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Rolls-Royce Holdings

and still building

122 Years in business
Founded
Partnership: 23 December 1904, Business: 15 March 1906, Current company: 10 February 2011
Founder
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce (as Rolls-Royce Limited)
Headquarters
Kings Place, London, England, U.K.
Parent company
Not recorded
Employees
50,000
Products
Not recorded

About the manufacturer

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011. The company owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries. Rolls-Royce is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aircraft engines and has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. Rolls-Royce was the world's 16th largest defence contractor in 2018 when measured by defence revenues. The company is also the world's fourth largest commercial aircraft engine manufacturer, with a 12% market share as of 2020. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. At the close of London trading on 11 February 2025, the company had a market capitalisation of £52.66bn, the 11th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The company's registered office is at Kings Place, near Kings Cross in London.

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