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KAO's competitors and similar companies include Shiseido and Unilever.

	KAO KAO is a consumer goods company.	Shiseido Shiseido (株式会社資生堂) is a cosmetics company.	Unilever Unilever is a company that produces and supplies consumer goods.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1887	Founding Date 1872	Founding Date 1894
Type	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Retail consumer products & services cosmetics distribution	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial consumer chemistry cosmetics	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial beverages consumer chemistry consumer products & services cosmetics health & beauty processed food
Locations	Locations Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR HQ Camberwell, AU Linz, AT Mississauga, CA Darmstadt, DE Darmstadt, DE Roma, IT see more	Locations Tokyo, JP HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN Shanghai, CN Gien, FR Ormes, FR Paris, FR see more	Locations London, GB HQ Hassi Bounif, DZ Munro, AR North Rocks, AU Wien, AT Manama, BH Dhaka, BD see more
Employees	Employees 4,0451% increase	Employees 27,908	Employees 115,964
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 8.8 b	Valuation ($) 1.6 b
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) ¥970b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) €58.2b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods ¥155.3b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods €29.8b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit ¥819.1b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit €28.4b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income (¥39.8b) (FY, 2025)	Net income €6.6b (FY, 2025)