Turnover: 19.4 billion USD (2021)

Country: United States

Kimberly-Clark was founded in Delaware in 1928. The company specializes in the manufacture of paper-based hygiene products (baby diapers, incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, etc.), for both consumers and businesses. Personal care products represent the largest part of Kimberly-Clark's business, accounting for 48% of sales

The Group is largely international, with production or operating units in 36 countries and sales in 175, but the majority of sales are in North America (51%)

Kimberly-Clark is present in the baby diaper market with the Huggies, Pull-ups and other brands

Financial Data

DUNS: 352600456

Legal Name: KIMBERLY-CLARK SAS

Address: 55 AVENUE DES CHAMPS PIERREUX LE CAPITOLE, 92000 NANTERRE

Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2021)

Capital: 67 272 262 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 242 436 487 206 867 137 187 683 142 189 736 752 192 093 737 201 125 089 233 899 099 243 447 258
Gross margin (€) 172 608 758 141 523 089 122 577 599 121 419 607 129 639 703 120 172 549 115 781 580 -
EBITDA (€) 25 367 415 24 567 755 20 569 314 20 528 964 17 769 113 17 109 098 19 210 102 -
Operating profit (€) 17 121 642 14 255 910 12 933 813 12 562 124 13 631 429 10 444 122 10 172 647 -
Net profit (€) 11 244 637 9 664 986 8 457 365 8 182 333 7 105 815 5 779 065 6 254 448 5 059 852
Turnover growth rate (%) 17,2 10,2 -1,1 -1,2 -4,5 -14 -3,9 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 10,5 11,9 11 10,8 9,3 8,5 8,2 -
Operating margin rate (%) 7,1 6,9 6,9 6,6 7,1 5,2 4,3 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 105,6 98,3 97,4 114,1 112,2 88,5 66,9 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 21,6 16,5 26,7 32,5 27,7 32,4 32,5 -
Net margin (%) 4,6 4,7 4,5 4,3 3,7 2,9 2,7 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 31,4 33,9 37 35,4 34,5 30,3 26,2 -
Wages and social charges (€) 49 885 326 46 121 721 45 246 102 42 552 308 43 972 174 39 940 530 38 069 743 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 20,6 22,3 24,1 22,4 22,9 19,9 16,3 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Daniel Isart Ruiz 49

Studies mentioning this company

The adult diaper market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Essity
  • Ontex
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Hartmann
  • Abena
  • Coloplast
  • Sanygia
  • Triple W (DFree)
  • Incontinence Protection
  • AMD
  • Carrefour Groupe
  • Intermarché ITM Les Mousquetaires
  • Lidl France
  • E.Leclerc
  • Casino Groupe
  • Wuka Wear
  • Petites Culottées
  • Dans Ma Culotte
  • Love & Green
  • Riccobono Groupe Lenglet Imprimeur
The diaper market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Essity
  • Artsana Groupe (Chicco)
  • Ontex
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Auchan groupe
  • Love & Green
  • BB Distribe
  • Cellulose de Brocéliande
  • Lillydoo
  • Tiniloo
  • Poupiz
  • Naturopera
  • Joone
  • Lemoine Groupe
  • Havea Groupe Biolane
  • Petites Culottées
  • Dans Ma Culotte
  • Fibre Excellence (Groupe Paper Excellence)
The baby diaper market - Spain

Other companies mentioned:

  • Carrefour
  • Mercadona
  • Lidl France
  • Alcampo
  • Huggies
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Pampers
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Pingo
  • Ontex
The paper market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • International Paper
  • Smurfit Kappa
  • DS Smith
  • Saica Pack France
  • Ahlstrom-Munksjo
  • Norske Skog
  • Essity
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Exacompta Clairefontaine
  • Guyenne Papier
  • UPM
  • Antalis France
  • Stora Enso
  • Gascogne Papier
  • Zuber Rieder (Fredigoni group)
  • Papeterie de Condat (Lecta Group)
  • Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
  • Canson (FILA Groupe)
  • Stenpa
  • Avery Dennison