The top candy companies in Europe
The top candy companies in Europe
1
Ferrero Group
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, toffee, hard candies, chewy candies, hazelnut spread, interactive candies, gum , sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Luxembourg, Italy
Confectionery
Sale
14,514
Chief Officer
Lapo Civiletti, CEO;
Giovanni Ferrero, chairman
Employees
37,122
Plants
31
2
Nestle SA
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, toffee, caramel, hard candy, chewy candy, sugar-reduced candies, energy bars
Headquarters
Vevey, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$7,788
Chief Officer
Mark Schneider, CEO;
Paul Bulcke, chairman
Employees
273,000*
Plants
403 *
3
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG
Products
Candy bars, chocolate-covered cookies/wafers, filled centers, toffee, caramel, nut candies, marzipan, hard candy, mints, chewy/gummy, interactive/novelty, chocolate spreads, sugar-reduced
Headquarters
Kilchberg, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$5,187
Chief Officer
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf, CEO
Employees
13,500
Plants
11
4
Pladis
Products
Chocolate-covered biscuits, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, toffee, caramel, hard candies, gummy, gum, sugar-reduced candies, energy bars
Headquarters
London, UK
Confectionery
Sale
$4,055
Chief Officer
A. Salman Amin, CEO
Employees
16,000
Plants
25
5
Haribo GmbH & Co. K.G.
Products
Gummies/licorice, marshmallow
Headquarters
Bonn, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$3,300
Chief Officer
Hans-Guido Riegel, Michael Phiesel, &
Herwig Vennekens, all managing directors
Employees
7,000+
Plants
16
6
Perfetti Van Melle
Products
Toffee, hard candies/lollipops, gummy/jelly candies, gum, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Lainate, Italy, & Breda, Netherlands
Confectionery
Sale
$3,123
Chief Officer
Sameer Suneja, CEO
Employees
17,900
Plants
31
7
August Storck KG
Products
Chocolate bars/chocolate-covered wafers, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, caramel, toffee, nuts candies, hard candies/lollipops/mints/cough drops, gummy/chewy candies, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$2,000
Chief Officer
Axel Oberwelland, CEO
Employees
7,000
Plants
3
8
Delica AG (owns Chocolat Frey AB)
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, nut barks, marshmallow, gum, sugar-reduced candies, energy bars
Headquarters
Buchs, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$1,100*
Chief Officer
Raphael Gugerli,
CEO
Employees
2,360 *
Plants
5 *
9
Cémoi
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, caramel, toffee, nuts candies, marshmallow, cocoa/spreads, sugar-reduced candies, energy bars
Headquarters
Perpignan, France
Confectionery
Sale
$968
Chief Officer
Patrick Collin, CEO;
Patrick Poirrier, president
Employees
3,400
Plants
14
10
Roshen Confectionery Corp.
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered biscuits, filled chocolates with liqueurs, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, toffee, nut candies, nougat, lollipops, jellies, marshmallow, fudge, gum
Headquarters
Kiev, Ukraine
Confectionery
Sale
$800
Chief Officer
Vyacheslav Moskalevsky, president
Employees
10,000
Plants
8
11
Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate-covered cookies/biscuits
Headquarters
Aachen, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$786 *
Chief Officer
Dr. Hermann Buhlbecker,
chief officer
Employees
3,500
Plants
7
12
Orkla, Confectionery & Snacks Div.
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, nut candies/marzipan, lozenges, licorice, marshmallow, gum, sugar-reduced candies, cereal bars
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway
Confectionery
Sale
$779
Chief Officer
Jeanette Havan Fladby,
EVP & CEO of Confectionery Snacks
Employees
3,281
Plants
12
13
Cloetta A.B.
Products
Chocolate-covered wafers, pralines, panned chocolates
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Confectionery
Sale
$697
Chief Officer
Henri de Sauvage-Nolting,
president & CEO
Employees
2,600
Plants
7
14
Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate-covered biscuits/cake, fruit and nut bars, sugar-reduced candies, cereal bars
Headquarters
Hannover, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$643
Chief Officer
Phil Rumbol,
CEO
Employees
2,880
Plants
5
15
Baronie Belgium N.V.
