# clm_BA9244AEB0F5

subject: HSBC (/record/hsbc.md)  
predicate: employees  
value: 264,000  
valid_from: 2015-12-31  
valid_to: 2016-12-31  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.95  
status: superseded  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: clm_52AA9622730E  
last_updated: 2026-11-09  
cite: AsOf. "HSBC employees: 264,000", as of 2015-12-31 (until 2016-12-31). Claim clm_BA9244AEB0F5, https://asof.is/claim/clm_BA9244AEB0F5, accessed 2026-11-10. Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828018001920/filing20flivegroupq42017doc.htm.  
checked: 2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date  

> At 31 December 2017, HSBC had a total workforce of 229,000 full- and part-time employees compared with 241,000 at the end of 2016 and 264,000 at the end of 2015.

What https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828018001920/filing20flivegroupq42017doc.htm says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190464 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828018001920/filing20flivegroupq42017doc.htm (primary)
- https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/hsbc/hsbc/number-of-employees (secondary)

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