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geobra Brandstätter Stiftung & Co. KG

Logo: Marsupilami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

German company in Bavaria

Brandstätter Group (geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co. KG) is a German company, headquartered in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The group is composed of toy company Playmobil, Playmobil 1.2.3 Ltd, Inmold Ltd, Hob Electronics Ltd, Hob Components Ltd, HOB Inc., HOB GmbH & Co KG, and Hob Software Ltd.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2024Founded1
  • HeadquartersZirndorf1
  • Websitewww.playmobil.de
  • Legal formStiftung & Co. KG1
  • Kind of organizationLimited partnership1
  • LEI5299004JF60HJFIXUV293
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBrandstätterstr. 2 - 10, 90513 Zirndorf, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Fürth, HRA 21903

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Brandstätter Group (geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co. KG) is a German company, headquartered in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The group is composed of toy company Playmobil, Playmobil 1.2.3 Ltd, Inmold Ltd, Hob Electronics Ltd, Hob Components Ltd, HOB Inc., HOB GmbH & Co KG, and Hob Software Ltd.2

Corporate structure

geobra Brandstätter Stiftung & Co. KG is part of a group headed by Horst Brandstätter Holding GmbH. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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

What it owns

What geobra Brandstätter Stiftung & Co. KG reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Playmobil

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

In 1876, the company was founded by Andreas Brandstätter in Fürth, Bavaria and produced ornamental fittings and locks. By 1921, the company mainly was producing metal toys such as piggy banks, telephones, cash registers, and scales.

In 1954, production shifted to plastics and in the following years produced toys such as the Multi-Worker play-set.[1] The Playmobil line of products was introduced in 1970 under Horst Brandstätter and marketed worldwide in 1975.

The Brandstätter Group produces exclusively in Europe, chiefly at its main factory in Dietenhofen, 25 km from Zirndorf, with a workforce of 750 people. Although Playmobil also has factories in Malta (700 employees), Spain and the Czech Republic, Horst Brandstätter expanded production in Germany, and invested heavily in the Dietenhofen factory. New products included the Lechuza self-watering planters.

From Wikipedia’s article on Brandstätter Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • Playmobil

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Playmobil

Parent company (GLEIF)

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

Timeline

  1. 2024Founded Founded1
  2. Jun 13, 2017Parent Directly consolidated by Horst Brandstätter Holding GmbH3

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