Heckler & Koch vs Smith & Wesson
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.
Smith & Wesson is the older of the two, founded in 1852 — 97 years before Heckler & Koch.
- Founded
- 1949
- 1852
- Status
- Active
- Active
- Headquarters
- Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
- Springfield, United States
- Industry
- weapons industry
- weapons industry
- Employees
- 923
- Not recorded
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Profit Corporation
- Listed on
- Not recorded
- Nasdaq
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and Smith & Wesson.