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Cosmetics industry map

Who earns the money in Cosmetics, and who keeps it. When a company spans several industries, only the relevant segment is counted.

FY2025 · 45 companies · ¥3.2T

Industry map

Companies ordered by revenue, connected by ownership (major shareholders). Arrows point from the shareholder to the investee.

Industry size (revenue)
¥3.2T

YoY +4.5%

Companies
45
Avg. salary(parent only)
¥6.1M

Avg. age 40.6

Industry weather
Sunny

Operating income +22.6%

Shiseido[4911]

China and travel retail business + 4 more

#1
Revenue
¥958.6B▼1.7%
Operating income
¥101B▲5.0%

Margin 10.5%

Whole company: Revenue ¥970B · Net income -¥40.7B

Avg. salary ¥7.1M · 39.3(parent only)

Kao[4452]

Health beauty care business + 1 more

#2
Revenue
¥694.4B▲3.9%
Operating income
¥49.5B▲61.0%

Margin 7.1%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.69T · Net income ¥120.1B

Avg. salary ¥8.7M · 40.6(parent only)

Rohto Pharmaceutical[4527]

Japan + 3 more

#3▲
Revenue
¥340.1B▲11.4%
Operating income
¥39.9B▲7.8%

Margin 11.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥343.7B · Net income ¥34.2B

Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 42.1(parent only)

  • Euglena・Capital alliance

Euglena[2931]

Health care Business

#10
Revenue
¥47B▲6.0%
Operating income
¥5.49B▲85.8%

Margin 11.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥50.4B · Net income -¥805M

Avg. salary ¥7M · 44.0(parent only)

  • Rohto Pharmaceutical owns 0.8%
  • Rohto Pharmaceutical・Capital alliance

KOSE Holdings[4922]

Cosmetics Business + 1 more

#4▼
Revenue
¥326.8B▲2.1%
Operating income
¥23B▲4.5%

Margin 7.0%

Whole company: Revenue ¥330.2B · Net income ¥15.1B

Avg. salary ¥7.5M · 40.5(parent only)

Kirin Holdings[2503]

Health Science

#5
Revenue
¥251.4B▲43.4%
Operating income
¥11.1BBack to profit

Margin 4.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥2.43T · Net income ¥147.5B

Avg. salary ¥10M · 41.6(parent only)

Pola Orbis Holdings[4927]

Beauty care

#6
Revenue
¥164.1B▼0.6%
Operating income
¥15.9B▲6.2%

Margin 9.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥170.3B · Net income ¥9.47B

Avg. salary ¥7.7M · 43.1(parent only)

Milbon[4919]

#7
Revenue
¥52.9B▲3.0%
Operating income
¥5.65B▼17.4%

Margin 10.7%

Avg. salary ¥7.6M · 36.0(parent only)

noevir holdings[4928]

Cosmetics

#8
Revenue
¥50.5B▲1.5%
Operating income
¥12.3B▲0.5%

Margin 24.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥64.7B · Net income ¥8.03B

Avg. salary ¥8M · 43.9(parent only)

I-ne[4933]

Domestic business + 1 more

#9
Revenue
¥49B▲8.8%
Operating income
¥7.17B▼0.3%

Margin 14.6%

Whole company: Revenue ¥49B · Net income ¥2.1B

Avg. salary ¥7.1M · 36.7(parent only)

Shinnihonseiyaku[4931]

#11
Revenue
¥41.1B▲2.7%
Operating income
¥4.78B▲14.5%

Margin 11.6%

Avg. salary ¥5.3M · 37.9(parent only)

Shobido[7819]

#12
Revenue
¥22.1B▲5.7%
Operating income
¥1.47B▲45.5%

Margin 6.6%

Avg. salary ¥6.2M · 41.6(parent only)

※ Card revenue and operating income cover only the segment in this industry; “Whole company” shows consolidated revenue and net income.

Other companies: AFC-HD AMS Life Science · Nippon Shikizai · Vitabrid Japan · Nicca Chemical · Axxzia · Premier Anti-Aging · Haba Laboratories · Belluna · House of Rose · Liberta · Cota · C'bon Cosmetics · Nippi · seiren · NAC Co . · Muscat Group · Lipps CO,. · Adjuvant Holdings · IVY Cosmetics · Ateam Holdings · Shofu · T.kawabe & · Waqoo · 4Cs HD · Soiken Holdings · Vixton · stream · UNIVA Oak Holdings · THE WHY HOW DO Company · Hirota Group Holdings · Intertrade · Abist · Immuno-Biological Laboratories

The weather is derived mechanically from year-over-year totals of revenue and operating income (both up = sunny, both down = rainy).

