# Cisco
> American multinational technology company.

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

- Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.cisco.com/
- Category: [Businesses](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/businesses)
- Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/cisco-q173395.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:123a931c46bcb804
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:94ede04942ec2ba9
- Published: 2026-09-26
- Modified: 2026-09-29

## Company details
- [Founded](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395#company-fact-wikidata-p571-bb4fccf4de1cd894): 1984 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843

## Historical figures
Newest available observations first. These figures describe their stated dates, not the company today.
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-344d30af8eea766e): 86,200 employees (as of 2025-07-26) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-b05ccab5e244bf17): 79,500 employees (as of 2021-07-31) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-f4c557acfac89573): 77,500 employees (as of 2020) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/cisco-q173395#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-d94c8d87d66085c7): 75,900 employees (as of 2019-07-27) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843

## Company sources
- [Cisco — Wikidata Q173395](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q173395.json?revision=2549956843) — Wikidata

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