Ferrero Group
Confectionery and sweet packaged foods · Luxembourg
Ferrero is a family-owned Italian sweet-packaged-food company that makes Nutella, Kinder, Ferrero Rocher and Tic Tac in 36 plants and sells them in more than 170 countries.
What makes it different
It runs its own hazelnut supply chain.
97%Hazelnuts traceable to the farmerFY2025
Ferrero Hazelnut Company and Oltan give it direct control of its signature ingredient.
How big it is
How big is Ferrero Group?
€19.3BConsolidated turnoverFY2025
1.53MProductionFY2025
48,697EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
One number: group turnover.
- Group turnover€19.3B
How the business works
Iconic brands, own plants, bought growth.
- 1Nutella, Kinder, Rocher, Tic Tac
- 2Own plants worldwide
- 3Acquire brands in new categories
It keeps adding categories by acquisition, from cookies and ice cream to breakfast cereals.
Who owns it
CEO: Alessandro Nervegna
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1946Ferrero starts in a pastry shop in Alba
- 1956First plant abroad opens in Germany
- 1964Nutella is born
- 1982Ferrero Rocher is launched
- 2017Lapo Civiletti becomes the first non-family CEO
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Ferrero Group's own reports.
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What Ferrero Group tracks16 metrics
Countries where its products are sold
Brands
Manufacturing plants
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
Europe
Outside Europe
The full timeline18 moments
2023
2024
2026
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