Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (SSD)

Construction connectors and fasteners maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 27, 2026. Ranked 20 of the 52 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Simpson Manufacturing’s 5,545 employees, 3,276 in the Americas, make connectors, hardware and fasteners for wood and concrete construction, 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: 20% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 33% at the end of 2028, 34% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 34% desk work, 13% people work and 53% 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 66% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 28% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

5,545 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 3,276 of 5,545 employees are in the Americas, 1,551 in Europe and 718 in Asia Pacific; the U.S. alone is not counted.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, our employees, including those employed by consolidated subsidiaries, by region were approximately: Asia Pacific 718, Europe 1,551, Americas 3,276, total 5,545.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 5,545 employees: Americas 3,276, Europe 1,551, Asia Pacific 718; about 19.4% represented by unions, at U.S. plants in Stockton, Riverside and Enfield and in France; 22% women.

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 among the software tools it invests in for specification, competitors’ use of AI, and AI governance in security.

• “The Company is also investing in software technology, such as 3D visualization software tools, truss design and specification software, Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), and construction-related software, in order to drive increased specification and use of our building material products with engineers, truss component manufacturers, builders, lumber dealers, and homeowners as well as to support...”
• “Many of our competitors are also leveraging AI to improve product capabilities and operational efficiency, which could further intensify competition.”
• “These efforts are designed to address information security governance and risk, product security, identification and protection of critical assets, third-party risk, security awareness, cyber defense operations, artificial intelligence and data protection governance, and related risk management matters.”

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 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 collector’s 124,000 was a stock unit count; the filing’s table states 5,545 (rule 2).
• The Americas are stated, not the United States, so the U.S. share is null.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-012920, 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.