FMCG companies by country

AB InBev

Belgium · Leuven

The world's largest brewer, headquartered in Leuven. AB InBev owns a portfolio of more than 500 beer brands…

Agristo

Belgium · Harelbeke

A Belgian family producer of frozen potato products, part of the West Flanders cluster that makes the region…

Air Products

Belgium · België

Air Products (company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG services…

Alken-Maes

Belgium · Mechelen

Belgium's second-largest brewer, formed by the merger of the Alken and Maes breweries and now part of…

Ardo

Belgium · Ardooie

A Belgian family business and one of Europe's leading producers of frozen vegetables, herbs and fruit…

Azelis

Belgium · Antwerp

An Antwerp-based speciality chemicals and food ingredients distributor, connecting global producers with…

Coca-Cola

Belgium · België

Coca-Cola (American multinational beverage corporation) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods…

Colruyt Group

Belgium · Halle

Belgium's leading grocery retailer, known for its low-price positioning and vertically integrated supply…

Cosucra

Belgium · Warcoing

A Belgian producer of pea protein and chicory root fibre, one of the earliest European suppliers to the…

Delacre

Belgium · Lambermont

A Belgian biscuit maker founded as a Brussels chocolate shop and appointed supplier to the royal court in…

Duvel Moortgat

Belgium · Puurs

Independent Belgian family brewer known for its strong golden ale Duvel and a portfolio of characterful…

Ecover

Belgium · Malle

A Belgian pioneer of plant-based cleaning products, founded in 1979 and long ahead of the mainstream on…

Greenyard

Belgium · Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Belgian global supplier of fresh, frozen and prepared fruit and vegetables, partnering with the world's…

Jules Destrooper

Belgium · Lo-Reninge

A Belgian family biscuit house from West Flanders, in its fifth generation and exporting its almond thins and…

Lotus Bakeries

Belgium · Lembeke

Belgian family bakery famous worldwide for its Biscoff caramelised biscuit, expanding into natural snacking…

Lutosa

Belgium · Leuze-en-Hainaut

A Belgian potato processor from Hainaut making frozen, chilled and dehydrated potato products for retail and…

Milcobel

Belgium · Kallo

Belgium's largest dairy cooperative, owned by Flemish farmers and producing cheese, milk powder, cream and…

Neuhaus

Belgium · Vlezenbeek

The Brussels chocolatier credited with inventing the filled praline in 1912, still producing in Vlezenbeek…

Ontex

Belgium · Aalst

Belgian producer of personal-hygiene products — baby nappies, adult incontinence and feminine care…

Puratos

Belgium · Groot-Bijgaarden

A Belgian B2B leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, supplying artisans and industrial…

Spadel

Belgium · Brussels

Belgian natural mineral-water group and a European reference in the spring-water category, with iconic brands…

Ter Beke

Belgium · Lievegem

Belgian fresh-food group specialising in processed meats and chilled ready meals such as lasagne, supplying…

Vandemoortele

Belgium · Ghent

Belgian food group specialising in bakery products and plant-based margarines and oils for retail and…

Aldi

Germany · Essen / Mülheim

The pioneering German hard-discounter whose lean, private-label model reshaped European grocery retailing and…

August Storck

Germany · Berlin

A German family confectioner behind Werther's Original, merci and Toffifee, deliberately private and rarely…

Bahlsen

Germany · Hanover

A German family biscuit maker whose Leibniz butter biscuit, with its 52 teeth, has been a fixture since 1891…

Beiersdorf

Germany · Hamburg

Hamburg-based skin-care specialist, home of Nivea — one of the world's best-known personal-care brands — plus…

Danaher

Germany · Deutschland

Danaher (American conglomerate) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG…

Danaher Corporation

Germany · Deutschland

Danaher Corporation (American conglomerate) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in…

Dr. Oetker

Germany · Bielefeld

German family food company famous for frozen pizza, baking ingredients and desserts distributed across Europe…

Edeka

Germany · Hamburg

Germany's largest grocery retailer, organised as a cooperative of independent merchants backed by regional…

Haribo

Germany · Grafschaft

The German confectioner that invented the gummy bear, now the world's leading maker of fruit-gum and…

