Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ)
Action sports apparel stores, mostly part-time. Read November 11, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed March 12, 2026. Ranked 85 of the 240 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
29%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
31%
Employees, annual report
9,000
Leading staffing pattern
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers
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.
- Now29%
- End of 202730%
- End of 202831%
- End of 203031%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 69%
- Becomes checking a model's work 17%
- Handed over with lighter checks 13%
A specialty apparel retailer whose filing states full-time and part-time parts and nothing by function.
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: 29% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 31% at the end of 2028, 31% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 31% desk work, 27% people work and 42% 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 69% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 17% 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
9,000 employees as of January 31, 2026 (sum of stated parts). Not stated. The filing names North America, Australia and other operations.
The filing: “On January 31, 2026, we employed approximately 2,400 full-time and approximately 6,600 part-time employees globally.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers | 100% | By description (c): a specialty retailer of apparel, footwear and accessories whose part-time sales associates work in its stores; the filing counts nothing by function, so the home office and distribution staff stay inside. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 2,400 full-time and 6,600 part-time employees; the part-time number rises in the back-to-school and winter holiday seasons. Part-time sales associates average about 20 years of age.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, 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.
- TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
- Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)28% now, 30% by 2028
- Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
- The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)30% now, 33% by 2028
- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, 43,200 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
- Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
- Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN, 31,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names artificial intelligence in risk factors: competitors adopting it faster, and the AI tools in parts of its operations not producing the intended efficiencies or being inaccurate or biased.
- “Furthermore, our competitors may incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “In addition, the technologies and artificial intelligence tools that we incorporate into certain aspects of our operations may not generate the intended efficiencies and may impact our business results.”
- “Specifically artificial intelligence tools could have the potential to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased and if we fail to adopt and oversee the use of artificial intelligence in a thoughtful and strategic manner, it could harm our financial performance.”
- “The rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies by attackers may intensify our cybersecurity risks.”
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 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20243median 4
- Fiscal 20254median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2,400 | 2026-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2025-02-01 | 2,400 | 2025-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2024-02-03 | 2,600 | 2024-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2023-01-28 | 2,600 | 2023-03-20 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-29 | 2,500 | 2022-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-30 | 2,300 | 2021-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-02-01 | 2,575 | 2020-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-02-02 | 2,500 | 2019-03-18 | 10-K |
| 2018-02-03 | 2,400 | 2018-03-19 | 10-K |
| 2017-01-28 | 2,400 | 2017-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-30 | 2,300 | 2016-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2015-01-31 | 2,100 | 2015-03-17 | 10-K |
| 2014-02-01 | 1,800 | 2014-03-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-02-02 | 1,700 | 2013-03-19 | 10-K |
| 2012-01-28 | 1,350 | 2012-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-29 | 1,380 | 2011-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-30 | 1,130 | 2010-03-23 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-31 | 1,650 | 2009-03-23 | 10-K |
| 2008-02-02 | 1,500 | 2008-03-25 | 10-K |
| 2007-02-03 | 786 | 2007-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2006-01-28 | 554 | 2006-03-23 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector took the part-time count alone and the data service the full-time count alone; the headcount is their sum.
- No count by function.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-104063, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.2 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 Zumiez Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 29% now and 31% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Zumiez 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 Zumiez Inc. employ?
- 9,000 as of January 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026 states as the sum of the parts it gives.
- What kinds of work make up Zumiez Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 31% desk work, 27% people work and 42% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Zumiez Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 4 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 3 and 4 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 5.2 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 11, 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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