681 companies in our data use Automation Direct, and 413 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Its share of job posts held steady in the three months to August 2026; 159 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. It comes up most in Skilled Trades job posts.
Which companies name Automation Direct in the most job posts?
Among the companies with the most job posts naming Automation Direct are PCI Pharma Services (61), Design Solutions & Integration (36) and MKD Electric (27). Design Solutions & Integration is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in May 2024.
CompanyPostsRecent job post
PCI Pharma ServicesManufacturing · first seen Nov 202261
"This includes knowledge of Allen Bradley and Automation Direct programming, and other control systems."IC&V Technician 1, Nov 7, 2026
Design Solutions & IntegrationRetail Trade · first seen May 202436
"…provided software changes with Allen Bradley, Schneider, GE, Idec, Automation Direct, and Siemens PLCs, Allen Bradley, GE, Idec, Automation Direct…"Automation Technician, Aug 5, 2026
MKD ElectricConstruction · first seen Jul 202227
"Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider, GE, Omron, Automation Direct, or other PLC"Automation Project Manager (BCI), Aug 5, 2025
Applied Industrial TechnologiesManufacturing · first seen Sep 202225
"Experience: Minimum 5+ years of direct, hands-on industry experience programming PLCs (Allen Bradley, Automation Direct, MOSCAD, etc.) and working with process/flow control systems."Systems Engineer - Industrial Controls, Sep 17, 2026
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.Manufacturing · first seen May 202325
"Data acquisition systems such as NI hardware, Measurement and Computing and PLCs (Automation Direct family brands, Allen Bradly, Siemens Omron…), Arduino, Raspberry pi"test engineer, Oct 6, 2026
Automation Direct's share of job posts is about the same as three months earlier: 0.09 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, against 0.08 from March to May. Its busiest month was February 2026, at 0.12.
Show the data
Month
Job posts naming Automation Direct
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
9
1,413,673
0.06
Nov 2025
13
1,822,119
0.07
Dec 2025
7
1,236,103
0.06
Jan 2026
16
1,828,002
0.09
Feb 2026
22
1,856,647
0.12
Mar 2026
13
1,850,711
0.07
Apr 2026
14
1,728,886
0.08
May 2026
17
1,821,509
0.09
Jun 2026
14
1,909,496
0.07
Jul 2026
18
1,815,180
0.10
Aug 2026
16
1,835,698
0.09
How many companies named Automation Direct in a job post for the first time in recent months?
In the three months to August 2026, 8 companies posted about Automation Direct for the first time. From March to May, 10 did. The 8 from June to August are 1.9% of all 413 companies whose job posts name it.
March to May 202610
June to August 20268
October 2025 to August 202635
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use Automation Direct?
413 companies name Automation Direct in job posts they wrote, and employees' profiles add 268 more. 9 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name Automation Direct
41361%
Employees' profiles list Automation Direct
26839%
681 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use Automation Direct?
Companies with fewer than 50 employees are 1.4 times as common among Automation Direct users as on the typical tech page. 124 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
30%22%
50 to 999
37%38%
1,000 to 5,000
15%17%
Over 5,000
18%23%
Where are Automation Direct companies based?
More than half of Automation Direct companies are in the United States (80%). Its companies are based in 42 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
80%43%
Canada
4.3%3.6%
United Kingdom
2.1%6.4%
Germany
1.7%4.4%
India
1.4%6.9%
France
1.3%4.6%
Companies in 42 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
507
80%
43%
Canada
27
4.3%
3.6%
United Kingdom
13
2.1%
6.4%
Germany
11
1.7%
4.4%
India
9
1.4%
6.9%
France
8
1.3%
4.6%
Which teams work with Automation Direct?
Engineering teams are the most common home for Automation Direct, at 13 companies, followed by operations and automation.
TeamCompanies
Engineering
13
Operations
8
Automation
7
Maintenance
6
Instrumentation & controls
3
Manufacturing
3
What else do Automation Direct companies use?
8% of Automation Direct companies also use GE Fanuc, against 0.08% of similar companies. Next is RSLogix 500: 10% of these companies use it, against 0.16% of similar ones.
Share of the 314 Automation Direct companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming Automation Direct in job posts recently?
From April to August 2026, 9 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming Automation Direct: 5 commercial, 3 mid-market and 1 enterprise. Forte Opening Solutions and SESCO Cement Corp. lead the new commercial companies, with 4 job posts each from April to August.
Companies that named Automation Direct in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention Automation Direct most?
Skilled Trades is the most common role, in 36% of job posts naming Automation Direct. The top four roles cover 82% of these job posts.
RoleSharePosts
Skilled Trades
36%58
Automation Engineer
19%30
Control Engineer
19%30
Electrical Engineer
8.2%13
Program Manager
4.4%7
Facilities
3.1%5
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Skilled Trades
36%
58
15
21
Automation Engineer
19%
30
10
12
Control Engineer
19%
30
5
6
Electrical Engineer
8.2%
13
3
2
Program Manager
4.4%
7
4
0
Facilities
3.1%
5
2
1
About this data
Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.
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