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CATERPILLAR INC

Its government footprint in one place: federal money, influence and market activity, each row linked to its source. Federal figures gathered Oct 25, 2026.

In plain words

The federal government obligated $261.7M in contracts to CATERPILLAR INC in the 12 months to Jun 2026, about 0.35% of its revenue over the same months. The most came from Department of Defense. 7 of its contracts, with $199.2M obligated on them so far, end in the next 18 months and may be competed again. It appears on 52 Senate lobbying filings from 2015 to 2026; 5 of the lobbyists on them once held government posts. In the last 12 months insiders sold 4 times ($95.6M) and bought 0 times ($0).

Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page. No opinion, no prediction.

Federal obligations, 12 months
$261.7M
0.35% of revenue (a guide, not a split)
See the money
Contracts ending in 18 months
7
$199.2M obligated on them so far
See the list
Lobbying filings
52
5 lobbyists held government posts
See who
Insider trades, 12 months
4 sold · 0 bought
Open-market buys and sells
See the trades

Government money
ⓘObligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.

SEC revenue and federal obligations

SEC revenue, 12 months to Jun 30, 2026
$74.7B
10-Q, filed Aug 5, 2026
Federal contract obligations, same 12 months (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)
$261.7M
Contract obligations vs revenue
0.35%
A guide, not a revenue split. Subcontracts and classified work are not included: see the note below.
Contracts obligated, federal fiscal yearCompany revenue, its fiscal year ending in that year (10-K)
  • FY2026
    Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
    $205.0M
    $67.6B year to Dec 31, 2025
  • FY2025
    Oct 2024 to Sep 2025
    $424.0M
    Revenue for this year not on file
  • FY2024
    Oct 2023 to Sep 2024
    $380.2M · grants -$18K
    $67.1B year to Dec 31, 2023
  • FY2023
    Oct 2022 to Sep 2023
    $135.4M · grants $6.8M
    $59.4B year to Dec 31, 2022
  • FY2022
    Oct 2021 to Sep 2022
    $191.7M · grants $2.8M
    $51.0B year to Dec 31, 2021
What these numbers are

Obligated means an agency committed the money to this company in that period (a signed contract action), as reported to USAspending. It is not a payment and not revenue: a contract can be funded for several years at once, and revenue is booked as the work is done. Some years can exceed revenue for that reason.

Prime contracts only, and only what is published. Work the company does as a subcontractor is not in these figures, and classified contracts are not published on USAspending at all. A low share can mean either. Contract values, ceilings and options are never added in.

Which units count: the USAspending recipient that is the company's SEC registrant; units of the company that USAspending's own records place under it (as parent, or in its family tree); and subsidiaries from the company's SEC Exhibit 21 that carry its name. Joint ventures, units now owned by someone else, and records that only share a name are held back. Both lists are below.

Earlier years count the units the company owns today. A unit we checked by hand (its USAspending parent is out of date) counts from the date the company bought it, or, where no filing gives that date, from the first date a filing shows the company owning it. Other units count for every year shown until their purchase dates are loaded.

Revenue bars are the company's own fiscal year from its 10-K, placed in the federal year it ends in; its fiscal year can end in a different month than the government's.

Fiscal year 2022 onward. Federal fiscal years run October to September; the company's own fiscal year may differ.

Units counted (16), held back (10)

Held back: a matching name we could not tie to this company firmly enough. A miss is better than a wrong link.

  • THE PERKINS GROUP, INC. (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • NIPPON CATERPILLAR LLC. (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • NIPPON CATERPILLAR LLC. (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • PERKINS GROUP INC, THE (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • WESCO, INC (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • STREAM SYSTEMS (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • MAK AMERICAS INC (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • ADAMS PROPERTY GROUP, LLLP (Exhibit 21 subsidiary, and USAspending lists no parent of ours)
  • NIPPON CATERPILLAR LLC. (USAspending's current parent is CATERPILLAR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS COÖPERATIE U.A., not this company)
  • NIPPON CATERPILLAR LLC. (USAspending's current parent is CATERPILLAR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS COÖPERATIE U.A., not this company)

Top agencies, contracts obligated in FY2026

  • Department of Defense$183.0M
  • Department of the Interior$13.6M
  • Department of Homeland Security$3.1M
  • General Services Administration$2.0M
  • Department of Agriculture$1.6M
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$1.0M
  • Department of State$489K
  • Department of Justice$211K

Largest contracts active in the last 12 months

Amount: obligated to date on the contract, all years. Ranked by that amount among contracts with any action in the last 12 months. Counts only consolidated subsidiaries.

Contracts ending in the next 18 months

Amount: obligated to date. From the contracts in HillSignal's records tied to this ticker; the full list of contracts ending across government is on Recompetes.

