# clm_6ABEB0D47831

subject: Caterpillar Inc. (/record/caterpillar.md)  
predicate: employees  
value: 104,000  
valid_from: 2018-12-31  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.95  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-12  
cite: AsOf. "Caterpillar Inc. employees: 104,000", as of 2018-12-31. Claim clm_6ABEB0D47831, https://asof.is/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018_Caterpillar_Annual_Report.pdf?_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794.  
checked: 2026-11-12 · its source page states the value and the date  

> As of December 31, 2018 , we employed about 104,000 full-time persons of whom approximately 59,400 were located outside the United States.

What https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/cat_10-kx12312018.htm says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459965 (secondary, Wikidata)
- http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018_Caterpillar_Annual_Report.pdf?_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794 (primary)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/cat_10-kx12312018.htm (primary, sec.gov)

## Supersedes

- [Caterpillar Inc.](/record/caterpillar.md) | employees | 98,400 | valid 2017-12-31 to 2018-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6ABEB0D47831](/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831.md) | [clm_50428A6D3479](/claim/clm_50428A6D3479.md)

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