Bryant and May vs Dynamit Nobel

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.

Bryant and May is the older of the two, founded in 1843 — 22 years before Dynamit Nobel.

Founded: 1843; 1865
Status: Active; Closed 2004
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Troisdorf, Germany
Industry: Manufacture of explosives; Manufacture of explosives
Founders: Francis May, William Bryant; Alfred Nobel
Legal form: Not recorded; joint-stock company
Parent: Not recorded; Metallgesellschaft
Website: Not recorded; dynamit-nobel.de

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Bryant and May and Dynamit Nobel.