Estée Lauder
Prestige beauty: skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care · United States
The Estée Lauder Companies makes prestige skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care under more than 20 brands such as Estée Lauder, Clinique and La Mer and sells them in about 150 countries and territories.
What makes it different
Six of its brands each sell over a billion dollars.
6Brands with $1B+ net salesFY2026
The company calls them Large Brands, and they carry a portfolio of more than 20 prestige and luxury names.
How big it is
How big is Estée Lauder?
$15.0BNet salesFY2026
~150Countries and territoriesFY2026
55,000EmployeesFY2026
How it makes money FY2026
Skin care is nearly half of sales.
- Skin Care49%$7.3B
- Makeup28%$4.3B
- Fragrance19%$2.8B
- Hair Care4%$565M
- Other1%$103M
How the business works
Build prestige brands. Sell through select doors.
- 1Prestige brands, each with one image
- 2Department stores and travel retail
- 3Own stores and sites
It sells as a wholesaler through retailers, so its direct stores and websites are a smaller second channel.
Who owns it
- Lauder family members82%
- LAL Family Corporation49.8%
- BlackRock, Inc.7.5%
CEO: Stéphane de La Faverie
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1946Estée and Joseph Lauder launch Estée Lauder Cosmetics
- 1960First overseas account at Harrods
- 1968Clinique launches
- 1994Majority stake in M·A·C
- 1-17The company lists on the New York Stock Exchange
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Estée Lauder's own reports.
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2026 ↗
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 ↗
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2024 ↗
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2023 ↗
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What Estée Lauder tracks24 metrics
Freestanding stores
Demonstrators at points of sale
Luxury and prestige brands
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
The Americas
Europe, the UK and Ireland and Emerging Markets
Asia/Pacific
The full timeline24 moments
2023
2025
2026
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