FounderDuels

BASF vs Kuraray

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.

BASF is the older of the two, founded in 1865 — 61 years before Kuraray.

Founded
1865
1926
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Founders
Not recorded
Magosaburō Ōhara
Employees
111,991
Not recorded
Legal form
Societas Europaea
kabushiki gaisha
Listed on
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BASF and Kuraray.