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany & Brugge, Belgium
Confectionery
Sale
$608
Chief Officer
Fons Walder,
CEO
Employees
1,380
Plants
8
16
Griesson de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered cookies/biscuits, pralines, snack bars
Headquarters
Polch, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$598
Chief Officer
Lars Engel,
CEO
Employees
2,000
Plants
3
17
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate bars, filled bars, yogurt bars, nut bars/marzipan, chocolate wafer bars
Headquarters
Waldenbuch, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$555
Chief Officer
Andreas Ronken,
chairman & CEO
Employees
1,650
Plants
2
18
Krueger GmbH & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, caramel, toffee, nougat, chewy candies, spreads/toppings/baking chocolate/drinking chocolate, energy bars
Headquarters
Gladbach, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$550
Chief Officer
Marc Krueger,
CEO
Employees
1,000
Plants
4
19
Valeo Confectionery, part of Valeo Foods group of companies
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered cookies/pretzels, wafers, panned chocolates, toffee, caramel, marzipan, nougat, hard candy/lollipops/mints, chewy/gummy/licorice/jelly candies, marshmallow, chocolate spreads
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Confectionery
Sale
$549
Chief Officer
Seamus Kearney,
group CEO
Employees
2,780
Plants
14
20
Katjes Group
Products
Hard candy/lozenges, licorice/chewy/gummies, yogurt gums, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Emmerich, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$495
Chief Officer
Tobias Bachmuller & Bastian Fassin,
managing partners
Employees
1,500
Plants
8
21
Fazer Confectionery
Products
Candy bars, chocolate-covered biscuits, filled chocolates/truffles, toffee, caramel, nougat, hard candies/lollipops/lozenges, licorice, yogurt-covered candies, interactive/novelty candies, gum, sugar-reduced, snack bars
Headquarters
Vantaa, Finland
Confectionery
Sale
$472
Chief Officer
Markus Hellstrom,
managing director
Employees
1,900
Plants
2
22
Ricola Ltd.
Products
Chewy candies, hard candy/lozenges, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Luafen, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$374
Chief Officer
Felix Richterich, chairman, &
Thomas Meier, CEO
Employees
500
Plants
3
23
The Millano Group
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, toffee, gummies, hard candy, marshmallow, spreads/powders
Headquarters
Poznan, Poland
Confectionery
Sale
$351
Chief Officer
Krysztof Kotas,
chairman & CEO
Employees
1,500
Plants
3
24
Mederer Susswarenvertriebs GmbH
Products
Gummies/licorice/jelly beans/fruit snacks, interactive/novelty, and marshmallows
Headquarters
Furth, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$350
Chief Officer
Robert Maehler, CEO;
Stephen Ludwig, COO;
Fabrice Brettnacher, CFO
Employees
2,700
Plants
4
25
Gubor Group (aka Ruebezahl-Riegelein Group)
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles/filled chocolates, moulds, panned chocolates, nut candies/bars/bark, gummy/jelly candies, snack bars
Headquarters
Dettingen/Teck, Germany & Cadolzburg, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$330
Chief Officer
Claus Cersovsky,
Peter Riegelein & Ruediger Bonner,
managing partners
Employees
1,500
Plants
62
26
HALBA, div. of Coop Cooperative (formerly known as Chocolats Halba/Sunray)
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles/filled chocolates, moulds, nut candies/bars/bark, baking chocolate, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Prattein, Schweiz, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$330
Chief Officer
Andreas Hasler,
CEO
Employees
385
Plants
2
27
A. Loacker AG/SpA
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered wafers/crème filled wafers, truffles, chocolate moulds, chocolate spreads/cocoa/drinks, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
South Tyrol, Italy
Confectionery
Sale
$330
Chief Officer
Ulrich Zuenelli,
executive chairman
Employees
978
Plants
3
28
Natra SA
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles, moulded chocolates, nougat, cocoa/spreads, sugar-reduced candies, energy candies
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
Confectionery
Sale
$320 4
Chief Officer
Dominique Luna,
CEO
Employees
1,000
Plants
6
29
Fini Golosinas
Products
Hard candy/lollipops, licorice/jellies, marshmallow, gum, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Murcia, Spain
Confectionery
Sale
$287
Chief Officer
Antonio Sanchez Bernal, president;
Alberto Garcia, managing director
Employees
2,000
Plants
2
30
Josef Manner & Co. KG
Products
Chocolate-covered biscuits/wafers/cookies/pretzels, filled chocolates, panned chocolates, toffee, nougat, baking chocolate
Headquarters
Vienna, Austria
Confectionery
Sale
$262
Chief Officer
Mag. Andreas Kutil, CEO;