Henkel

Germany · Düsseldorf

German group combining a Consumer Brands division (laundry, home & beauty care) with an industrial Adhesive…

HiPP

Germany · Pfaffenhofen

A German family company and Europe's leading organic baby-food maker, farming to its own organic standard…

Intersnack

Germany · Düsseldorf

Europe's leading savoury snacks group, family-controlled and operating across nuts, crisps and extruded…

JD.com

Germany · Deutschland

JD.com (Chinese e-commerce company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the Retail…

Melitta

Germany · Minden

The German family business founded by Melitta Bentz, who invented the paper coffee filter in 1908. Beyond…

Metro AG

Germany · Düsseldorf

German wholesale specialist supplying restaurants, caterers and independent retailers across Europe and Asia…

REWE Group

Germany · Cologne

A German retail and tourism cooperative and one of Europe's largest grocers, combining full-range REWE…

Ritter Sport

Germany · Waldenbuch

The German family chocolatier whose square bar format, designed to fit a jacket pocket, became its legal…

Rossmann

Germany · Burgwedel

Germany's second-largest drugstore chain, family-controlled and expanding across central and eastern Europe…

Rügen Fisch

Germany · Sassnitz

Germany's largest canned-fish producer, based on the Baltic island of Rügen and processing herring, mackerel…

Schwarz Group (Lidl & Kaufland)

Germany · Neckarsulm

Europe's largest retailer by revenue, owner of the Lidl discount and Kaufland hypermarket banners operating…

Sebamed

Germany · Boppard

A German dermocosmetic brand built entirely around pH 5.5 skin-neutral formulation, sold through pharmacies…

Symrise

Germany · Holzminden

A German flavour, fragrance and cosmetic-ingredient group formed by the merger of Haarmann & Reimer and…

dm-drogerie markt

Germany · Karlsruhe

Germany's largest drugstore chain and a major European route to market for personal and home care, with a…

Andros

France · Biars-sur-Cère

A French family fruit-processing group best known internationally for Bonne Maman jams, with their gingham…

Auchan

France · Croix

A French hypermarket pioneer controlled by the Mulliez family, operating across France, Spain, Portugal…

Bel Group

France · Suresnes

French dairy group specialising in branded portioned cheese, with globally recognised snacking brands and a…

Bonduelle

France · Villeneuve-d'Ascq

French family-controlled group and a European leader in canned, frozen and fresh prepared vegetables sold in…

Carrefour

France · Massy

One of Europe's largest grocery retailers, operating hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience formats…

Danone

France · Paris

French multinational focused on dairy & plant-based products, waters and specialised nutrition, with a strong…

E.Leclerc

France · Ivry-sur-Seine

France's leading grocery retailer by market share, run as an association of independent store owners founded…

Geodis

France · Levallois-Perret

A French logistics operator and one of Europe's largest contract-logistics providers, running warehousing and…

Groupe Schiever

France · Avallon

A family-owned French retail group operating supermarkets and hypermarkets in Burgundy and the north, partly…

Intermarché (Les Mousquetaires)

France · Vert-le-Grand

A French retail group run by independent owner-operators, unusual for manufacturing much of what it sells…

L'Oréal

France · Clichy

The world's largest cosmetics company, spanning consumer, luxury, professional and dermatological beauty from…

LHH

France · Neuilly-sur-Seine

LHH (multinational human resource consulting company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods…

Lactalis

France · Laval

The world's largest dairy group, family-owned and headquartered in Laval. Lactalis has grown through decades…

Pernod Ricard

France · Paris

French wines & spirits giant, the world's number-two by sales, with a broad house of international and local…

Roquette

France · Lestrem

A French family-owned producer of plant-based ingredients, turning maize, wheat, potato and peas into…

Savencia

France · Viroflay

A French family-controlled cheese and butter group, formerly Bongrain, and one of the world's largest…

Sidel

France · Octeville-sur-Mer

A French maker of bottling and packaging lines for beverages, food and home care, part of the Tetra Laval…

Sodiaal

France · Paris

France's largest dairy cooperative, owned by thousands of member farmers and producing milk, cheese, butter…

Système U

France · Rungis

A French cooperative of independent grocers operating the U banners, with a long-running reputation for…

