Heckler & Koch vs Steyr Arms

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.

Steyr Arms is the older of the two, founded in 1864 — 85 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1864
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; Sankt Ulrich bei Steyr, Austria
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Josef Werndl
Employees: 923; 150
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent: Not recorded; Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Website: heckler-koch.com; steyr-arms.com/de

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