# 3M
> American multinational corporation.

Basic company reference. Business areas, products and practical answers have not been added.

- Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/3m-q159433
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.3m.com/
- Category: [Businesses](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/businesses)
- Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/3m-q159433.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:92cd103185f89afa
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:71db10c30d577ac0
- Published: 2026-09-26
- Modified: 2026-09-30

## Company details
- [Founded](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/3m-q159433#company-fact-wikidata-p571-a33b32b0fceda1b6): 1902 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q159433.json?revision=2540539686

## Historical figures
Newest available observations first. These figures describe their stated dates, not the company today.
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/3m-q159433#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-245b6f6bdb281188): 94,987 employees (as of 2020-12-31) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q159433.json?revision=2540539686
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/3m-q159433#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-7c856132ddc7b990): 88,667 employees (as of 2013-12-31) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q159433.json?revision=2540539686

## Company sources
- [3M — Wikidata Q159433](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q159433.json?revision=2540539686) — Wikidata

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- [CC0 1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) — Wikidata

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