FounderDuels

BASF vs Solvay S.A.

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.

Solvay S.A. is the older of the two, founded in 1863 — 2 years before BASF.

Founded
1865
1863
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Founders
Not recorded
Ernest Solvay, Alfred Solvay
Employees
111,991
9,000
Legal form
Societas Europaea
Public limited company (Belgium)
Listed on
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Euronext Brussels

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BASF and Solvay S.A..