Which is bigger, Siemens or Schneider Electric?

Siemens is bigger than Schneider Electric by most financial measures including revenue, employees, and market capitalization, though both are among the world's largest electrical and automation companies. Siemens, headquartered in Munich, Germany, was founded in 1847 and employs over 300,000 people worldwide with annual revenues of over 70 billion euros, operating in industrial automation, energy, healthcare through Siemens Healthineers, transportation, and smart infrastructure. Schneider Electric, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, founded in 1836, employs over 150,000 people with annual revenues of about 35 to 40 billion euros, focusing on energy management, electrical distribution including Square D panels and breakers sold at Home Depot, industrial automation, and data center infrastructure. So Siemens is roughly twice as large as Schneider in revenue and employees. Siemens has a broader portfolio including medical imaging, trains, and large power plants, while Schneider is more focused on electrical distribution and energy management. Both compete directly in industrial automation and electrical distribution, with Siemens being stronger in heavy industry and healthcare, and Schneider being stronger in low voltage distribution and data centers through APC. By market capitalization, Siemens is also larger, though both are major components of European stock indices. So Siemens is the bigger company overall.

Siemens is bigger than Schneider Electric by most measures including annual revenue, number of employees, and market capitalization, although both are among the largest electrical and automation companies in the world. Siemens, headquartered in Munich, Germany, was founded in 1847 and employs over 320,000 people worldwide with annual revenues exceeding 70 to 80 billion euros across its businesses in industrial automation, smart infrastructure, energy, transportation including trains, and healthcare through Siemens Healthineers which makes medical imaging equipment. Schneider Electric, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, founded in 1836, employs about 150,000 to 160,000 people with annual revenues of about 35 to 40 billion euros, focused more narrowly on energy management, low voltage electrical distribution including Square D panels and breakers sold at Home Depot, industrial automation, and data center infrastructure through APC. So Siemens is roughly twice as large as Schneider in revenue and employees. Siemens has a broader portfolio including healthcare and mobility, while Schneider is more focused on electrical distribution and energy management. By market capitalization, Siemens is also larger. Both compete directly in industrial automation and electrical distribution, with Siemens stronger in heavy industry and healthcare and Schneider stronger in low voltage distribution and data centers.