FounderDuels

FN Herstal vs Kel-Tec

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 — 102 years before Kel-Tec.

Founded
1889
1991
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Herstal, Belgium
Cocoa, United States
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Employees
3,000
Not recorded
Legal form
Public limited company (Belgium)
privately held company
Parent
FN Browning Group
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on FN Herstal and Kel-Tec.