Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (WTS)

Valves, drains and heating equipment maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 23, 2026. Ranked 65 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Watts Water Technologies’ approximately 5,700 employees, 3,100 in the Americas, make valves, backflow preventers, drains and heating equipment, split 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: 19% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 33% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% 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), 28% 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

5,700 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). About 3,100 of 5,700 employees are in the Americas, 1,900 in Europe and 700 in APMEA; the U.S. alone is not counted.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 5,700 employees globally, including 3,100 in the Americas, 1,900 in Europe and 700 in APMEA.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 5,700 employees: Americas 3,100, Europe 1,900, APMEA 700; an apprenticeship program for skilled trades; 85% survey participation.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• The Timken Company (TKR, 19,000 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028
• Masco Corporation (MAS, 18,000 employees)20% now, 33% by 2028
• Allegion plc (ALLE, 13,300 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA, 13,000 employees)22% now, 43% by 2028
• Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN, 10,000 employees)18% now, 30% by 2028
• Olin Corporation (OLN, 7,849 employees)20% now, 35% by 2028
• Crane Company (CR, 7,100 employees)18% now, 38% by 2028
• Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC, 6,700 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI nine times: AI and machine learning incorporated into operations, products and services, and generative AI training for employees.

• “We partner with external vendors to offer leadership and professional development opportunities such as coaching for improved performance, time management, project management, Generative AI in the workplace, data analytics, critical thinking and problem solving. ● LinkedIn Learning Curriculum.”
• “If we are unable to be agile and responsive to disruption in the development of new products, services and technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and other advanced digital technologies that are increasingly central to product development, manufacturing efficiency, and customer engagement, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could b...”
• “We are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies into our operations, products, and services.”
• “If we are unable to responsibly develop, deploy, and manage artificial intelligence technologies, our business and financial results could be adversely affected.”
• “While we have taken steps designed to reduce interruptions by implementing internal controls, a cybersecurity risk management program, network and data center resiliency, and redundancy and recovery processes, these measures may be inadequate. ​ Cybersecurity attacks, in particular, are evolving and are expected to accelerate on a global basis in frequency and magnitude as threat actors become...”

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 20232median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20259median 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 segment; the split follows the product lines by description, the segment table being fiscal 2020.
• The Americas are stated, not the United States, so the U.S. share is null.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-018541, 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.