Thor Industries, Inc. (THO)
Recreational vehicle maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026, filed September 22, 2026. Ranked 80 of the 104 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
16%
End of 2028
23%
Employees, annual report
19,500
Leading staffing pattern
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now16%
- End of 202721%
- End of 202823%
- End of 203024%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 76%
- Becomes checking a model's work 19%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
19,500 full-time employees in the U.S. and Europe building towable and motorized recreational vehicles, read as one motor vehicle body and trailer pattern.
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: 16% now, 21% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 15% people work and 61% 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 76% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 19% 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
19,500 employees as of July 31, 2026 (stated). Approximately 11,900 of 19,500 full-time employees are in the United States (stated); the rest are in Europe.
The filing: “We endeavor to operate in a way that our word is trusted, and we are committed to providing a safe work environment for our team members while empowering them to seize opportunities around them and give them avenues to grow and learn. 8 At July 31, 2026, we employed approximately 19,500 full-time employees worldwide, including approximately 11,900 full-time employees in the United States, of wh...”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing | 100% | The filing describes one business, recreational vehicles built by its North American and European subsidiaries, and counts no employees by segment (c); NAICS places travel trailers, campers and motorhomes in motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and the pattern applies to the European plants under rule 7 since the work is the same kind. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 19,500 full-time employees worldwide at July 31, 2026, 11,900 of them in the United States; the filing states no part-time, hourly or union figures in the sections read; subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe each run their own compensation and benefits.
What the filing says about AI
8 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in eight sentences, in its risk factors: more stringent privacy, data protection and artificial intelligence laws and regulations, penalties for noncompliance, and its own and its third-party service providers' increasing use of AI-enabled technologies to support business functions.
- “LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS More stringent privacy, data use, data protection and artificial intelligence laws and regulations as well as consumers' heightened expectations to safeguard their personal information may have an adverse effect on our business.”
- “Moreover, regulatory actions seeking to impose significant financial penalties for noncompliance and/or legal actions (including pursuant to laws providing for private rights of action by consumers) could be brought against us or our subsidiaries in the event of a data compromise, misuse of consumer information or actual or perceived noncompliance with data protection, privacy or artificial int...”
- “We, and certain of our third-party service providers, may increasingly utilize AI-enabled technologies to support various business functions.”
- “The use of AI may create risks associated with inaccurate, incomplete or biased outputs; unauthorized disclosure of confidential, proprietary or personal information; infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights; cybersecurity vulnerabilities and evolving regulatory requirements governing the development, deployment and use of AI technologies.”
- “In addition, third-party AI tools and service providers may not operate in accordance with our expectations or applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and we may have limited visibility into or control over their development, training methodologies, security practices or use of data.”
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
- Fiscal 20268
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 19,500 | 2026-09-22 | 10-K |
| 2025-07-31 | 20,900 | 2025-09-24 | 10-K |
| 2024-07-31 | 22,300 | 2024-09-24 | 10-K |
| 2023-07-31 | 24,900 | 2023-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2022-07-31 | 32,000 | 2022-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2021-07-31 | 31,000 | 2021-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-07-31 | 22,250 | 2020-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2019-07-31 | 21,750 | 2019-09-30 | 10-K |
| 2018-07-31 | 17,500 | 2018-09-20 | 10-K |
| 2017-07-31 | 17,800 | 2017-09-27 | 10-K |
| 2016-07-31 | 14,900 | 2016-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2015-07-31 | 10,450 | 2015-09-21 | 10-K |
| 2014-07-31 | 9,400 | 2014-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-07-31 | 8,300 | 2013-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2012-07-31 | 8,800 | 2012-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2011-07-31 | 8,250 | 2011-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-07-31 | 6,950 | 2010-09-29 | 10-K |
| 2009-07-31 | 5,203 | 2009-09-29 | 10-K |
| 2008-07-31 | 6,846 | 2008-09-29 | 10-K |
| 2007-07-31 | 8,462 | 2007-10-01 | 10-K |
| 2006-07-31 | 9,117 | 2006-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-07-31 | 8,215 | 2005-10-14 | 10-K |
| 2004-07-31 | 7,208 | 2004-10-12 | 10-K |
| 2003-07-31 | 5,485 | 2003-10-29 | 10-K |
| 2002-07-31 | 5,113 | 2002-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-07-31 | 3,194 | 2001-10-24 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-07-31 | 3,238 | 2000-10-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-07-31 | 3,087 | 1999-10-27 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-07-31 | 3,051 | 1998-10-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-07-31 | 2,732 | 1997-10-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-07-31 | 2,670 | 1996-10-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-07-31 | 2,688 | 1995-10-27 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The stated total is a count of full-time employees; the filing gives no total including part-time or seasonal workers.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000730263-26-000027, 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 Thor Industries, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 16% now and 23% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Thor Industries, 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 Thor Industries, Inc. employ?
- 19,500 as of July 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026 states. About 61% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Thor Industries, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 24% desk work, 15% people work and 61% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Thor Industries, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 8 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2026 name it in 0, 0, 0, 3, 3 and 8 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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