Heckler & Koch vs Rheinmetall AG

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.

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

Founded: 1949; 1889
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; Düsseldorf, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Heinrich Ehrhardt
Employees: 923; 28,054
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; Aktiengesellschaft
Listed on: Not recorded; Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Röchling Group
Website: heckler-koch.com; rheinmetall.com/de

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