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Ferrero's competitors and similar companies include Pladis and Nestle.

	Ferrero Ferrero is a manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products.	Pladis Pladis is a confectionery company.	Nestle Nestlé is a company engaged in the manufacture, supply, and production of food and beverages.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1946	Founding Date 2016	Founding Date 1866
Type	Type Private	Type Subsidiary	Type Public
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage nutrition processed food	Tags Food & Beverage distribution processed food	Tags Food & Beverage agricultural products beverages distribution nutrition processed food
Locations	Locations Cork, IE HQ Buenos Aires, AR Buenos Aires, AR Lithgow, AU North Sydney, AU Innsbruck, AT Arlon, BE see more	Locations London, GB HQ Bruxelles, BE Vertou, FR Ogli, IN Dublin, IE Zaandam, NL Lagos, NG see more	Locations Vevey, CH HQ Algiers, DZ Luanda, AO Vicente López, AR Rhodes, AU Wien, AT Manama, BH see more
Employees	Employees 38,767	Employees 3,333	Employees 251,786
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) €12.3b (FY, 2020)	Revenue (est.) £1.1b (FY, 2017)	Revenue (est.) CHF89.5b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods £764.5m (FY, 2017)	Cost of goods CHF44.2b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit £384.4m (FY, 2017)	Gross profit CHF46.1b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income (£142.7m) (FY, 2017)	Net income CHF9.3b (FY, 2025)
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 170 (FY, 2020)	Countries N/A	Countries 188 (FY, 2022)