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From the fact base · 2026-09-15

Who owns the beauty brands.

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Ownership concentration in the encyclopedia: what share of brands belong to a group, which groups own the most, where the groups are based and how ownership events are distributed across the decades.

Computed on 2026-09-15 from Glowpedia's fact base for the 3,245 brands with a published article on this edition, and from Glowjakt's and Glowscout's price data for the market figures. The figures are recomputed daily.

Stored version 2026-09-15 — the figures do not change. · rule set 2026-09-10 · Which observations are behind the figure?

Key figures

3,245
Brands in the data#
51.5%
Linked to a group#
1,672
50.5%
Owned by a group#
1,639
1%
Licensed to a group#
33
0%
Distributed by a group#
0
48.5%
No group relation recorded#
1,573
3.7%
Owned by the five largest groups (share of brands in the sample)#
121
5.8%
Owned by the ten largest groups (share of brands in the sample)#
188

Groups with the most brands

Where the groups are based (share of group-owned brands)

CountShare
United States109
6.7%
France69
4.2%
United Kingdom40
2.4%
Germany35
2.1%
Italy35
2.1%
Japan25
1.5%
Spain25
1.5%
South Korea18
1.1%
Norway15
0.9%
Switzerland13
0.8%
Poland8
0.5%
United Arab Emirates7
0.4%

Ownership events by decade

CountShare
The 2020s462
28.5%
The 2010s536
33.1%
The 2000s260
16.1%
The 1990s169
10.4%
The 1980s77
4.8%
The 1970s44
2.7%
The 1960s29
1.8%
The 1950s13
0.8%