Private company

akf bank

Logo: Akf bank, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

Akf bank is a German specialized bank based in Wuppertal, founded in 1968, part of Vorwerk.¹ It employed 441 people in 2016.¹

Die deutsche akf bank GmbH & Co KG (für „Allgemeine Kauf Finanz“, Eigenschreibweise akf-Bank) mit Sitz in Wuppertal wurde 1968 vom Vorwerk-Konzern zur Absatzfinanzierung gegründet. Die Unternehmensgruppe besitzt 100 Prozent der Bank.² From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded¹

HeadquartersWuppertal, Germany¹
Websitewww.akf.de
Legal formGmbH & Co. KG¹
Kind of organizationLimited partnership¹
LEI529900W1M53OKIAJ5A09³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressAm Diek 50, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany³
Registered withLocal Court Wuppertal, HRA 15563³

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Corporate structure

akf bank is part of a group headed by Vorwerk SE & Co. KG. 10 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Vorwerk SE & Co. KG Wuppertal, Germany
- akf bank Wuppertal, Germany
- akf leasing GmbH & Co KG Subsidiary · Wuppertal, Germany
  - akf mobility GmbH Subsidiary · Wuppertal, Germany
- Aug. Mittelsten Scheid & Söhne Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Subsidiary · Wuppertal, Germany
- Jafra Cosmetics International S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
  - Jafra Cosmetics, S. A. de C. V. Subsidiary · Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Vorwerk & Co. vier GmbH Subsidiary · Wuppertal, Germany
- Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Wuppertal, Germany
  - VORWERK SEMCO Subsidiary · Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, Cloyes les Trois Rivières, France

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Vorwerk

Parent company (GLEIF)

Vorwerk SE & Co. KG³

From Wikidata.¹ Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

2016441¹

Timeline

Oct 13, 2023Parent Directly consolidated by Vorwerk SE & Co. KG³
1968Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
Wikidataakf bank on Wikidata
2
Wikipediaakf bank on the German Wikipedia
3
GLEIFakf bank LEI record (529900W1M53OKIAJ5A09)
4
Wikimedia Commonsakf bank logo by Akf bank, CC BY-SA 4.0