2019 Global Top 100 Candy Companies: Part 1 | Candy Industry
Each year Candy Industry compiles a list of the Top 100 candy companies in the world. Below, you’ll not only find out where candy company ranks, but also their estimated net sales, how many employees they have and which products they make. Have feedback? Editor-in-chief Crystal Lindell would love to hear from you! Just shoot her a note at lindellc@bnpmedia.com.
Welcome to our exclusive list of the Top 100 Confectionery Companies in the World! Click through the pages to find out which companies made the cut, and which candymakers were in the Top 10.
Below is the top 1 through 25.
| 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100 |
1
Mars Wrigley Confectionery, div. of Mars Inc.
Chicago, Ill
Last Year's Ranking: 1
Net Sales (Millions): $18,000
Chief Officer Title: Andrew Clarke, pres. of Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Number of Employees: 34,000
Number of Plants: 53
Products Manufactured:
2
Ferrero Group
Luxembourg, Italy
Last Year's Ranking: 2
Net Sales (Millions): $12,390
Chief Officer Title: Giovanni Ferrero, exec. chair; Lapo Civiletti, CEO
Number of Employees: 34,543
Number of Plants: 23
Products Manufactured:
3
Mondelez International
Deerfield, Ill., USA
Last Year's Ranking: 3
Net Sales (Millions): $11,792
Chief Officer Title: Dirk Van de Put, chair & CEO
Number of Employees: 80,000*
Number of Plants: 150*
Products Manufactured:
4
Meiji Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Last Year's Ranking: 4
Net Sales (Millions): $9,662
Chief Officer Title: Katsunari Matsuda, rep. director & pres.
Number of Employees: 10,673
Number of Plants: 7
Products Manufactured:
5
Hershey Co.
Hershey, Pa., USA
Last Year's Ranking: 6
Net Sales (Millions): $7,779
Chief Officer Title: Michele Buck, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 16,910 1
Number of Plants: 13
Products Manufactured:
6
Nestle SA
Vevey, Switzerland
Last Year's Ranking: 5
Net Sales (Millions): $6,135
Chief Officer Title: Mark Schneider, CEO
Number of Employees: 323,000*
Number of Plants: 413*
Products Manufactured:
7
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG
Kilchberg, Switzerland
Last Year's Ranking: 7
Net Sales (Millions): $4,374
Chief Officer Title: Dr. Dieter Weisskopf, CEO
Number of Employees: 14,000
Number of Plants: 12
Products Manufactured:
8
Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
Last Year's Ranking: 8
Net Sales (Millions): $3,327
Chief Officer Title: Katsuhisa Ezaki, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 5,488
Number of Plants: 24
Products Manufactured:
9
Haribo GmbH & Co. K.G.
Bonn, Germany
Last Year's Ranking: 9
Net Sales (Millions): $3,300
Chief Officer Title: Hans-Guido Riegel, man. partner, Martin Schlatter and Michael Phiesel, man. directors
Number of Employees: 7,000+
Number of Plants: 16
Products Manufactured:
10
Perfetti Van Melle Spa
Lainate, Italy, & Breda, Netherlands
Last Year's Ranking: 11
Net Sales (Millions): $3,086
Chief Officer Title: Sameer Suneja, CEO
Number of Employees: 17,700
Number of Plants: 32
Products Manufactured:
11
pladis
London, UK
Last Year's Ranking: 12
Net Sales (Millions): $2,816
Chief Officer Title: Jim Zaza, interim CEO; Murat Ulker, chair; Ali Ulker, vice chair.
Number of Employees: 26,000
Number of Plants: 34
Products Manufactured:
12
General Mills Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Last Year's Ranking: 13
Net Sales (Millions): $2,100
Chief Officer Title: Jeffrey Harmening, CEO
Number of Employees: 40,000*
Number of Plants: 50*
Products Manufactured:
13
Kellogg Co.
