BP vs Shell
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.
Shell is the older of the two, founded in 1890 — 19 years before BP.
- Founded
- 1909
- 1890
- Status
- Active
- Active
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- London, United Kingdom
- Industry
- petroleum industry
- petroleum industry
- Founders
- William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway
- Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, Henri Deterding
- Employees
- 70,100
- 92,000
- Legal form
- public limited company
- public limited company
- Listed on
- New York Stock Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BP and Shell.