UL Solutions Inc. (ULS)

Testing, inspection and certification labs worldwide. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 39 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 14,587 full-time and 264 part-time employees, about 3,400 in laboratories, testing and certifying products, with a software line beside it.

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, 48% at the end of 2027, 63% at the end of 2028, 69% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 70% desk work, 17% people work and 14% 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), 57% 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

14,851 employees as of December 31, 2025 (sum of stated parts). Not stated; U.S. revenue is 41%, China 25%, EMEA 17% and Asia Pacific 13%.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 14,587 full-time employees and 264 part-time employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 14,587 full-time and 264 part-time; about 3,400 in the laboratories; a Restructuring Plan announced in November 2025 to exit certain lines of business, with position eliminations subject to local consultation, recorded as the filing states it.

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
• TIC Solutions, Inc. (TIC, 12,760 employees)20% now, 62% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

42 sentences in the filing name AI. Forty-two sentences: the company says the expansion of AI data centers drives energy demand requiring new safety standards and services, and that its ULTRUS software incorporates AI capabilities for product launches, compliance and sustainability.

• “There are or will be important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: any failure on the Company's part to protect and maintain its brand and reputation, or the impact on its brand or reputation of third-party events or actions outside of its con...”
• “For example, the rapid increase for energy demand globally being driven by a number of factors, including the expansion of AI data centers, requires new safety and security measures, backed by research, standards and regulations.”
• “Across multiple ULTRUS TM software solutions, we incorporate artificial intelligence capabilities that help customers accelerate product launches, improve regulatory compliance, and strengthen their sustainability initiatives.”
• “These platforms embed artificial intelligence that enhances the speed and quality of decision-making across our organization.”
• “Technological advances in artificial intelligence ("AI") may in the future disrupt the industries in which the Company operates, which could significantly reduce the demand for the Company's services or otherwise adversely impact the Company's reputation and business if it is unable to successfully keep pace and navigate this evolving environment.”

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 202443median 4
• Fiscal 202542median 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 total is the sum of the stated full-time and part-time employees (rule 2).
• No count by segment beyond the laboratories: the software share is by description (c).
• The data service's segment table (Software 100%) is not usable and was not used; the U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001901440-26-000005, 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.