BMW Group 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 — 12 years before BMW Group.

Founded: 1916; 1904
Status: Active; Closed 1938
Headquarters: Munich, Germany; La Sagrera, France
Industry: automotive industry; automotive industry
Founders: Gustav Otto, Camillo Castiglioni, Karl Rapp, Franz Josef Popp; Damián Mateu, Marc Birkigt
Employees: 149,475; Not recorded
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft; public company
Listed on: Frankfurt Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: bmw.com; hispanosuizacars.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BMW Group and Hispano-Suiza.