FounderDuels

Kodak vs Leica Camera

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.

Leica Camera is the older of the two, founded in 1869 — 11 years before Kodak.

Founded
1880
1869
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Rochester, United States
Wetzlar, Germany
Industry
photo industry
photo industry
Employees
97,222
2,300
Legal form
public company
Aktiengesellschaft
Listed on
New York Stock Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Kodak and Leica Camera.