Influence

Revolving door: 5 lobbyists on its filings held government posts

Every post as the lobbyist listed it on the company's Senate LDA filings, one per line.

  • Gregory Nickersonlast filed 2026 · 12 filings
    The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group
    • Staff Dir., Ways&Means Subcom. on Select Reven
  • Zachary Austin Pricelast filed 2026 · 12 filings
    The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group
    • Staff Assistant to Sen. Dan Coats
  • Anne Austinlast filed 2025 · 2 filings
    Austin Legal And Public Affairs Pllc
    • US EPA Prinp. Dep. Admin. OAR (2019-2021)
    • EPA Region 6 Admin. (2017-2019)
    • Sen. John Cornyn, Staff Asst., Leg. Correspondent (2005-2006)
    • US Sen Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, Legal Asst. (2006-2007)
  • Margaret Caravellilast filed 2024 · 1 filing
    Caterpillar Inc.
    • Counsel, US House Committee on Energy & Commerce
    • Chief Counsel, US House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology
    • and Senior Clean Air Act Counsel, US Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
See all 5
  • Kristopher Denzellast filed 2023 · 1 filing
    Caterpillar Inc.
    • Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Robert J. Dold

Foreign agents (FARA)
ⓘFARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.

No FARA ties found in our records, through its lobbying firms or its own name.

Lobbying

52 filings, 2015 to 2026. Paid lobbying firms $1.9M. In-house lobbying spend $27.5M.

Firms: Austin Legal And Public Affairs Pllc, Caterpillar Inc., The Duberstein Group Inc., The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group

Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Education, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund

Contacted: House Of Representatives, Senate, Commerce, Dept Of (Doc), U.S. Trade Representative (Ustr), Treasury, Dept Of, Executive Office Of The President (Eop), Environmental Protection Agency (Epa), Labor, Dept Of (Dol)

From the company's Senate LDA filings. Firm fees and in-house spend are reported on different filings, so they are shown apart. Lobbying is legal and common; it shows what the company paid to be heard on, not what it got.

PAC giving

Caterpillar Inc. Political Action Committee (Catpac)
  • Bradley S. Schneider House, IL$25K
  • Tracey Robert Mann House, KS$18K
  • Kevin Hern House, OK$15K
  • Hakeem S. Jeffries House, NY$15K
  • Rudy C. Yakym House, IN$13K
  • Josh Gottheimer House, NJ$13K
  • Brad Knott House, NC$11K
  • Donald Sternoff Beyer House, VA$10K

The company's own PAC (linked by the connected organization on its FEC Form 1). Top candidates it gave to, all cycles we hold, from the candidates' own FEC reports; tracked candidates only, so not a complete total.

Market
ⓘA 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.

Insider trades

Bought, last 12 months
$0
0 trades
Sold, last 12 months
$95.6M
4 trades
Sells under a 10b5-1 plan
—
No sell filing with the plan box read yet; 4 not read yet
Largest trade
$29.5M
Sold by De Lange Bob, May 6, 2026
  • Fassino Anthony D. Group PresidentSold $24.3M · May 11, 2026
  • Bonfield Andrew R J CFO EmeritusSold $28.0M · May 6, 2026
  • Fassino Anthony D. Group PresidentSold $13.8M · May 6, 2026
  • De Lange Bob Group PresidentSold $29.5M · May 6, 2026

Open-market buys and sells from SEC Form 4 filings; grants and option exercises left out, and trades whose filed price failed our market check. A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule set in advance, so those sells say little about the insider's view. The plan box is on filings from April 2023 on.

Members of Congress who traded it

Fund holders with contract wins (13F)
ⓘ13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.

None found.

People and connections

Key people

  • GOOD LYNN JDirector
  • Creed Joseph EChief Executive Officer
  • Kaiser JasonGroup President
  • MacLennan DavidDirector
  • Johnson GeraldDirector
  • SCHWAB SUSAN CDirector
  • Fish James CDirector
  • KEENE NAZZIC SDirector
  • Marks Judith FranDirector
  • REED DEBRA LDirector
  • WILKINS RAYFORDDirector
  • Fassino Anthony DGroup President

Connections

Connections to other companies, executives and members of Congress, from disclosed trades, shared officers and public filings, are part of Pro. See Pro

Activity

Every record that names this company by ticker, newest first: awards, bills, executive actions, SEC filings, news, private raises and patents.

Sources and limits

USAspending (prime contracts only; no subcontracts or classified work; defense contracts can arrive up to 90 days after signing), SEC EDGAR, Senate LDA, FEC, House and Senate disclosures, the Federal Register and the White House. Companies are tied to records by exact name, a verified alias or a subsidiary in the company's own Exhibit 21; a miss is better than a wrong link. A shared date is not proof of cause, and nothing here is investment advice.