# Caterpillar Inc. employees entity: /record/caterpillar.md predicate: employees page: /record/caterpillar/employees as_of: 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. 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2 primary sources (reports.caterpillar.com and sec.gov). 2 claims on Caterpillar Inc.'s employee count, 1 open and 1 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted. ## Current employees What the record asserts on 2026-11-12. - [Caterpillar Inc.](/record/caterpillar.md) | employees | 104,000 | valid 2018-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6ABEB0D47831](/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459965, http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018_Caterpillar_Annual_Report.pdf?_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/cat_10-kx12312018.htm ## Every dated value One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible. - [Caterpillar Inc.](/record/caterpillar.md) | employees | 98,400 | valid 2017-12-31 to 2018-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6ABEB0D47831](/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831.md) | [clm_50428A6D3479](/claim/clm_50428A6D3479.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459965, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_10-kx12312017.htm - [Caterpillar Inc.](/record/caterpillar.md) | employees | 104,000 | valid 2018-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6ABEB0D47831](/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459965, http://reports.caterpillar.com/ar/2018_Caterpillar_Annual_Report.pdf?_ga=2.86240344.1341758313.1567361794-1303014563.1567361794, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/cat_10-kx12312018.htm ## What replaced what - 98,400 (2017-12-31 to 2018-12-31, [clm_50428A6D3479](/claim/clm_50428A6D3479.md)) was replaced by 104,000 from 2018-12-31 ([clm_6ABEB0D47831](/claim/clm_6ABEB0D47831.md)) ## 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). ## Read on - This page: /record/caterpillar/employees (markdown: /record/caterpillar/employees.md) - Entity twin: /record/caterpillar.md ยท timeline: /timelines/caterpillar.md - Every company's employees: /facts/employees.md --- AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.