Trimble Inc. (TRMB)

Positioning hardware and industry software, 40 countries. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 2, 2026, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 81 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Trimble states over 11,500 full-time and part-time employees at the end of 2025 in over 40 countries, 41% in North America, selling positioning hardware and industry software with services at 68% of revenue and no count by kind of work, so the split between instruments and software publishing is by description (c).

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: 22% now, 47% at the end of 2027, 59% at the end of 2028, 64% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 64% desk work, 20% 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 36% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 51% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

11,500 employees as of January 2, 2026 (stated). The filing states approximately 41% of employees in North America, 35% in Europe, 21% in Asia-Pacific and 3% elsewhere, in over 40 countries; the U.S. alone is not stated.

The filing: “Workforce Metrics. At the end of 2025, we employed over 11,500 full-time and part-time employees, the overwhelming majority of which were full-time employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Over 11,500 full-time and part-time employees, the overwhelming majority full-time, in over 40 countries; 41% North America, 35% Europe, 21% Asia-Pacific, 3% elsewhere; no union share is stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)19% now, 43% by 2028
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)20% now, 48% by 2028
• Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)19% now, 45% by 2028
• GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)19% now, 50% by 2028
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)18% now, 48% by 2028
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK, 26,000 employees)21% now, 57% by 2028
• Garmin Ltd. (GRMN, 23,000 employees)19% now, 49% by 2028
• AMETEK, Inc. (AME, 22,500 employees)18% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

43 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI capabilities across its software, from 3D modeling, analysis, planning and design to connected workflows and industry platforms boosted by its AI capabilities, in 43 sentences.

• “These statements include, among other things: general global macroeconomic outlook, including heightened trade tensions and related imposition of tariffs and export control restrictions between the United States and its trading partners, and associated supply chain disruptions, slowing growth, inflationary pressures, and fluctuations in interest rates; economic disruptions caused by the potenti...”
• “Trimble software capabilities include extensive three-dimensional ("3D") modeling, analysis, planning and design solutions, and AI capabilities, as well as a large suite of domain-specific software applications used across industries including construction, geospatial, utilities, and transportation.”
• “This has driven Trimble to move increasingly from point solutions to connected workflows and to industry ecosystems enabled by our industry platforms and access to industry data-all boosted by our AI capabilities.”
• “We deploy AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and similar technologies into our solutions across our business segments to deliver customer value through process automation and operational insights.”
• “This data estate based in the physical world creates a unique competitive advantage as a primary source that empowers Trimble AI solutions for our customers.”

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 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20232median 1
• Fiscal 202425median 4
• Fiscal 202543median 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 kind of work: the split between instruments and software is by description (c); the data service's segment table is by revenue type.
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000864749-26-000015, 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.