Yves Rocher

France · La Gacilly

A French botanical beauty company founded in the Breton village of La Gacilly, where it still grows plants…

Asahi Europe & International

United Kingdom · Woking

The European arm of Japan's Asahi Group, assembled largely from brands divested during the AB InBev and…

Associated British Foods

United Kingdom · London

Diversified British group spanning grocery brands, sugar, agriculture and ingredients — alongside the Primark…

Beauty Pie

United Kingdom · London

A British beauty company selling by membership rather than retail markup, shipping from the same laboratories…

Britvic

United Kingdom · Hemel Hempstead

A British soft-drinks maker with a portfolio of squash, juice and carbonate brands, and the bottler of…

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

United Kingdom · Uxbridge

The world's largest Coca-Cola bottler by revenue, producing and distributing soft drinks across Western…

DS Smith

United Kingdom · London

A major European supplier of corrugated and fibre-based packaging, working closely with FMCG brands on…

Diageo

United Kingdom · London

The world's leading premium spirits producer, with an iconic portfolio of Scotch, vodka, gin, stout and…

Encirc

United Kingdom · Elton, Cheshire

A UK and Irish glass container manufacturer that also bottles and distributes for drinks brands, making it…

Haleon

United Kingdom · Weybridge

The consumer-health company spun out of GSK in 2022, spanning oral health, pain relief and vitamins…

KP Snacks

United Kingdom · Slough

One of Britain's largest savoury snack makers, owned by the German group Intersnack. Hula Hoops, McCoy's and…

Nomad Foods

United Kingdom · London

Europe's largest frozen-food company, owner of the Birds Eye, Iglo and Findus brands sold across the UK…

Ocado Group

United Kingdom · Hatfield

A British online grocer that became a technology licensor, selling its automated warehouse platform to…

Premier Foods

United Kingdom · St Albans

A British ambient-food group holding a portfolio of long-established store-cupboard brands, several of them…

Reckitt

United Kingdom · Slough

British consumer health and hygiene group behind category-leading cleaning, disinfection and personal-care…

Sainsbury's

United Kingdom · London

The UK's second-largest supermarket chain and one of its oldest, founded as a Drury Lane dairy in 1869. It…

Tate & Lyle

United Kingdom · London

A British ingredients company that sold its sugar business and rebuilt itself around sweeteners, fibres and…

Tesco

United Kingdom · Welwyn Garden City

Britain's largest grocer and one of Europe's biggest retailers, with a Clubcard loyalty scheme that pioneered…

Unilever

United Kingdom · London

One of the world's largest FMCG companies, spanning beauty & wellbeing, personal care, home care, nutrition…

Weetabix

United Kingdom · Kettering

Britain's best-selling breakfast cereal, made in Northamptonshire from wheat grown within about fifty miles…

Ahold Delhaize

Netherlands · Zaandam

Dutch-Belgian retail group operating leading supermarket and e-commerce banners across Europe and the United…

Albert Heijn

Netherlands · Zaandam

The Netherlands' largest supermarket banner and the founding business of Ahold Delhaize, with a growing…

Coty

Netherlands · Amsterdam

Global beauty group with a large fragrance and cosmetics portfolio spanning mass-market and prestige licensed…

Ecolab

Netherlands · Nederland

Ecolab (UK business) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG services…

Flora Food Group

Netherlands · Amsterdam

The plant-based spreads and cheese group formerly known as Upfield, carved out of Unilever's margarine…

FrieslandCampina

Netherlands · Amersfoort

Dutch multinational dairy cooperative producing consumer dairy, infant nutrition and ingredients from milk…

Heineken

Netherlands · Amsterdam

The second-largest brewer in the world and Europe's beer champion, operating breweries in over 70 countries…

JDE Peet's

Netherlands · Amsterdam

The world's largest pure-play coffee & tea company, uniting European heritage brands under one…

Jumbo

Netherlands · Veghel

The Netherlands' second-largest supermarket chain, family-owned and known for its seven-point customer…

Perfetti Van Melle

Netherlands · Breda

A Dutch-Italian confectionery group formed when Italy's Perfetti bought Van Melle, now one of the world's…

