Nestlé
Packaged food & beverages · Switzerland
Nestlé is the world's largest food and beverage company, making and selling coffee, pet food, nutrition products and food & snacks under brands such as Nescafé, Nespresso, Purina, KitKat and Maggi in about 185 countries.
What makes it different
Coffee, not chocolate, is its largest business.
CHF 25.144BCoffee and beverages salesFY2025
Powdered and liquid beverages bring in more sales than any other category.
How big it is
How big is Nestlé?
CHF 89.49BSalesFY2025
CHF 14.39BUnderlying operating profitFY2025
271,000EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Coffee leads, pet food second.
- Powdered & liquid beverages28%CHF 25.144B
- PetCare21%CHF 18.406B
- Nutrition & Health Science16%CHF 14.304B
- Prepared dishes & cooking aids11%CHF 10.114B
- Other24%
How the business works
Turn commodities into brands.
- 1Coffee, milk, cocoa
- 2Nescafé, Purina, KitKat
- 3Supermarkets and food service
Shoppers buy the brand, not the commodity behind it.
Brands and businesses
More than Nestlé.
Who owns it
- UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG5.547%
- BlackRock, Inc.5.04%
- The Capital Group Companies, Inc.3.006%
CEO: Philipp Navratil
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1867Henri Nestlé launches farine lactée
- 1905Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss merge
- 1938Nescafé launched
- 1947Merger with Alimentana brings Maggi
- 1986Nespresso launched
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Nestlé's own reports.
Full profile
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What Nestlé tracks20 metrics
Real internal growth
Pricing contribution
Emerging markets organic growth
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from3 regions
Americas
Asia, Oceania & Africa
Europe
The full timeline20 moments
2016
2025
2026
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