Amoco vs BP

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.

Amoco is the older of the two, founded in 1889 — 20 years before BP.

Founded: 1889; 1909
Status: Closed 1998; Active
Headquarters: Chicago, United States; London, United Kingdom
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: John D. Rockefeller; William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway
Employees: Not recorded; 70,100
Legal form: joint-stock company; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; New York Stock Exchange
Website: amoco.com; bp.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Amoco and BP.