Picnic

Netherlands · Amsterdam

A Dutch online-only grocer that delivers from electric vans on fixed routes, with no stores and no delivery…

Refresco

Netherlands · Rotterdam

The world's largest independent drinks bottler, filling soft drinks and juices for retailers' own labels and…

Sligro Food Group

Netherlands · Veghel

The leading foodservice wholesaler in the Netherlands and Belgium, supplying restaurants, hotels, caterers…

Swinkels Family Brewers

Netherlands · Lieshout

A Dutch family brewer in its seventh generation, known internationally for Bavaria and for the Belgian…

Vion Food Group

Netherlands · Boxtel

A Dutch meat processor and one of Europe's largest, owned by a farmers' association and operating pork and…

Avery Dennison

United States · Mentor, Ohio

A global maker of pressure-sensitive label materials and smart packaging tags, with significant Belgian…

Brown-Forman

United States · Louisville

One of the largest American spirits companies and the owner of Jack Daniel's, still controlled by the Brown…

Cargill

United States · Minnetonka

The largest privately held company in the United States and a cornerstone of the global food supply chain…

Circana

United States · Chicago

The market-measurement company formed by the 2022 merger of IRI and The NPD Group, and the main alternative…

Colgate-Palmolive

United States · New York

The global leader in toothpaste and a major force in soaps, household cleaners and pet nutrition. Its…

Kenvue

United States · Summit, New Jersey

The world's largest pure-play consumer health company, spun out of Johnson & Johnson in 2023 with its…

Kimberly-Clark

United States · Irving, Texas

A global maker of tissue and personal-hygiene products whose Kleenex brand became the generic word for a…

Mars

United States · McLean, Virginia

One of the largest privately held companies in the world, family-owned across four generations and spanning…

McCormick & Company

United States · Hunt Valley, Maryland

The world's largest spice and seasoning company, supplying both retail shelves and industrial food…

Newell Brands

United States · Atlanta

A US consumer-products group spanning home fragrance, food storage, baby care and writing instruments. Yankee…

NielsenIQ

United States · Chicago

The measurement company behind most FMCG market-share data, tracking retail sales across Europe and merged…

PepsiCo

United States · Purchase, New York

A global food and beverage group whose snacks arm is larger than its drinks business, spanning Lay's, Doritos…

Procter & Gamble

United States · Cincinnati

The world's largest consumer-goods manufacturer by revenue, built on a portfolio of billion-dollar brands in…

Sazerac

United States · New Orleans

A family-owned American spirits company from New Orleans, whose Fireball cinnamon whisky became one of the…

The Kraft Heinz Company

United States · Chicago

One of the world's largest food and beverage groups, formed by the 2015 merger of Kraft and Heinz. In Europe…

Barry Callebaut

Switzerland · Zurich

The world's largest B2B manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, with major operations in Belgium…

Emmi

Switzerland · Lucerne

Switzerland's largest milk processor, exporting speciality cheese and its Caffè Latte ready-to-drink coffee…

Givaudan

Switzerland · Vernier

The world's largest flavour and fragrance house, supplying the scent and taste systems behind a large share…

Lindt & Sprüngli

Switzerland · Kilchberg

The Swiss premium chocolatier behind Lindor and Excellence, inventor of the conching process that gave modern…

Migros

Switzerland · Zurich

Switzerland's largest retailer and a cooperative owned by its two million members, famous for refusing to…

Mondelēz Europe

Switzerland · Zurich

The European arm of one of the world's largest snacking companies, with major chocolate and biscuit brands…

Nestlé

Switzerland · Vevey

The world's largest food and beverage company, with a portfolio spanning coffee, confectionery, dairy, pet…

dsm-firmenich

Switzerland · Kaiseraugst

A Dutch-Swiss group formed by the 2023 merger of DSM and Firmenich, combining perfumery, taste, health and…

Barilla

Italy · Parma

The world's leading pasta maker, still controlled by the Barilla family after four generations in Parma. Its…

Campari Group

Italy · Milan

Italian spirits major behind the aperitif icons Campari and Aperol, with a fast-growing portfolio of premium…

Conad

Italy · Bologna

Italy's largest grocery retailer, organised as a consortium of independent retailer cooperatives. Its Sapori…

