# clm_FBF7FFCE2380

subject: HSBC (/record/hsbc.md)  
predicate: employees  
value: 235,217  
valid_from: 2018-12-31  
valid_to: 2019-12-31  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.95  
status: superseded  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: clm_2FA26DDEAE93  
last_updated: 2026-11-09  
cite: AsOf. "HSBC employees: 235,217", as of 2018-12-31 (until 2019-12-31). Claim clm_FBF7FFCE2380, https://asof.is/claim/clm_FBF7FFCE2380, accessed 2026-11-10. Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828019001584/livehsbcgroup20ffiling.htm.  
checked: 2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The number of employees expressed in full-time equivalent (‘FTE’) staff at 31 December 2018 was 235,217, an increase of 6,530 from 31 December 2017.

What https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828019001584/livehsbcgroup20ffiling.htm says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190464 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828019001584/livehsbcgroup20ffiling.htm (primary)
- https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1089113/000162828021003046/hsbc-20201231.htm (primary)

## Supersedes

- [HSBC](/record/hsbc.md) | employees | 229,000 | valid 2017-12-31 to 2018-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_FBF7FFCE2380](/claim/clm_FBF7FFCE2380.md) | [clm_666A91BF9AE6](/claim/clm_666A91BF9AE6.md)

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