Dr. Hans Peter Andres,
Thomas Gratzer,
Mag. Albin Hahn,
all managing officers
Employees
800
Plants
2
31
Elah-Dufour Spa
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, toffee, nut candies, hard candies, jelly/gummy candies, cocoa powders/spreads, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Novi Ligure, Italy
Confectionery
Sale
$240
Chief Officer
Guido Repetto,
CEO
Employees
190
Plants
3
32
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates/truffles, chocolate moulds, panned chocolates, caramel, marzipan/nut candies, hot chocolate/cocoa gin
Headquarters
Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
Confectionery
Sale
$226
Chief Officer
Angus Thirlwell, CEO, &
Peter Harris, development director,
both co-founders
Employees
2,000
Plants
1
33
Millennium Chocolate Factory, Malbi Foods LLC
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered biscuits, filled chocolates, moulds, panned chocolates, novelty, yogurt-covered candies, chocolate powders/cocoa/baking chocolate, nut candies, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Dnepr, Ukraine
Confectionery
Sale
$225
Chief Officer
Yevgeniy Sharynov,
co-owner & CEO
Employees
3,000
Plants
2
34
Toms Gruppen A/S
Products
Chocolate liquor bottles, chocolate bars, truffles/filled chocolates, moulds, panned chocolates, toffee/caramel, marzipan/nougat/nut bars, hard candies/lozenges/mints, chewy candies/ gummies/jellies/licorice, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Ballerup, Denmark
Confectionery
Sale
224
Chief Officer
Annette Zeipel,
CEO
Employees
1000
Plants
4
35
Zertus UK Holding Ltd., subsidiary of Zertus GmbH
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, nut candies, hard candies, fruit snacks, novelty candies, gum, sugar-reduced candies, cereal/protein bars
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$217
Chief Officer
Alessandra Cama,
CEO of Zertus Group
Employees
1,130
Plants
6
36
ICAM Spa
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, nut & seed candies, hard candies/mints, jellies/licorice, cocoa powder, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Lecco & Orsenigo, Italy
Confectionery
Sale
$209
Chief Officer
Angelo Agostoni,
president
Employees
420
Plants
2
37
Kambly SA
Products
Chocolate-covered biscuits/cookies, cookies without chocolate
Headquarters
Trubschachen, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$200 *
Chief Officer
Dr. Nils Kambly, CEO; and
Oscar Kambly, chairman
Employees
535 *
Plants
2 *
38
Ragolds GmbH
Products
Caramel, toffee, hard candies/mints/lollipops/lozenges, chewy/licorice/gummies/jelly, fudge, yogurt-covered candies, interactive/novelty, gum, sugar-reduced candies, energy candies
Headquarters
Boizenberg, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$195
Chief Officer
Oliver Schindler,
owner
Employees
700
Plants
5
39
Vidal Golosinas
Products
Caramel, toffee, hard candies, chewy candies/licorice, marshmallow, foam, gum, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Molina de Segura, Spain
Confectionery
Sale
$182
Chief Officer
Joaquin Vigueras Miralles,
manager director
Employees
1,300
Plants
3
40
Colian Sp. zo.o.
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, toffee, gummy candies
Headquarters
Opatowek, Poland
Confectionery
Sale
$177
Chief Officer
Jan Kolanski,
president & CEO
Employees
1,348
Plants
3
41
Neuhaus Holdings
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, marzipan, nut candies, hot chocolate
Headquarters
Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Confectionery
Sale
$177
Chief Officer
Ignace Van Doorselaere,
CEO
Employees
285
Plants
1
42
Kras Food Industry PLC
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered wafers/biscuits/cookies, truffles/filled chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel/toffee, nougat/nut candies, hard candies, gummy/fruit chews/licorice, chocolate powders/baking chocolate, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Zagreb, Croatia
Confectionery
Sale
$165
Chief Officer
Slavko Ledic,
president of management board
Employees
2,420
Plants
5
43
Valor Chocolates
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered cookies/wafers, moulded chocolates, filled chocolates, nougat bars, nut candies, hot chocolate/cocoa powder/toppings, sugar-reduced bars
Headquarters
Villajoyosa, Spain
Confectionery
Sale
$164
Chief Officer
Pedro Lopez Lopez, executive president;
Valeriano Lopez Lloret, CEO
Employees
360
Plants
2
44
Konti Group
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, nuts, jelly sweets, marshmallow
Headquarters
Donetsk, Ukraine
Confectionery
Sale
$147
Chief Officer
Mishalov Sergey,
CEO
Employees
8,097
Plants
5
45
Wawi-Schokolade AG
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, nut candies, chocolate drinks
Headquarters
Pirmasens, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$142
Chief Officer
Robert Mueller,
CEO
Employees
500
Plants
8
46
Ion S.A.
