Schwarzkopf

EUPersonal care

Score

4/5

European owner. Some facts are not yet verified.

German hair-cosmetics brand of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, which took over Schwarzkopf in 1995. It is the umbrella brand for Henkel's hair care, hair styling and hair colour products; this record covers the umbrella brand itself, while the separately named ranges it groups, such as Gliss, Taft, Palette and got2b, have their own records.

What we know

Owner

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, GermanyEU

Family control

Headquarters

Düsseldorf, GermanyEU

Production

The company does not publish where this is made.

Checked on 25 September 2026: the Schwarzkopf site (production-process page, about page and commitment page) and Henkel's press release of 8 June 2026 on the Düsseldorf warehouse, which says Henkel makes hair products at Wassertrüdingen for Germany and around half the European market without naming Schwarzkopf. No page names a plant or a country where Schwarzkopf products are made.

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Australia, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, United States

Not yet verified
  • The company does not publish where this is made.
  • Whether there are large shareholders outside Europe

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Ownership chain

Sources

  1. Henkel AG & Co. KGaAGeneral · 25 September 2026
  2. SchwarzkopfGeneral · 25 September 2026
  3. SchwarzkopfHeadquarters · 25 September 2026
  4. SchwarzkopfAvailability · 25 September 2026
  5. Imprint: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, Germany, Commercial Register Düsseldorf HRB 4724Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · Ownership · 25 September 2026 · Source about Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the owner.
  6. Henkel Annual Report 2025: voting rights notifications, the Henkel family share-pooling agreement holds 61.85 percent of the voting rightsHenkel AG & Co. KGaA · Ownership · 25 September 2026 · Source about Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the owner.
  7. Imprint: Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, GermanyHenkel AG & Co. KGaA · Headquarters · 25 September 2026 · Source about Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the owner.

Last verified on 25 September 2026.

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