Ferrero

Italy · Alba / Luxembourg

Family-owned Italian confectionery powerhouse behind Nutella and Kinder, and one of the largest…

Lavazza

Italy · Turin

Italian family coffee house, one of the world's most iconic coffee brands, present in retail, out-of-home and…

illycaffè

Italy · Trieste

An Italian family coffee roaster from Trieste built on a single blend of nine arabicas, sold identically…

Arla Foods

Denmark · Aarhus

Farmer-owned Scandinavian dairy cooperative, one of Europe's biggest dairy companies, exporting butter…

Carlsberg

Denmark · Copenhagen

Danish brewing group with a strong footprint in Western & Eastern Europe and Asia, known for its flagship…

Danish Crown

Denmark · Randers

Europe's largest pork processor and one of the world's biggest meat exporters, owned by Danish farmers. Tulip…

Royal Unibrew

Denmark · Faxe

A Danish multi-beverage group spanning beer, soft drinks and mineral water across the Nordics, Baltics and…

Salling Group

Denmark · Brabrand

Denmark's largest retailer, owned by a charitable foundation that channels profits back into social causes…

Fazer

Finland · Helsinki

A Finnish family food company built on confectionery and bakery, whose blue Karl Fazer chocolate bar is a…

Paulig

Finland · Helsinki

A Finnish family food and beverage company built on coffee roasting, now also a major Nordic player in spices…

Valio

Finland · Helsinki

Finland's dairy cooperative and the company whose researcher won a Nobel Prize for silage preservation. It…

Mahou San Miguel

Spain · Madrid

Spain's largest brewing group, family-owned and holding roughly a third of the domestic beer market. Solán de…

Mercadona

Spain · Valencia

Spain's dominant supermarket chain, built on an unusually deep private-label model through its Hacendado and…

Puig

Spain · Barcelona

A Spanish family beauty and fashion group and one of Europe's largest fragrance houses, listed in Barcelona…

Essity

Sweden · Stockholm

Swedish hygiene and health leader with global brands in tissue, feminine care, incontinence and professional…

ICA Gruppen

Sweden · Solna

Sweden's dominant grocery retailer, run on an unusual model where individual merchants own their stores but…

Oatly

Sweden · Malmö

The Swedish oat-drink maker that turned a university spin-off into the defining plant-based dairy brand…

Glanbia

Ireland · Kilkenny

An Irish nutrition group that turned dairy processing into a global sports-nutrition business, led by Optimum…

Kerry Group

Ireland · Tralee

An Irish taste and nutrition group that grew out of a County Kerry dairy cooperative into a global B2B…

Red Bull

Austria · Fuschl am See

The Austrian company that created the energy-drink category and still leads it worldwide, selling billions of…

The largest privately held spirits company in the world, still owned by the founding Bacardí family after…

A Japanese drinks group with a large European soft-drinks business built on Orangina, Schweppes and Lucozade…

Eurofins Scientific

Luxembourg · Luxembourg

The world's leading food, environment and pharmaceutical testing laboratory network, born from a…

Orkla

Norway · Oslo

Nordic branded-consumer-goods group with a broad portfolio of local food, snacks, personal-care and household…

Żabka

Poland · Poznań

Poland's largest convenience chain with more than ten thousand franchised stores, and an early mover on…

Jerónimo Martins

Portugal · Lisbon

Portuguese food-retail and distribution group, market leader in Portugal and Poland through its Pingo Doce…

Bestway

UK · Park Royal

Bestway (multinational conglomerate operating in United Kingdom and Pakistan) operates in the European…

Delhaize (former Belgian retail company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

Dätwyler (Swiss manufacturing company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

Firstunion (company in Shenzhen, China) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

Fuchs Gruppe (German food and spice company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in…

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (German company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in…

GfK (Canadian musical group) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG services…

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (American multinational company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer…

Menarini (Italian pharmaceutical company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

NIGEL WRIGHT (English record producer) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the…

Novo Nordisk (Danish pharmaceutical company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in…

Ogilvy (company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG services segment.

Ornua (company) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG services segment. The…

The Coca-Cola (American multinational beverage corporation) operates in the European fast-moving consumer…

flaschenpost (German enterprise) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the FMCG…