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Who earns the money

Area = revenue from businesses in this industry. Color = operating margin.

LossHigh margin(middle = 0% margin)

Who makes a profit

Across = revenue (log scale), up = operating margin, bubble size = operating income.

Ranking and momentum

RankCompany (business)RevenueShareOp. marginCAGRFCF*
1ShiseidoChina and travel retail business + 4 more¥958.6B29.9%10.5%+14.3%¥65.5B
2KaoHealth beauty care business + 1 more¥694.4B21.7%7.1%+30.5%¥128.8B
3▲1Rohto PharmaceuticalJapan + 3 more¥340.1B10.6%11.7%+14.5%¥21.5B
4▼1KOSE HoldingsCosmetics Business + 1 more¥326.8B10.2%7.0%+10.0%-¥10.3B
5Kirin HoldingsHealth Science¥251.4B7.8%4.4%—¥119.8B
6Pola Orbis HoldingsBeauty care¥164.1B5.1%9.7%-1.5%¥11.9B
7Milbon¥52.9B1.6%10.7%+6.2%¥2.05B
8noevir holdingsCosmetics¥50.5B1.6%24.3%+7.1%¥5.41B
9I-neDomestic business + 1 more¥49B1.5%14.6%+14.6%¥3.77B
10EuglenaHealth care Business¥47B1.5%11.7%+28.7%¥4.59B
11Shinnihonseiyaku¥41.1B1.3%11.6%+5.0%¥4.49B
12Shobido¥22.1B0.7%6.6%+11.9%¥736.7M
13▲1AFC-HD AMS Life ScienceHealth care¥18.9B0.6%13.0%+2.1%-¥1.75B
14▲1Nippon ShikizaiJapan + 1 more¥16.6B0.5%1.2%+17.6%-¥614.1M
15▲3Vitabrid Japan¥15.3B0.5%6.7%+21.2%¥1.72B
16Nicca ChemicalCosmetics¥15.3B0.5%12.9%+2.0%-¥6.37B
17▲2Axxzia¥13.5B0.4%3.8%+23.5%¥619.3M
18▼5Premier Anti-AgingAntiaging¥12.9B0.4%3.2%—¥1.28B
19▲1Haba Laboratories¥12.1B0.4%6.0%-1.5%¥1.13B
20▼3BellunaCosmetics and health food business¥11.4B0.4%6.4%-8.1%-¥15B
21House of RoseDirectly operated sale business + 1 more¥10.3B0.3%-1.0%+0.5%-¥215.7M
22▲2Liberta¥10B0.3%1.3%+18.8%-¥411.7M
23▼1Cota¥9.6B0.3%20.8%+2.5%¥1.56B
24▼1C'bon Cosmetics¥9.27B0.3%2.7%+0.3%¥553.1M
25NippiCosmetics¥8.26B0.3%16.2%+8.3%¥2.47B
26seirenMedical¥6.68B0.2%11.1%-0.2%¥7.33B
27NAC Co .Beauty and Health¥6.64B0.2%3.7%+3.2%¥811M
28▲2Muscat Group¥4.13B0.1%-9.7%+31.1%-¥779.7M
29Lipps CO,.Product business¥3.97B0.1%19.8%+19.9%¥663.1M
30▼2Adjuvant Holdings¥3.81B0.1%4.5%-3.7%¥89.9M
31IVY Cosmetics¥2.64B0.1%7.4%-7.0%¥376.2M
32Ateam HoldingsD2C¥2.25B0.1%0.3%—¥1.61B
33ShofuNail related¥2.23B0.1%-5.1%+0.7%-¥231M
34T.kawabe &Fragrance¥2.1B0.1%-7.6%+9.8%¥546.3M
35WaqooMedical support + 1 more¥1.95B0.1%26.2%—-¥56.8M
364Cs HDMail order + 1 more¥1.81B0.1%20.2%—-¥788.2M
37Soiken HoldingsFunctional cosmetic retailing¥1.51B0.0%1.8%-23.6%¥520.5M
38▲2VixtonCosmetics business¥949M0.0%-26.1%—-¥492.8M
39streamBeauty and health care business¥823.5M0.0%3.2%-3.6%¥757.7M
40▼2UNIVA Oak HoldingsBeauty Healthcare¥473.6M0.0%-37.6%—-¥894.7M
41newTHE WHY HOW DO CompanyLifestyle Business¥257.8M0.0%-14.1%—-¥113.3M
42Hirota Group HoldingsBeauty and Healthcare¥127.3M0.0%92.2%—-¥116.4M
43IntertradeHealth care Business Division¥104.7M0.0%-48.8%-5.4%-¥16.4M
44AbistBeaty and health products¥49.6M0.0%46.4%—¥213.4M
45Immuno-Biological LaboratoriesCosmetics¥2.7M0.0%-22.7%-33.1%¥267.7M

