Unilever is a multi-national consumer goods company that produces food, beverages, cleaning agents and beauty and personal care products. As of 2024, the company employed a total of approximately ******* people around the world. The number of Unilever employees has fallen over the past number of years and are significantly lower than in 2003, when the company’s workforce was above *******. Unilever Unilever began in 1929 as a merger between a margarine producer and a soap maker. Today, Unilever boasts over 400 brands in the food and refreshments, personal care, and home care markets. Some of the company’s most recognizable brands are Knorr, Dove, Axe, and Lipton. Unilever is one of the leading fast-moving consumer goods companies in the world. Nestlé, Procter & Gamble (P&G), and PepsiCo are other leading companies in this area. Unilever’s key markets A large portion of Unilever’s revenue is generated from personal and household care product sales. Unilever had the second highest sales of any company operating in this sector. P&G, one of Unilver’s biggest rivals, was the only household/personal care company to outsell Unilever that year. The food and beverage industry is Unilever’s other key market. The beverage market is quite segmented and highly competitive, as such Unilever ranks lower on the list of the world's leading beverage companies . The fiscal year end of the company is December, 31st.

In 2024, Nestlé employed approximately 277,000 people around the world. Nestlé is a multinational consumer goods company, headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. NestléThe Swiss-based company Nestlé S.A. is the largest manufacturer of consumer goods worldwide. The globally operating firm, with headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, is present in 187 countries and employs about 308,000 people around the world. The company was founded with the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Corporation and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé in 1905. The company can look back on its first milestone when Henri Nestlé, a Swiss pharmacist, developed the first milk-based infant cereal.Today, the innovative product portfolio is vast and covers, among others, beverages such as coffee or water, infant and toddler foods and confectionery and ice cream. Most people know the food giant Nestlé through its billion dollar brands such as Nescafé, Kitkat and pet food brand Purina to name a few. According to the company, it is committed to become the very best ‘Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Company’ within the coming years.Nestlé is well positioned in its operating markets. Based on its latest annual report, the largest share of sales stemmed from North and South America. The company’s biggest international competitors worldwide include Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars Incorporated and Mondelez.