Heckler & Koch vs Kalashnikov Concern

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.

Kalashnikov Concern is the older of the two, founded in 1807 — 142 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1807
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; Izhevsk, Russia
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Alexander I of Russia, Andrey Deryabin
Employees: 923; 5,930
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; joint-stock company
Listed on: Not recorded; Russian Trading System
Parent: Not recorded; Rostec
Website: heckler-koch.com; kalashnikovgroup.ru

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and Kalashnikov Concern.