Caterpillar Organizational Structure & Org Chart

Caterpillar's public structure is best understood through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Power & Energy, Financial Products. The interactive chart is a researched, editable map of those published areas.

Caterpillar organizational chart

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Caterpillar's reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.

Industry: Industrial machinery and power systems
Headquarters: Irving, Texas, United States
Founded: 1925
CEO: Joe Creed
Ownership: Public
Structure as of: 2026-09
Structure last reviewed: 2026-09-29

About the company

Caterpillar is a industrial machinery and power systems organization. Its current public materials identify Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Power & Energy, Financial Products as useful ways to understand its activities. Caterpillar renamed Energy & Transportation as Power & Energy and moved Rail to Resource Industries for 2026 reporting. Financial Products remains a distinct finance segment alongside the three equipment and power businesses.

This QueryChart tree puts those disclosed areas next to a single, separately marked leadership branch for Joe Creed. The business branches describe a public portfolio, not a confidential employee hierarchy. A line between a category and an offering means the offering belongs in that published category; it does not say that a particular executive personally manages every team shown.

Published businesses and operating areas

Construction Industries is one of the visible areas in Caterpillar's published structure. Construction equipment and aftermarket support serve building and infrastructure customers. The editable chart places Earthmoving and Excavation and building products beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Resource Industries is one of the visible areas in Caterpillar's published structure. Mining and resource equipment now sit beside Rail after the 2026 realignment. The editable chart places Mining equipment and Rail beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Power & Energy is one of the visible areas in Caterpillar's published structure. This renamed segment covers power, engines and energy applications. The editable chart places Power generation and Industrial and marine engines beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Financial Products is one of the visible areas in Caterpillar's published structure. Cat Financial supplies financing and related services linked to equipment demand. The editable chart places Equipment financing and Dealer financing beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Key leadership roles

Joe Creed
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

How this structure supports the business

The Construction Industries and Resource Industries branches answer different questions about Caterpillar. Construction equipment and aftermarket support serve building and infrastructure customers. Mining and resource equipment now sit beside Rail after the 2026 realignment. Showing them side by side is more informative than drawing an unsupported chain of managers, particularly when the public materials report a portfolio or service line rather than a complete internal org chart.

Caterpillar renamed Energy & Transportation as Power & Energy and moved Rail to Resource Industries for 2026 reporting. Financial Products remains a distinct finance segment alongside the three equipment and power businesses. This renamed segment covers power, engines and energy applications. The diagram makes that distinguishing feature visible while keeping the named leadership layer separate. It is useful as a starting point for an editable company chart; users can replace the public groupings with their own teams, roles and verified reporting relationships.

Advantages and disadvantages

The Construction Industries branch uses a publicly described company-specific grouping.: A portfolio branch does not prove an individual reporting line.
The chart distinguishes Resource Industries from Power & Energy.: A single-parent tree cannot show every cross-business collaboration or legal-entity link.

Interesting facts

Caterpillar's public materials identify Construction Industries as a major area.
Resource Industries includes Mining equipment and Rail in this educational map.
Power & Energy is shown separately because this renamed segment covers power, engines and energy applications.
The principal leadership role is identified as Joe Creed (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer).

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Frequently asked questions

How is Caterpillar organized?

This educational chart maps Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Power & Energy, Financial Products, using the company's public materials. It does not attempt to reproduce a full internal employee hierarchy.

Who leads Caterpillar?

Joe Creed is the publicly identified Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in the sources reviewed on 29 September 2026.

Is this an official Caterpillar org chart?

No. It is an independent reconstruction of public business categories and leadership information, with simplified connections for exploration and editing.

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