FN Herstal vs Heckler & Koch

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.

FN Herstal is the older of the two, founded in 1889 — 60 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1889; 1949
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Herstal, Belgium; Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Henri Pieper; Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch
Employees: 3,000; 923
Legal form: Public limited company (Belgium); Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent: FN Browning Group; Not recorded
Website: fnherstal.com; heckler-koch.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on FN Herstal and Heckler & Koch.