List of Cosmetics Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 47,290 cosmetics companies in the USA, one in every 1,351 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 1,252 firms employ 50 people or more. One in fourteen cosmetics firms is based in New York, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Below you find the largest cosmetics firms in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

47,290 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies47,2901 in1,351 US companiesCities5,976Largest cityNew York 1,060Sole traders7%Employees1-4 (83%)Revenue$100-500K (46%)Email16%Phone58%Website30%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Mckesson CORPORATION	USA	Irving	6555 State Highway 161	Dallas	75039-2402	mckesson.*****	1833	$403,430,000,000	43,000	Corporation	916	2417015
2	Cencora, INC.	USA	Conshohocken	1 W 1st Ave	Montgomery	19428-1800	cencora.*****	1871	$321,332,819,000	51,010	Corporation	846	3368747
3	Cardinal Health, INC.	USA	Dublin	7000 Cardinal Pl	Franklin	43017-1091	cardinalhealth.*****	1979	$222,578,000,000	57,700	Corporation	790	535613
4	The Procter & Gamble Company	USA	Cincinnati	2 Procter and Gamble Plz	Hamilton	45202	pg.*****	1837	$84,284,000,000	109,012	Corporation	896	20677
5	Colgate-Palmolive Company	USA	New York	300 Park Ave	New York	10022-7499	colgatepalmolive.*****	1806	$20,382,000,000	33,600	Corporation	355	156313
6	Kenvue INC.	USA	Summit	1 Kenvue Way	Union	07901-4192	kenvue.*****	2022	$15,124,000,000	22,000	Corporation	350	6629984
7	The Estee Lauder Companies INC	USA	New York	767 5th Ave	New York	10153-0003	elcompanies.*****	1946	$14,326,000,000	57,000	Corporation	1445	831990
8	Coty INC.	USA	New York	350 5th Ave	New York	10118-0110	coty.*****	1904	$5,892,900,000	11,636	Corporation	222	2472166
9	Cvs Pharmacy, INC.	USA	Woonsocket	1 Cvs Dr	Providence	02895-6146	cvshealth.*****	1969	$3,628,191,906	30,320	Corporation	10693	000014414
10	Evernorth Wholesale Distribution INC.	USA	Newark	2051 Old Coochs Bridge Rd Ste 400	New Castle	19702-2483	N/A	2023	$3,000,000,000	1	Corporation	N/A	N/A
11	Avon Products, INC.	USA	Port Chester	4 International Dr Ste 110	Westchester	10573-7015	avon.*****	2020	$2,769,200,000	6,000	Corporation	57	12100
12	Voyant Beauty Holdings, INC.	USA	Hodgkins	6710 River Rd	Cook	60525-4310	voyantbeauty.*****	2018	$2,453,605,380	4,500	Corporation	42	N/A
13	Edgewell Personal Care Company	USA	Shelton	6 Research Dr	Ct	06484-6228	edgewell.*****	1772	$2,223,500,000	6,700	Corporation	143	00474545
14	L'oreal USA, INC.	USA	New York	10 Hudson Yards	New York	10001-2157	lorealusa.*****	1994	$2,218,339,708	18,860	Corporation	1806	0468026
15	Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	USA	Wilmington Manor	1800 Concord Pike	New Castle	19850	astrazenecacareers.*****	1997	$2,069,086,252	11,122	Partnership of unknown type	471	2810992
16	Revlon Group Holdings LLC	USA	New York	55 Water St Fl 43	New York	10041-3210	revlon.*****	1939	$1,980,400,000	9,140	Corporation	143	7402671
17	Revlon, INC.	USA	New York	55 Water St Fl 43	New York	10041-3210	revlon.*****	2000	$1,980,400,000	5,600	Corporation	143	2295698
18	E.L.F. Beauty, INC.	USA	Oakland	601 12th St Fl 14	Alameda	94607-3885	elfbeauty.*****	2004	$1,636,472,000	849	Corporation	11	5454116
19	Interparfums, INC.	USA	New York	551 5th Ave	New York	10176-0001	interparfumsinc.*****	1982	$1,488,509,000	662	Corporation	24	2061175
20	Nu Skin Enterprises, INC.	USA	Provo	75 W Center St	Utah	84601-4432	nuskin.*****	1984	$1,485,159,000	2,800	Corporation	208	2659781
21	Amerisourcebergen Drug CORPORATION	USA	Conshohocken	1 W 1st Ave	Montgomery	19428	amerisourcebergen.*****	1985	$1,107,125,321	3,500	Corporation	846	2064895
22	Healthsource Distributors, LLC	USA	Baltimore	7200 Rutherford Rd Ste 150	Baltimore City	21244-2743	healthsourcedistributors.*****	2003	$959,751,101	60	Corporation	2	W07649759
23	Value Drug Company	USA	Duncansville	195 Theater Dr	Blair	16635	valuedrugco.*****	1936	$955,999,000	200	Corporation	2	0000373598
24	Vitamedmd, LLC	USA	Boca Raton	951 W Yamato Rd Ste 220	Palm Beach	33431-4440	vitamedmd.*****	2011	$755,500,000	250	Partnership of unknown type	5	4546519
25	Biolife Plasma Services L.P.	USA	Bannockburn	1200 Lakeside Dr	Lake	60015-1243	shire.*****	1994	$705,178,682	3,000	Partnership of unknown type	671	0002601190

