The company employs 18,900 staff members, of whom more than 80% work at locations outside Germany. This corresponds to the capacity of the “Kölnarena” in Cologne. KOSTAL is represented on 4 continents with 46 locations in 20 countries, making it a true global player.
In 2020, 250 million KOSTAL end products were supplied to customers, of which 37 million were products from the Energy division (Electronics) and 198 Mio. products of the Empathy division (HMI Mechtronics). If we assume a width of 20 cm per part, KOSTAL products would easily stretch around the Equator (40,075 km) when lined up end to end.
Our products are built into every second car worldwide. We are shaping electromobility with over 1,200,000 onboard chargers in the field. We are the world market leader in the steering column modules, shift-by-wire modules and door control units, each with a market share of over 30%.
KOSTAL invests continuously more than 6% of its turnover into research and development. These investments exceed depreciation and write-downs.
Founding year: 1912
€2,455 million turnover in 2020 (provisionally)
18,900 employees worldwide
Share of R&D investment of turnover continuously > 6%
46 locations in 20 countries on 4 continents
