Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK)

Tools and hardware, 43,500 employees in 59 countries. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 3 of the 47 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states one total and the countries, nothing by segment or kind of work, so the power tool and hand tool shares are by description (c), said so.

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, 31% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 37% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 37% desk work, 13% 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 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

43,500 employees as of January 3, 2026 (stated). Employees in 59 countries; the filing states no count by country.

The filing: “As of January 3, 2026, the Company had approximately 43,500 employees in 59 countries.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 43,500 employees in 59 countries; salaried employees completed over 89,500 courses in 2025; 10,965 U.S. salaried and non-union hourly employees eligible for the Core benefit plan; pension plans cover most domestic hourly employees and 9,303 foreign employees.

What the filing says about AI

12 sentences in the filing name AI. Twelve sentences: AI, machine learning and robotics among the technological trends its growth depends on, the use of AI in product development and its effect on intellectual property protection, and cyber risk.

• “The Company's future growth rate depends upon a number of factors, including its ability to (i) identify and evolve with emerging technological and broader industry trends in its target end-markets, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence machine learning and robotics; (ii) defend its market share against an ever-expanding number of competitors, including many new and non-traditi...”
• “The use of artificial intelligence in the development of the Company's products and services could also impact its intellectual property protections.”
• “The Company's information systems and data may be vulnerable to cybersecurity threats and incidents which can include uncoordinated individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to information technology ("IT") systems, sophisticated and targeted measures known as advanced persistent threats, breaches due to human error, malfeasance, or other cybersecurity incidents directed at the Company, i...”
• “New vulnerabilities may be introduced as cybersecurity threats continue to evolve and if the Company or its third-party vendors increase their use of, or reliance on, emerging technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
• “Privacy laws that may be implemented in the future, laws regarding product data portability and governance, generative artificial intelligence, and robotics, and court decisions impacting activities across borders, may require changes to certain business practices and/or products, thereby increasing costs and operational complexity, or may result in negative publicity, require significant manag...”

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 20214median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20244median 4
• Fiscal 202512median 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

• No count by segment, kind of work or country: the power tool and hand tool shares are by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000093556-26-000009, 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.