Hershey Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Hershey's competitors and similar companies include Nestle and Mars.

	Hershey The Hershey Company is a company manufacturing and selling confectionery products.	Nestle Nestlé is a company engaged in the manufacture, supply, and production of food and beverages.	Mars Mars is a company that manufactures food, nutrition, pet care, and snacking products.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1894	Founding Date 1866	Founding Date 1911
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Private
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage Manufacturing & Industrial nutrition processed food	Tags Food & Beverage agricultural products beverages distribution nutrition processed food	Tags Food & Beverage nutrition pets processed food veterinary
Locations	Locations Hershey, US HQ Mississauga, CA Mumbai, IN Tokyo, JP Seoul, KR Senai, MY El Salto, MX see more	Locations Vevey, CH HQ Algiers, DZ Luanda, AO Vicente López, AR Rhodes, AU Wien, AT Manama, BH see more	Locations McLean, US HQ Béccar, AR Buenos Aires, AR Asquith, AU Berkeley Vale, AU Docklands, AU North Sydney, AU see more
Employees	Employees 18,6503% increase	Employees 251,786	Employees 150,000
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $11.7b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) CHF89.5b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $45m (FY, 2022)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $7.8b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods CHF44.2b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit $3.9b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit CHF46.1b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income $883.3m (FY, 2025)	Net income CHF9.3b (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 80 (FY, 2021)	Countries 188 (FY, 2022)	Countries 80 (Jul, 2022)