Hershey Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

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

	Hershey The Hershey Company is a company manufacturing and selling 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 1894	Founding Date 2016	Founding Date 1866
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage Manufacturing & Industrial nutrition processed food	Tags Food & Beverage distribution processed food	Tags Food & Beverage agricultural products beverages distribution nutrition processed food
Locations	Locations Hershey, US HQ Mississauga, CA Mumbai, IN Tokyo, JP Seoul, KR Senai, MY El Salto, MX 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 18,6503% increase	Employees 3,333	Employees 251,786
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $11.7b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) £1.1b (FY, 2017)	Revenue (est.) CHF89.5b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $7.8b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods £764.5m (FY, 2017)	Cost of goods CHF44.2b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit $3.9b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit £384.4m (FY, 2017)	Gross profit CHF46.1b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income $883.3m (FY, 2025)	Net income (£142.7m) (FY, 2017)	Net income CHF9.3b (FY, 2025)
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 80 (FY, 2021)	Countries N/A	Countries 188 (FY, 2022)