Battle Creek, Mich., USA
Last Year's Ranking: 17
Net Sales (Millions): $1,890
Chief Officer Title: Steven Cahillane, CEO & chair
Number of Employees: 33,000*
Number of Plants: 46*
Products Manufactured:
14
August Storck KG
Berlin, Germany
Last Year's Ranking: 15
Net Sales (Millions): $1,859
Chief Officer Title: Axel Oberwelland, CEO
Number of Employees: 6,000
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured:
15
Orion Corp.
Seoul, Korea
Last Year's Ranking: 14
Net Sales (Millions): $1,718
Chief Officer Title: Chul Kon Tam, chair & CEO
Number of Employees: 13,165*
Number of Plants: 16*
Products Manufactured:
16
Arcor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Last Year's Ranking: 10
Net Sales (Millions): $1,200
Chief Officer Title: Luis Pagani, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 22,000*
Number of Plants: 47*
Products Manufactured:
17
United Confectionary Manufacturers
Moscow, Russia
Last Year's Ranking: 19
Net Sales (Millions): $1,169
Chief Officer Title: Nikolay Vasyukov, CEO
Number of Employees: 20,000
Number of Plants: 19
Products Manufactured:
18
Bourbon Corp.
Niigata, Japan
Last Year's Ranking: 20
Net Sales (Millions): $1,060
Chief Officer Title: Yasushi Yoshida, pres.
Number of Employees: 4,900¹
Number of Plants: 10
Products Manufactured:
19
Lotte Corp.
Seoul, Korea
Last Year's Ranking: 16
Net Sales (Millions): $1,055
Chief Officer Title: Myung Ki Min, CEO
Number of Employees: 14,798
Number of Plants: 22
Products Manufactured:
20
Valeo Foods Group
Dublin, Ireland
Last Year's Ranking: new
Net Sales (Millions): $1,026*
Chief Officer Title: Seamus Kearney, group CEO
Number of Employees: 2,200
Number of Plants: n/a
Products Manufactured:
21
Chocolat Frey AB
Buchs, Switerland
Last Year's Ranking: 49
Net Sales (Millions): $1,025
Chief Officer Title: Hans-Ruedi Christen, CEO
Number of Employees: 2,268
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured:
22
Morinaga & Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Last Year's Ranking: 18
Net Sales (Millions): $998
Chief Officer Title: Toru Arai, pres. & rep. director
Number of Employees: 1,303
Number of Plants: 8
Products Manufactured:
23
Crown Confectionery Co. Ltd.
Seoul, Korea
Last Year's Ranking: 21
Net Sales (Millions): $990
Chief Officer Title: Yoon Young-dal, chair
Number of Employees: 1,500
Number of Plants: 5
Products Manufactured:
24
Cemoi
Perpignan, France
Last Year's Ranking: 22
Net Sales (Millions): $968
Chief Officer Title: Patrick Poirrier, CEO
Number of Employees: 3,400
Number of Plants: 15
Products Manufactured:
25
Cacau Show
Itapevi, SP, Brazil
Last Year's Ranking: 23
Net Sales (Millions): $909
Chief Officer Title: Alexandre Costa, pres.
Number of Employees: 1,927
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured:
Note on methodology: All sales, plant and employee estimates are for confectionery operations only, unless otherwise noted. In addition, Candy Industry has attempted to factor out industrial chocolate sales and plants. All estimates come from a combination of manufacturer surveys, annual reports, media reports, private and published research, and analyst interviews. For most public companies, projections were made for fiscal 2018. In some cases, the previous year’s sales were used with a correction for growth from the current year’s reports. For most private companies, sales are estimated for calendar year 2018. Currencies have been converted based on the average exchange rate from January-October 2018, and are highlighted in red. Wherever data was lacking, information is noted as N/A (not available).
* Includes non-confectionery items
1 Includes part-time or temporary workers
2 See’s Candies has 1,500 year-round employees; 6,000 seasonally
3 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has 2,000 year-round employees; 8,000 seasonally
4 This only includes consumer goods. Natra also has sales of $139 million in industrial goods.
5 Clif Bar doesn’t disclose sales figures but experts believe the numbers could be near $1 billion.