* FCF is company-wide (not disclosed by segment). CAGR covers the available years, up to five.

How they make money differently

Where each company's ¥100 of sales goes, and how much it keeps (company-wide).

  • Cost of sales
  • SG&A
  • Other
  • Operating profit

Showing the 25 largest companies by revenue.

Ownership links

From the major-shareholder section of annual securities reports.

The company on each card is a major shareholder of the companies listed under it (latest 'major shareholders' disclosure). 50%+ is labelled subsidiary and 20%+ affiliate, based on ownership alone. Stakes under 3% are omitted.

Compare the leaders side by side

All companies in Cosmetics (by revenue)

All 46 companies in this industry, ranked by revenue in each company's latest fiscal year. For companies that belong through one business segment, the figure is that segment's revenue.

  1. Shiseido¥958.6B · 10.5%
  2. Kao¥694.4B · 7.1%
  3. Rohto Pharmaceutical¥340.1B · 11.7%
  4. KOSE Holdings¥326.8B · 7.0%
  5. Kirin Holdings¥251.4B · 4.4%
  6. Pola Orbis Holdings¥164.1B · 9.7%
  7. Milbon¥52.9B · 10.7%
  8. noevir holdings¥50.5B · 24.3%
  9. I-ne¥49B · 14.6%
  10. Euglena¥47B · 11.7%
  11. Shinnihonseiyaku¥41.1B · 11.6%
  12. Shobido¥22.1B · 6.6%
  13. AFC-HD AMS Life Science¥18.9B · 13.0%
  14. Nippon Shikizai¥16.6B · 1.2%
  15. Vitabrid Japan¥15.3B · 6.7%
  16. Nicca Chemical¥15.3B · 12.9%
  17. Axxzia¥13.5B · 3.8%
  18. Premier Anti-Aging¥12.9B · 3.2%
  19. Haba Laboratories¥12.1B · 6.0%
  20. Belluna¥11.4B · 6.4%
  21. House of Rose¥10.3B · -1.0%
  22. Liberta¥10B · 1.3%
  23. Cota¥9.6B · 20.8%
  24. C'bon Cosmetics¥9.27B · 2.7%
  25. Nippi¥8.26B · 16.2%
  26. seiren¥6.68B · 11.1%
  27. NAC Co .¥6.64B · 3.7%
  28. Muscat Group¥4.13B · -9.7%
  29. Lipps CO,.¥3.97B · 19.8%
  30. Adjuvant Holdings¥3.81B · 4.5%
  31. IVY Cosmetics¥2.64B · 7.4%
  32. Ateam Holdings¥2.25B · 0.3%
  33. Shofu¥2.23B · -5.1%
  34. T.kawabe &¥2.1B · -7.6%
  35. Waqoo¥1.95B · 26.2%
  36. 4Cs HD¥1.81B · 20.2%
  37. Vixton¥949M · -26.1%
  38. Soiken Holdings¥882.7M · 5.5%
  39. stream¥823.5M · 3.2%
  40. UNIVA Oak Holdings¥473.6M · -37.6%
  41. Wel-Dish.¥261.5M · 29.2%
  42. THE WHY HOW DO Company¥257.8M · -14.1%
  43. Hirota Group Holdings¥127.3M · 92.2%
  44. Intertrade¥104.7M · -48.8%
  45. Abist¥49.6M · 46.4%
  46. Immuno-Biological Laboratories¥2.7M · -22.7%

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