FounderDuels

Kel-Tec 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 — 139 years before Kel-Tec.

Founded
1991
1852
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Cocoa, United States
Springfield, United States
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Legal form
privately held company
Profit Corporation
Listed on
Not recorded
Nasdaq

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Kel-Tec and Smith & Wesson.