Unilever
Beauty, personal care, home care and foods · United Kingdom
Unilever is a global consumer goods company that makes beauty, personal care, home care and food brands such as Dove, Vaseline, Axe, Domestos, Hellmann’s and Knorr and sells them in about 190 countries.
What makes it different
India is its second-largest market.
€6.22BTurnover in IndiaFY2025
Only the United States is bigger; the United Kingdom, its home market, ranks third.
How big it is
How big is Unilever?
€50.50BTurnoverFY2025
190CountriesFY2025
96,000EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Four groups of roughly equal size.
- Personal Care26%€13.16B
- Foods26%€12.93B
- Beauty & Wellbeing25%€12.85B
- Home Care23%€11.57B
How the business works
Own the brands. Fund them. Sell everywhere.
- 1Beauty, home, food brands
- 2Heavy brand marketing
- 3Retailers in 190 countries
Shoppers choose the brand, not the factory behind it.
Who owns it
- Other shareholders83%
- BlackRock, Inc.8.5%
- The Vanguard Group, Inc.5.4%
CEO: Fernando Fernandez
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1884Lever & Co launches Sunlight, the first branded soap
- 1930Unilever established
- 1957Dove beauty bar launched in the US
- 1986Chesebrough-Pond’s acquired
- 2000Bestfoods acquired
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Unilever's own reports.
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What Unilever tracks25 metrics
Power Brands
Key crop volume verified as sustainably sourced
Hectares under regenerative agriculture practices
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
United States
India
United Kingdom
The full timeline21 moments
2010
2012
2025
Unilever vs Procter & Gambleside by side
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