Personal care companies in Europe
The food, beverage and consumer-brand groups shaping the European market, with a focus on Belgian and pan-European players.
Beauty Pie
United Kingdom · LondonA British beauty company selling by membership rather than retail markup, shipping from the same laboratories…
Beiersdorf
Germany · HamburgHamburg-based skin-care specialist, home of Nivea — one of the world's best-known personal-care brands — plus…
Chanel
Belgium · BelgiëChanel (fashion brand) operates in the European fast-moving consumer goods market, in the Personal care…
Colgate-Palmolive
United States · New YorkThe global leader in toothpaste and a major force in soaps, household cleaners and pet nutrition. Its…
Coty
Netherlands · AmsterdamGlobal beauty group with a large fragrance and cosmetics portfolio spanning mass-market and prestige licensed…
Essity
Sweden · StockholmSwedish hygiene and health leader with global brands in tissue, feminine care, incontinence and professional…
Haleon
United Kingdom · WeybridgeThe consumer-health company spun out of GSK in 2022, spanning oral health, pain relief and vitamins…
Henkel
Germany · DüsseldorfGerman group combining a Consumer Brands division (laundry, home & beauty care) with an industrial Adhesive…
Kenvue
United States · Summit, New JerseyThe world's largest pure-play consumer health company, spun out of Johnson & Johnson in 2023 with its…
Kimberly-Clark
United States · Irving, TexasA global maker of tissue and personal-hygiene products whose Kleenex brand became the generic word for a…
L'Oréal
France · ClichyThe world's largest cosmetics company, spanning consumer, luxury, professional and dermatological beauty from…
Ontex
Belgium · AalstBelgian producer of personal-hygiene products — baby nappies, adult incontinence and feminine care…
Orkla
Norway · OsloNordic branded-consumer-goods group with a broad portfolio of local food, snacks, personal-care and household…
Procter & Gamble
United States · CincinnatiThe world's largest consumer-goods manufacturer by revenue, built on a portfolio of billion-dollar brands in…
Puig
Spain · BarcelonaA Spanish family beauty and fashion group and one of Europe's largest fragrance houses, listed in Barcelona…
Reckitt
United Kingdom · SloughBritish consumer health and hygiene group behind category-leading cleaning, disinfection and personal-care…
Rossmann
Germany · BurgwedelGermany's second-largest drugstore chain, family-controlled and expanding across central and eastern Europe…
Sebamed
Germany · BoppardA German dermocosmetic brand built entirely around pH 5.5 skin-neutral formulation, sold through pharmacies…
Unilever
United Kingdom · LondonOne of the world's largest FMCG companies, spanning beauty & wellbeing, personal care, home care, nutrition…
Yves Rocher
France · La GacillyA French botanical beauty company founded in the Breton village of La Gacilly, where it still grows plants…
dm-drogerie markt
Germany · KarlsruheGermany's largest drugstore chain and a major European route to market for personal and home care, with a…