Veralto Corporation (VLTO)

Water and product quality instruments, printers, software. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 20, 2026. Ranked 43 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states nearly 17,000 employees by region, not by business, so the split between its water quality instruments, marking and coding equipment, treatment chemicals and packaging software is by description.

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, 38% at the end of 2027, 46% at the end of 2028, 50% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 50% desk work, 17% people work and 32% 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 50% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 41% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

17,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; North America is 6,500 of 17,000 (38%), Western Europe 5,000, other developed markets 500 and high-growth markets 5,000.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, Veralto had nearly 17,000 employees (whom we refer to as "associates"), of whom approximately 6,500 were employed in the North America, 5,000 were employed in Western Europe, 500 were employed in other developed markets and 5,000 were employed in high-growth markets.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 16,500 full-time and 500 part-time; 6,500 in North America, 5,000 in Western Europe, 500 in other developed markets, 5,000 in high-growth markets with 9 local manufacturing facilities; government-mandated collective bargaining and union contracts outside the U.S., particularly in Europe.

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

11 sentences in the filing name AI. Eleven sentences: the company says it is in the early stages of incorporating AI into its business activities and its product and service offerings, and risk factors name uncertainties in developing, deploying and using it.

• “Our growth depends on the timely development and commercialization, and customer acceptance, of new and enhanced products and services based on technological innovation. 1 Uncertainties with respect to the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in our business and products may result in harm to our business and financial statements.”
• “Uncertainties with respect to the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in our business and products may result in harm to our business and financial statements.”
• “We are in the early stages of incorporating artificial intelligence ("AI") into our business activities and our product and service offerings.”
• “As with many innovations, AI presents risks and challenges that could adversely impact our business.”
• “The development, adoption, and use of AI technologies are still in their early stages and ineffective or inadequate AI development or deployment practices could result in unintended consequences.”

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 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 202511median 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 business: the split between instruments, marking and coding machinery, treatment chemicals and software is by description (c).
• The data service's segment table (recurring against nonrecurring revenue) is not a segment table and was not used.
• The U.S. share is not stated; North America is 38%.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001967680-26-000011, 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.