V.F. Corporation (VFC)
Outdoor and active apparel brands, 26,000, 51% U.S.. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending March 28, 2026, filed May 20, 2026. Ranked 8 of the 75 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
24%
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
26,000
Leading staffing pattern
Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now24%
- End of 202732%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203035%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 65%
- Becomes checking a model's work 21%
- Handed over with lighter checks 13%
The filing states the total, the full-time share and the U.S. share and nothing by kind of work, so stores, offices and distribution take their shares 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: 24% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 23% people work and 43% 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 65% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% becomes checking a model's work and 13% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
26,000 employees as of March 28, 2026 (stated). Approximately 51% located in the U.S., as the filing states.
The filing: “VF had approximately 26,000 employees at the end of Fiscal 2026. Of VF's total employees, approximately 56% were full-time and approximately 51% were located in the U.S.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers | 55% | The brand stores (The North Face, Vans, Timberland and others) that sell apparel and footwear; no count by kind of work, so by description (c). |
| Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers | 30% | The design, sourcing, wholesale and brand offices of an apparel company that contracts most of its manufacturing; by description (c). |
| Warehousing and Storage | 15% | The distribution centers that serve its stores and wholesale customers; by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 26,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2026, 56% full-time and 51% in the U.S.; in international markets some employees are covered by trade-sponsored or governmental bargaining arrangements.
What the filing says about AI
21 sentences in the filing name AI. Twenty-one sentences: AI-powered inventory planning capabilities built and upgraded, AI among the competitive factors, and the risks of AI in its systems.
- “To achieve expansion the focus has included strengthening the product creation engine and building several artificial intelligence ("AI") powered inventory planning capabilities.”
- “Inventory planning capabilities were upgraded with the introduction of new AI-enabled capabilities.”
- “We face a variety of competitive challenges in an increasingly fast-paced environment, and our ability to compete effectively depends on our ability to: anticipate, respond to, and potentially influence changing consumer preferences and product trends quickly; design and develop attractive and innovative products that meet changing consumer needs, consistent with consumer trends and demands acr...”
- “The failure of our systems and those of third parties on which we rely to operate effectively or remain innovative, our inability to keep up with rapid technological change (including the successful utilization of data analytics, AI and machine learning), problems with transitioning to upgraded or replacement systems, difficulty in integrating new systems or systems of acquired businesses or a...”
- “Cybersecurity threats and the techniques used in cyberattacks change, develop and evolve rapidly, including from emerging technologies, such as advanced forms of AI.”
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 202317median 1
- Fiscal 202417median 4
- Fiscal 202521median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 26,000 | 2026-05-20 | 10-K |
| 2025-03-29 | 27,000 | 2025-05-22 | 10-K |
| 2024-03-30 | 30,000 | 2024-05-23 | 10-K |
| 2023-04-01 | 33,000 | 2023-05-25 | 10-K |
| 2022-04-02 | 35,000 | 2022-05-26 | 10-K |
| 2021-04-03 | 40,000 | 2021-05-27 | 10-K |
| 2020-03-28 | 48,000 | 2020-05-27 | 10-K |
| 2019-03-30 | 75,000 | 2019-05-24 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-30 | 69,000 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 69,000 | 2017-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-02 | 64,000 | 2016-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2015-01-03 | 59,000 | 2015-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-28 | 59,000 | 2014-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-29 | 57,000 | 2013-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 58,000 | 2012-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-01 | 47,000 | 2011-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-02 | 45,700 | 2010-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-03 | 46,600 | 2009-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-29 | 54,200 | 2008-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-30 | 45,500 | 2007-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 52,300 | 2006-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2005-01-01 | 53,200 | 2005-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2004-01-03 | 52,300 | 2004-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2003-01-04 | 56,000 | 2003-03-21 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-29 | 7,000 | 2002-03-20 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-30 | 4,000 | 2001-03-26 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-01-01 | 4,100 | 2000-03-28 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-01-02 | 5,600 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1998-01-03 | 5,200 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-01-04 | 6,200 | 1997-03-26 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-30 | 6,000 | 1996-03-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-12-31 | 8,512 | 1995-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-01-01 | 7,173 | 1994-03-24 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector found no count; the total is in the human capital section's text.
- No count by kind of work: shares by description (c), with the U.S. patterns applied abroad under rule 7.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000103379-26-000030, 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.
Questions about this company
- How much of V.F. Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 24% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce V.F. Corporation'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 V.F. Corporation employ?
- 26,000 as of March 28, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending March 28, 2026 states. About 51% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up V.F. Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 35% desk work, 23% people work and 43% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does V.F. Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 21 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 17, 17 and 21 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 3, 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.
Embed these figures on your site
A small card with the share of working time within reach now and at the end of 2027, 2028 and 2030, the date and a link back. Free under CC BY 4.0; the card carries the credit.