Swiss Lions 100 | Provisional 2026 edition
Nestlé
Nestlé is No. 2 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 1 in Food & Beverage, with a score of 79.4 out of 100. Headquarters: Vevey, canton of Vaud.
- Swiss Lions score
- 79.4
- Overall rank
- 2of 100
- Food & Beverage
- 1of 8
About
Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017. In 2023, the company was ranked 50th in the Forbes Global 2000.
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How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 88.8bn revenue.
Swiss value
Swiss made: Limited.
Prominence
Wikipedia attention across language editions, and Google search interest.
Impact
Net-zero target validated. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
Corporate foundation: Fondation Nestlé pour l'étude des problèmes de l'alimentation dans le monde.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 88.8bnTTM Oct 2026, company
- Revenue
- CHF 88.8bnTwelve months to 30 June 2026
- Net profit
- CHF 7.4bnAttributable to shareholders
- Dividends paid
- CHF 8.0bnTo all shareholders
- Employees worldwide
- 271,000
Employees in Switzerland and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published consistently, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- VeveyCanton of Vaud
- Language region
- French-speaking
- Category
- Food & Beverage
- Founded
- 1866
Nearby in the Swiss Lions 100
Also in Food & Beverage
2NespressoScore 72.2
3Lindt & SprüngliScore 63.4
4Barry CallebautScore 58.5
5EmmiScore 51.0
6RicolaScore 47.4
7HeroScore 33.6
See all 8 brands in Food & Beverage.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: stockanalysis.com NESN (TTM Oct 2026).
- Revenue, net profit, dividends and employees: stockanalysis.com, from company filings.
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026.
- Foundations: Swiss commercial register (Zefix). B Corp: B Lab directory.
- Prominence: Wikimedia page views (October 2025 to September 2026) and Google Trends.
- Founded and website: Wikidata.
- Logo: Wikimedia Commons: Nestlé textlogo.svg. Logos are trademarks of their owners.
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