AB Volvo vs Hispano-Suiza

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hispano-Suiza is the older of the two, founded in 1904 — 23 years before AB Volvo.

Founded: 1927; 1904
Status: Active; Closed 1938
Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden; La Sagrera, France
Industry: automotive industry; automotive industry
Founders: Not recorded; Damián Mateu, Marc Birkigt
Employees: 102,000; Not recorded
Legal form: aktiebolag; public company
Listed on: Nasdaq Stockholm AB; Not recorded
Website: volvogroup.com/en; hispanosuizacars.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on AB Volvo and Hispano-Suiza.