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Cosmetics companies and cosmetics firms in the USA

47,290

21 October 2026

There are 47,290 cosmetics companies and cosmetics firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 1,351 US companies. About 16 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (3,376 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 41,890 89%
Head offices: 1,767
Branch offices: 3,633

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 2844, 5122.

32,762 of the 47,290 are corporations and LLCs (69%); 3,116 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Cosmetics firms in New York

New York has 1,060 cosmetics companies and cosmetics firms, 0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 96% above the national share. Seven in ten New York firms have fewer than five people; 57 have 50 or more. 21 new firms were entered in 2026, 65 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 733 · 69%
5-9: 164 · 15%
10-19: 60 · 6%
20-49: 45 · 4%
50+: 57 · 5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 23 · 2%
Partnerships: 14 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 817 · 77%
Other or none: 206 · 19%

Of the US total: 2.2%
Of all New York companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 2.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 21
Entered 2025: 44
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.6%

Old

Before 1990: 65 · 6%
1990 or later: 995 · 94%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 3.8%

Reachable

Email: 263 · 25%
Phone: 771 · 73%
Website: 471 · 44%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 213 · 22%
$100K-$500K: 416 · 43%
$500K-$1M: 133 · 14%
$1M and more: 207 · 21%

Largest

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Largest cosmetics firms in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

The Procter & Gamble is the largest cosmetics firm in the USA by headcount. 1,252 firms employ 50 people or more; 623 employ 100 or more.

1Cincinnati109,012 staff
2Dublin57,700 staff
3New York57,000 staff
4Conshohocken51,010 staff
5Irving43,000 staff
6New York33,600 staff
7Woonsocket30,320 staff
8Hoboken13,000 staff
9Wilmington Manor11,122 staff
10New York4,118 staff

By employee size · 47,146 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	39,251	83%
5-9	3,889	8%
10-19	1,637	3%
20-49	1,117	2%
50-99	629	1%
100-199	326	0.7%
200-499	190	0.4%
500-999	56	0.1%
1,000+	51	0.1%

83% have 1 to 4 people; 1,117 have 20 to 49; 1,252 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	16,525	38%
$100K-$500K	20,217	46%
$500K-$1M	2,942	7%
$1M-$5M	2,349	5%
$5M-$10M	697	2%
$10M-$50M	643	1%
$50M-$100M	73	0.2%
$100M-$500M	71	0.2%
$500M+	30	<0.1%

46% between $100,000 and $500,000; 2,349 between $1M and $5M; 1,514 above $5M.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 47,146 US cosmetics firms with a known headcount, 39,251 (83%) have one to four people, 3,889 have five to nine, 2,754 have ten to 49 and 1,252 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (20,217, 46%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1043,140 92%
Small 10 to 492,754 6%
Medium 50 to 2491,145 2%
Large 250+107 0.2%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

1,514

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 817 more than $10 million.

