Heckler & Koch vs Mauser

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.

Mauser is the older of the two, founded in 1811 — 138 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1811
Status: Active; Closed 2000
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; Isny im Allgäu, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Wilhelm Mauser
Employees: 923; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent: Not recorded; Rheinmetall AG
Website: heckler-koch.com; mauser.com

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