Workiva Inc. (WK)
Financial reporting software, one pattern. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 95 of the 238 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
51%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
73%
Employees, annual report
2,860
Leading staffing pattern
Software Publishers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now51%
- End of 202768%
- End of 202873%
- End of 203075%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 25%
- Becomes checking a model's work 63%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
The filing states approximately 2,860 full-time employees worldwide at December 31, 2025 and describes one subscription software business with no count by function, so the whole workforce is read at software publishers 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: 51% now, 68% at the end of 2027, 73% at the end of 2028, 75% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% 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 25% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 63% becomes checking a model's work and 10% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
2,860 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; the excerpt gives no count by country.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, Workiva employed approximately 2,860 full-time people worldwide.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Software Publishers | 100% | The filing describes an AI-powered platform for trust, transparency and accountability sold by subscription (92% of revenue) with professional services beside it and no count by function, so the whole workforce is read at software publishers by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 2,860 full-time employees worldwide at December 31, 2025, up 1.1% from 2,828; employees work wherever and whenever is best for them; no U.S. employees represented by a labor organization; on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list since 2019.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Software Publishers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Microsoft (MSFT, 223,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
- Oracle (ORCL, 141,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
- Salesforce, Inc. (CRM, 83,334 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
- Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER, 34,000 employees)52% now, 71% by 2028
- DoorDash, Inc. (DASH, 31,400 employees)52% now, 71% by 2028
- Adobe Inc. (ADBE, 31,360 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
- ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW, 29,187 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
- Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS, 28,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
37 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes Workiva as a leading AI-powered platform for trust, transparency and accountability and says it launched artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate transformation for the office of the CFO.
- “Business Overview Workiva is a leading, AI-powered platform for trust, transparency, and accountability.”
- “Approximately 92% of our revenue in 2025 was derived from subscription and support fees, with the remainder from professional services. 2025 Company Highlights and Milestones We delivered strong financial performance powered by the continued demand for our broad portfolio of solutions and AI-powered platform.”
- “We successfully adapted our go-to-market strategy to reflect the changing business and regulatory environments, and our resilient platform enabled us to continue delivering durable growth in a dynamic year. 1 Table of Contents Workiva launched artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities to accelerate transformation for the office of the CFO.”
- “These AI capabilities, unified data automation, and a modernized controls experience allow our finance, GRC, and sustainability teams to streamline complex workflows, proactively manage risk, and deliver insights with speed and confidence.”
- “Workiva was recognized as a leader across multiple independent industry analyst reports, including but not limited to: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Green Accounting Applications for CFOs, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide ESG Reporting and Compliance Management Applications, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Management Platforms, Verdantix Green Quadrant: GRC Software, Verdantix Green...”
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 202320median 1
- Fiscal 202415median 4
- Fiscal 202537median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2,860 | 2026-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,828 | 2025-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 2,526 | 2024-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 2,447 | 2023-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,106 | 2022-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 1,718 | 2021-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 1,580 | 2020-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 1,319 | 2019-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 1,318 | 2018-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 1,172 | 2017-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 1,122 | 2016-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 953 | 2015-03-11 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The U.S. share is not stated.
- The count is of full-time employees; no part-time figure is stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001445305-26-000016, 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 Workiva Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 51% now and 73% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Workiva 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 Workiva Inc. employ?
- 2,860 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Workiva Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Software Publishers; by those patterns the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Workiva Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 37 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 20, 15 and 37 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 November 9, 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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