3,376

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most cosmetics companies in the USA (1,060), ahead of Miami (704), Houston (637), Los Angeles (551) and Brooklyn (525). Together the five hold one in fourteen of them. Relative to their size, Provo, Wilmington Manor and Doral have the most: 2.6 to 4.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

5,976 US cities have at least one cosmetics firm; 968 have ten or more; 2,294 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Cosmetics firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.07. Provo has 4.7 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,467 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	2,102	4%
Miami-Dade	1,230	3%
Orange	1,066	2%
New York	1,065	2%
Harris	810	2%
Maricopa	775	2%
Broward	677	1%
Ct	671	1%
Fulton	651	1%
Dallas	646	1%

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in fifteen US cosmetics firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Seven in ten are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders3,1167%
Partnerships5321%
Corporations and LLCs32,76269%
No form on record or other10,88023%

Single-site: 89%
Head offices: 1,767
Branches: 3,633

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 11 US cosmetics firms from before 1900, 85 from before 1950 and 1,698 from before 1990.

1806
1. New York
1833
1. Irving
1837
1. Cincinnati
1840
1. Englewood Cliffs
1850
1. New London
1858
1. Milwaukee

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1,698

US cosmetics firms date from before 1990

143

were entered in 1990

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 16 automotive companies for every cosmetics firm in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Automotive Companies	752,594	48%	76%
Consumer Goods Companies	89,264	40%	79%
Cosmetics Companies	47,290	30%	83%
Concrete Products Manufacturers	8,778	49%	62%
Compressor Manufacturers	1,148	64%	51%
Curtain Companies	1,036	48%	72%

In other countries

The USA has more cosmetics firms than Italy or Brazil.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	494,867	12.8
The USA	47,290	0.7
Italy	33,425	4.8
Brazil	23,011	0.8
Mexico	14,134	8.0

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How reachable are they?

Cosmetics firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 58% list a phone number and 30% a website.

Email7,683 16%
Phone27,399 58%
Website14,362 30%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

3,376 cosmetics firms were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 16 a working day, after 4,468 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.1% of the inflow.

1,9732022
2,1302023
2,5912024
4,4682025
3,3762026 so far

3,330 of this year's 3,376 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Long Island City175 staff
2Tempe30 staff
3Union City19 staff
4Cartersville18 staff
5Austin12 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many cosmetics companies are there in the USA?

There are 47,290 cosmetics companies and cosmetics firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 1,351 US companies.

Which is the largest cosmetics firm in the USA?

The Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, with 109,012 staff. By revenue McKesson in Irving leads with $403.4 billion a year.

Which US city has the most cosmetics companies?

New York, with 1,060, ahead of Miami (704), Houston (637), Los Angeles (551) and Brooklyn (525). Relative to its size, Provo has the most: 4.7 times the national share.

How many cosmetics firms are there in New York?

1,060, which is 0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 96% above the national share.

How big is a typical cosmetics firm?

Small. 83% of the 47,146 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,252 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US cosmetics companies sole traders or companies?

One in fifteen (3,116) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 69% (32,762) are corporations and LLCs.

How many cosmetics firms started in 2026?

3,376 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 4,468 in 2025. 3,330 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest cosmetics firm in the USA?

Colgate-Palmolive in New York, 1806, followed by McKesson in Irving (1833) and The Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati (1837). 11 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers cosmetics companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC 2844 (perfumes, cosmetics, and other toilet preparations) and 5122 (drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries).

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