rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may also heighten our cybersecurity risks by making cyber-attacks more difficult to detect, contain, and mitigate.”
• “Additionally, as technology systems continue to evolve and as consumers adopt new technologies, such as the use of artificial intelligence, we may need to enhance our systems or modify our strategies in order to remain relevant in our industry and to our guests.”

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 20243median 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 U.S. share is not stated as a count.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001620533-26-000018, 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.