# clm_50428A6D3479

subject: Caterpillar Inc. (/record/caterpillar.md)  
predicate: employees  
value: 98,400  
valid_from: 2017-12-31  
valid_to: 2018-12-31  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.95  
status: superseded  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: clm_6ABEB0D47831  
last_updated: 2026-11-09  
cite: AsOf. "Caterpillar Inc. employees: 98,400", as of 2017-12-31 (until 2018-12-31). Claim clm_50428A6D3479, https://asof.is/claim/clm_50428A6D3479, accessed 2026-11-10. Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_10-kx12312017.htm.  
checked: 2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date  

> As of December 31, 2017 , we employed about 98,400 full-time persons of whom approximately 56,200 were located outside the United States.

What https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_10-kx12312017.htm says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459965 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_10-kx12312017.htm (primary)

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