# Microsoft employees

entity: /record/microsoft.md  
predicate: employees  
page: /record/microsoft/employees  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Microsoft's employee count on the AsOf record is 223,000, dated June 30, 2026, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record holds 7 claims on Microsoft's employee count, 1 still open and 6 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current employees

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 223,000 | valid 2026-06-30 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_C6BB295BA447](/claim/clm_C6BB295BA447.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000119312526323660/msft-20260630.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 118,000 | valid 2015-06-30 to 2016-06-30 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6BC1A966FDDB](/claim/clm_6BC1A966FDDB.md) | [clm_98BC723CFD39](/claim/clm_98BC723CFD39.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312515272806/d918813d10k.htm
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 114,000 | valid 2016-06-30 to 2016-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_D6C02B49411D](/claim/clm_D6C02B49411D.md) | [clm_6BC1A966FDDB](/claim/clm_6BC1A966FDDB.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar16/index.html
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 124,000 | valid 2017-06-30 to 2018-06-30 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_A719609CA8A5](/claim/clm_A719609CA8A5.md) | [clm_24EF4D753EB1](/claim/clm_24EF4D753EB1.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000156459017014900/msft-10k_20170630.htm
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 144,000 | valid 2019-06-30 to 2020-06-30 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_976A397E3E0E](/claim/clm_976A397E3E0E.md) | [clm_0DEA768AB81A](/claim/clm_0DEA768AB81A.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000156459019027952/msft-10k_20190630.htm
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 163,000 | valid 2020-06-30 to 2021-06-30 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_DCF2645F00D5](/claim/clm_DCF2645F00D5.md) | [clm_976A397E3E0E](/claim/clm_976A397E3E0E.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar20/index.html
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 181,000 | valid 2021-06-30 to 2022-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_D91791C4AA91](/claim/clm_D91791C4AA91.md) | [clm_DCF2645F00D5](/claim/clm_DCF2645F00D5.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar21/index.html
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | employees | 223,000 | valid 2026-06-30 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_C6BB295BA447](/claim/clm_C6BB295BA447.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000119312526323660/msft-20260630.htm

## What replaced what

- 118,000 (2015-06-30 to 2016-06-30, [clm_98BC723CFD39](/claim/clm_98BC723CFD39.md)) was replaced by 114,000 from 2016-06-30 ([clm_6BC1A966FDDB](/claim/clm_6BC1A966FDDB.md))
- 114,000 (2016-06-30 to 2016-12-31, [clm_6BC1A966FDDB](/claim/clm_6BC1A966FDDB.md)) was replaced by [clm_D6C02B49411D](/claim/clm_D6C02B49411D.md)
- 124,000 (2017-06-30 to 2018-06-30, [clm_24EF4D753EB1](/claim/clm_24EF4D753EB1.md)) was replaced by [clm_A719609CA8A5](/claim/clm_A719609CA8A5.md)
- 144,000 (2019-06-30 to 2020-06-30, [clm_0DEA768AB81A](/claim/clm_0DEA768AB81A.md)) was replaced by 163,000 from 2020-06-30 ([clm_976A397E3E0E](/claim/clm_976A397E3E0E.md))
- 163,000 (2020-06-30 to 2021-06-30, [clm_976A397E3E0E](/claim/clm_976A397E3E0E.md)) was replaced by 181,000 from 2021-06-30 ([clm_DCF2645F00D5](/claim/clm_DCF2645F00D5.md))
- 181,000 (2021-06-30 to 2022-12-31, [clm_DCF2645F00D5](/claim/clm_DCF2645F00D5.md)) was replaced by [clm_D91791C4AA91](/claim/clm_D91791C4AA91.md)

## Questions this record answers

### What is Microsoft's current employee count?

223,000, dated June 30, 2026, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did Microsoft's employee count last change?

The latest value on the record is 223,000, dated June 30, 2026; before it the record holds 181,000, dated June 30, 2021 and closed on December 31, 2022.

### What was Microsoft's employee count before 223,000?

181,000, valid from June 30, 2021 to December 31, 2022 (status superseded), from a primary source (microsoft.com).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/microsoft/employees (this fact) · /v1/entities/microsoft?predicates=employees (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "microsoft", predicates: ["employees"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/microsoft/employees.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/microsoft.md · timeline: /timelines/microsoft.md

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