Heckler & Koch vs Wilkinson Sword

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.

Wilkinson Sword is the older of the two, founded in 1772 — 177 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1772
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Henry Nock
Employees: 923; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; Not recorded
Website: heckler-koch.com; wilkinsonsword.com

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