TIC Solutions, Inc. (TIC)
Inspection and engineering services, U.S. and Canada. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 12, 2026. Ranked 46 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
62%
Employees, annual report
12,760
Leading staffing pattern
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202747%
- End of 202862%
- End of 203069%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 30%
- Becomes checking a model's work 56%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
The filing states 12,760 permanent and temporary employees, 7,381 in the United States and 3,947 in Canada, in testing, inspection and engineering services, so one pattern carries the workforce.
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, 47% at the end of 2027, 62% at the end of 2028, 69% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 69% desk work, 16% people work and 15% 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 30% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 56% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
12,760 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 7,381 of 12,760 employees in the United States (58%) and 3,947 in Canada, stated.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had 12,760 (11,084 permanent and 1,676 temporary) employees of which 7,381 (6,925 permanent and 456 temporary) employees are located in the United States, and 3,947 (2,727 permanent and 1,220 temporary) employees are located in Canada.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | 100% | The filing describes one business, testing, inspection and certification with engineering and consulting services delivered by professionals at client sites under oil and gas life saving rules, which NAICS counts with testing laboratories and engineering services (541380, 541330), so one pattern carries the whole workforce by description (c); the filing counts employees by country and status only. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 11,084 permanent and 1,676 temporary employees, counted together by the filing; 7,381 U.S., 3,947 Canada; 1,644 union-represented (13%); headcount up from 6,060 with the combination that formed the company, as the filing's history shows.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Aecom (ACM, 51,000 employees)20% now, 62% by 2028
- Amentum Holdings, Inc. (AMTM, 50,000 employees)18% now, 51% by 2028
- Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J, 43,000 employees)20% now, 63% by 2028
- KBR, Inc. (KBR, 36,000 employees)18% now, 53% by 2028
- Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK, 25,000 employees)20% now, 62% by 2028
- Fluor Corporation (FLR, 22,995 employees)18% now, 53% by 2028
- UL Solutions Inc. (ULS, 14,851 employees)20% now, 63% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
10 sentences in the filing name AI. Ten sentences, risk factors: the growing use of AI in its business has challenges if not properly managed, though the filing says its use of AI and machine learning is not significant at this time.
- “Growing use of artificial intelligence ("AI") in our business has challenges that, if not properly managed could result in harm to our brand, reputation, business or customers, and adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “Growing use of artificial intelligence ("AI") in our business has challenges that, if not properly managed could result in harm to our brand, reputation, business or customers, and adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “While our use of AI and machine learning is not significant at this time, the use of AI and machine learning can present risks.”
- “AI algorithms may be flawed, and datasets may be insufficient.”
- “Inappropriate or controversial data practices by us or others could impair the acceptance of AI solutions or subject us to lawsuits and regulatory investigations.”
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 12,760 | 2026-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 6,060 | 2025-03-27 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Temporary employees (1,676) are counted in the total as the filing counts them.
- No count by service line: one pattern by description (c); the data service's geography table (other foreign countries 100%) fails the checks.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-017015, 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 TIC Solutions, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 62% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce TIC Solutions, 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 TIC Solutions, Inc. employ?
- 12,760 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 58% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up TIC Solutions, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; by those patterns the work is about 69% desk work, 16% people work and 15% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does TIC Solutions, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 10 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2024 to 2025 name it in 10 and 10 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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