What is Caterpillar Inc.'s current employee count?

104,000, dated December 31, 2018, from 2 primary sources (reports.caterpillar.com and sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 12, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

When did Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count last change?

The latest value on the record is 104,000, dated December 31, 2018; before it the record holds 98,400, dated December 31, 2017 and closed on December 31, 2018.

What was Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count before 104,000?

98,400, valid from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov).

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Caterpillar Inc. employees

As of November 12, 2026, Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count on the AsOf record is 104,000, dated December 31, 2018, from 2 primary sources (reports.caterpillar.com and sec.gov).

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current employees: 104,000December 31, 2018 · 3 sources

2 dated values, oldest first; the current one in colour.

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2 values · 1 current · supersededA later claim replaced it: it keeps its end date and a pointer to the claim that replaced it, and is never deleted.More in About →

Caterpillar Inc. employees: every dated value on the record, oldest first, with its dates, status, confidence and sources
value	valid fromThe day the value took effect, not the day it was published. A period figure (a year's revenue) is dated at the period's end.More in About →	valid to	confidenceHow well the sources support the value, from 0 to 1. A single primary source is asserted from 0.7; nothing below 0.5 is asserted; a dead or disagreeing source lowers it.More in About →	sourcesPrimary: the entity's own filing, feed or site. Secondary: a publisher reporting it. Each claim links every source it has, with the passage that states the value where one was read.More in About →
98,400: employees 98,400 from 2017-12-31, claim clm_50428A6D3479 and its sources (superseded) to 2018-12-31 · sec.gov +1	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	0.95	sec.gov +1
104,000: employees 104,000 from 2018-12-31, claim clm_6ABEB0D47831 and its sources to present · reports.caterpillar.com +2	2018-12-31	present	0.95	reports.caterpillar.com +2

What replaced what

1 replacement

98,4002017-12-31 to 2018-12-31→104,000from 2018-12-31

Questions this record answers

What is Caterpillar Inc.'s current employee count?: 104,000, dated December 31, 2018, from 2 primary sources (reports.caterpillar.com and sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 12, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).
When did Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count last change?: The latest value on the record is 104,000, dated December 31, 2018; before it the record holds 98,400, dated December 31, 2017 and closed on December 31, 2018.
What was Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count before 104,000?: 98,400, valid from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov).

Answered from the rows above, as of November 12, 2026.

Cite Caterpillar Inc. employees

Each form names the value, its as-of date (2018-12-31), the day you read it (2026-11-12), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text

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.

APA

AsOf. (2018). Caterpillar Inc. employees: 104,000 (as of 2018-12-31) [Record clm_6ABEB0D47831]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831 (source: http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018_Caterpillar_Annual_Report.pdf?_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794)

BibTeX

@misc{asof_clm_6ABEB0D47831,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Caterpillar Inc. employees: 104,000},
  year = {2018},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831}},
  note = {Claim clm\_6ABEB0D47831, as of 2018-12-31; source: http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018\_Caterpillar\_Annual\_Report.pdf?\_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794},
  urldate = {2026-11-12}
}

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