Standop was once one of the leading companies in the West German clothing industry. The founder of the company, Hans Standop, joined the Mainz-based textile company Tannenbaum in 1932 as an authorized signatory. In 1934, he was promoted to managing director. After the war, he worked for Vereinigte Bekleidungsindustrie Schellenberg & Schneiders in Wiesbaden before setting up his own company in 1947 to manufacture men's outerwear.

Standop began his textile production with one tailor, two commercial employees and 16 homeworkers. The company was initially based in his own apartment in Biebrich. After the currency reform in 1948, he rented a building on Rathenauplatz and started work with 25 seamstresses. He employed a further 30 women as homeworkers. At the end of 1949, the company moved into a three-storey factory and administration building in Breslauer Straße. In the 1950s, the number of employees at Standop KG doubled almost every three years, reaching a peak of 500 in 1966. The sales trend was very similar. In addition to the main factory in Biebrich, Standop acquired branch factories in Niederlahnstein and Niedergladenbach in 1960 and 1964 respectively.

The company produced high-quality men's suits from the best fabrics, which were marketed under the "Standop Style Modellklasse" brand. Standop supplied specialist clothing stores in almost the entire European market.

By the mid-1960s, all expansion possibilities in Breslauer Strasse had been exhausted, so Hans Standop decided to construct new, modern production and administration buildings in Hasengartenstrasse. Five years later, an in-house kindergarten was added - an indication of the company's excellent economic situation. In 1971, Standop KG was converted into a limited company. Schiesser AG in Radolfzell became the majority shareholder.

In the course of the general recession, Standop suffered a considerable drop in turnover for the first time in 1973. At the beginning of 1975, the earnings situation was so bad that Schiesser AG, which now owned 90% of the shares, announced that it would liquidate the company. Although a buyer was found in the form of the manufacturer Hans Göttlich from Seligenstadt, even he was unable to turn the company around. Standop had to file for bankruptcy in 2010. This affected a total of 228 employees, 163 of whom worked at the main plant in Wiesbaden.