List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country
# List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country

Rotorcraft manufacturers fall into two categories:

* those that can design, certify and manufacture new designs from scratch and
* those that can only manufacture extant designs under license.

Boeing Vertol is an example of the first type and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who license-produced Boeing Vertol designs for much of its recent history, is an example of the second.

## Argentina

* AeroDreams
* Chincul
* Cicaré
* FAdeA
* Pateras-Pescara
* RACA S.A.

## Australia

* Australian Aerospace – a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter

## Belgium

* Dynali Helicopter Company – light helicopter manufacturer

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

* SOKO – no longer produces aircraft

## Brazil

* Baumgartl
* Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento
* Helibras – now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter

## Canada

* Airbus Helicopters Canada (previously Eurocopter Canada)
* Avian Aircraft
* Bell Helicopter – all of Bell Helicopter's commercial rotorcraft are produced at their plant in Mirabel, Quebec.
* CHR International
   * Safari Helicopter – kit manufacturer

## China

* Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
* Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
* Hongdu Aviation Industry Group
* Qingdao Haili Helicopters
* Red Eagle Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
* Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited

## Czech Republic

* Aero Vodochody
* Moravan

## Egypt

* Arab British Helicopter Company – no longer producers of helicopters

## France

* Aérospatiale – now part of Eurocopter
* Breguet Aviation
* Citroën – development and flight tests only
* Etablissements Charles Dechaux
* Gaucher Remicopter
* Helicopteres Guimbal
* Nord Aviation – in 1970, merged with Sud Aviation to create Société Nationale d'Industrie Aérospatiale (SNIAS), later renamed Aérospatiale and ultimately merged into European aerospace corporation EADS in 2000
* Sud Aviation – became part of Aérospatiale, now part of Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter Group)

## Germany

* Bölkow – merged with Messerschmitt AG to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow and later Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
* Dornier Flugzeugwerke – no longer produces aircraft
* Flettner – no longer in business
* Focke-Achgelis – no longer in business
* Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm – became part of Airbus Helicopter
* Youngcopter – develops a kit helicopter

## India

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
* Mahindra Aerospace
* Tata Advanced Systems
* National Aerospace Laboratories

## Indonesia

* Indonesian Aerospace – formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) or Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN)

## Iran

* HESA
* PANHA
* ZAFAR

## Italy

* Aero Eli Servizi Costruzioni Aeronautiche
* AgustaWestland
   * Elicotteri Meridionali – now called the Sesto Calende (VA) facility of Agusta
* Alpi Aviation
* DF Helicopters Srl
* Fiat – in 1969, Fiat Aviazione merged with Aerfer to create Aeritalia
* Heli-Sport
* Konner Srl
* Partenavia – declared bankruptcy and Vulcanair bought all the assets, design rights and trademarks
* Piaggio Aero
* Silvercraft – went out of business in the late 1970s

## Japan

* Fuji Heavy Industries
* GEN Corporation
* Kawasaki Aerospace Company
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

## Korea (ROK)

* Korea Aerospace Industries (aka KAI)

## Netherlands

* VFW-Fokker

## New Zealand

* Mosquito Aviation

## Poland

* PZL-Świdnik WSK – now part of AgustaWestland

## Romania

* IAR – the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters

## Russia

* Bratukhin – a helicopter design bureau dissolved in 1951
* Russian Helicopters (a division of Oboronprom)
   * Kamov
   * Kazan
   * Mil Helicopters
   * Rostvertol
   * Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
* Yakovlev – no longer produces helicopters

## Serbia

* EDePro – developed a tip jet helicopter

## South Africa

* Atlas Aircraft Corporation – became Denel Aviation
* Denel Aviation
* RotorWay South Africa

## Spain

* Aerotécnica
* AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.) – part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft
* ELA Aviación
* Eurocopter España – located in Madrid and Albacete

## Switzerland

* Berger-Helicopter (defunct)
* Marenco Swisshelicopter – founded in 2007
* SKT Helicopter

## Taiwan

* AIDC

## Turkey

* Turkish Aerospace Industries (aka TAI or TUSAŞ)

## Ukraine

* Aerokopter (formerly DB Aercopters)
* Aviaimpex
* Aviakon
* Skyline Construction Bureau
* ViAZ

## United Kingdom

* Airmaster Helicopters (defunct)
* Bristol Aeroplane Company – now part of BAE Systems and no longer produces aircraft
* Cierva Autogiro Company (defunct)
* Fairey Aviation – aircraft manufacturing arm was taken over by Westland Aircraft in 1960
* Firth Helicopters
* Gadfly Aircraft (defunct)
* Saro – merged with Westland Aircraft, later Agusta-Westland
* Thruxton Aviation
* Wallis Autogyros
* Westland Aircraft – merged with the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe (with their hovercraft) to create Westland Helicopters in 1961
* Westland Helicopters – now part of AgustaWestland

## United States

* A-B Helicopters
* Aerodyne Systems Engineering (defunct)
* AirScooter Corporation
* American Eurocopter – founded as Vought Helicopter Inc, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter
* American Helicopter
* Aviodyne U.S.A.
* Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
* Bell Helicopter
* Bendix Helicopter Company (defunct)
* Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct)
* Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol)
* Brantly International – all manufacturing is done in Qingdao, China
* Campbell Aircraft Company (defunct)
* Carter Aviation Technologies
* Cessna
* Columbia Helicopters
* Curtiss-Wright
* Doman Helicopters
* Enstrom Helicopter Corporation
* Erickson Air-Crane
* Fairchild Aircraft
* FH1100 Manufacturing Corporation
* Glenview Metal Products
* Goodyear
* Gyrodyne Company of America
* Higgins Industries (defunct) – no longer produces aircraft
* Hiller Aircraft
* Hillman Helicopter
* Hughes Aircraft
* Kaman Aircraft
* Lockheed Martin – formerly Lockheed Aircraft
* MD Helicopters – formerly McDonnell Douglas Corp
* Piasecki Aircraft
* Piasecki Helicopter – acquired by Boeing and became Boeing Vertol
* Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) – went out of business in November 1999
* Robinson Helicopter
* RotorWay International – produces kit helicopters
* Sikorsky Aircraft
   * Schweizer Aircraft – acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004 and closed down in 2011 and 2012
* Spitfire Helicopter Company
* Texas Helicopters Co (no longer manufacturers)
* Umbaugh
* Vertical Aviation Technologies
* Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI) – a subsidiary of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV); became American Eurocopter
* NASA/JPL for Ingenuity helicopter

## International

* Airbus Helicopters – was Eurocopter
* European Helicopter Industries, now AgustaWestland
* NHIndustries
