Earthwood vs Goerz

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.

Goerz is the older of the two, founded in 1886 — 86 years before Earthwood.

Founded: 1972; 1886
Status: Closed 1978; Closed 1926
Headquarters: San Luis Obispo; Berlin
Industry: business; business
Founders: Ernie Ball; Carl Paul Goerz
Employees: Not recorded; 2,500
Legal form: Not recorded; joint-stock company

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Earthwood and Goerz.