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered wafers, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, nut bars, hard candy, chocolate drinks/spreads, gum, sugar-reduced candies, protein bars
Headquarters
Piraeus, Greece
Confectionery
Sale
$140
Chief Officer
Ioannis Kotsiopoulos,
president
Employees
934
Plants
3
47
Laderach-- chocolatier suisse
Products
Chocolate bars, truffles/filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, toffee, caramel popcorn, nut candies/barks
Headquarters
Ennenda, Switzerland
Confectionery
Sale
$138
Chief Officer
Johannes Laderach,
CEO
Employees
1,300
Plants
2
48
Rausch Schokoladen GmbH
Products
Chocolate bars, pralines, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, nut candies, nougat, brittles, marzipan, jellies, chocolate spreads/powders, cereal bars
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$130
Chief Officer
Robert Rausch,
managing director
Employees
366
Plants
1
49
Wawel SA
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, moulded chocolates, caramel, nut candies, gummies, cocoa, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Krakow, Poland
Confectionery
Sale
$127
Chief Officer
Dariusz Orlowski,
CEO
Employees
1,120
Plants
2
50
Chipita S.A
Products
Hazelnut praline wafer sticks, chocolate coated cakes, chocolate-filled pastries, spreads, novelty/interactive
Headquarters
Athens, Greece
Confectionery
Sale
$125 *
Chief Officer
Spyros Theodoropoulos, CEO;
George Papazoglou, chairman
Employees
5,800 3
Plants
14 3
51
Pionir D.O.O.
Products
Chocolate bars, filled chocolates, panned chocolates, caramel, toffee, nuts, hard candies/mints, chewy candies, spreads, sugar-reduced candies, energy candies
Headquarters
Belgrade, Serbia
Confectionery
Sale
$118
Chief Officer
Miroljub Aleksic,
director
Employees
970
Plants
4
52
PEZ AG Group
Products
hard candy, effervescent tablets, gummy/fruits chews, interactive/novelty, sugar-reduced candies
Headquarters
Traun, Austria
Confectionery
Sale
$109
Chief Officer
Manfred Foedermayr,
president & CEO
Employees
875
Plants
2
53
Mieszko S.A.
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate covered wafers, pralines, caramel, marzipan, nut candies, hard candy, jellies, marshmallow, fudge
Headquarters
Warsaw, Poland
Confectionery
Sale
$99
Chief Officer
Marek Malinowski,
president
Employees
1,000
Plants
2
54
SALPA, confectionery division
Products
Chocolate bars, chocolate-covered pretzels, truffles, moulded chocolates, panned chocolates, nut candies/bars
Headquarters
Geispolsheim, France
Confectionery
Sale
$59
Chief Officer
Francois de Bretagne,
president
Employees
397
Plants
3
55
Viba Sweets GmbH
Products
Pralines, panned chocolates, nougat, marzipan, coated nuts, fruit snacks, fruit bars
Headquarters
Schmalkalden, Germany
Confectionery
Sale
$46
Chief Officer
Karl Heinz Einhauser,
chairman
Employees
512
Plants
n/a
Note on methodology:
*Includes non-confectionery items
1Includes part-time or temporary workers
2Gubor Group owns 6 plants, but private investors of the shareholder circle of Ruebezahl & Riegelein Group own an addition plant from acquisition of Eichetti
3Chipita owns 8 factories, plus another 6 that are joint ventures. The Athens company has 4,700 direct employees, and another 1,100 through partnerships
4This only includes consumer goods. Natra also has sales of $137 million in industrial goods.
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