Swiss Lions 100 | 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
Food and drink group headquartered in Vevey on Lake Geneva. Its portfolio runs from coffee and infant nutrition to pet food, confectionery and bottled water, sold in almost every country.
Why Nestlé ranks No. 2
Nestlé has the highest revenue in the ranking and the second-highest global prominence. It is held back on Swiss value creation, because most of what it sells is made close to its customers outside Switzerland.
Swiss connections
- The company traces its roots to Henri Nestlé, a pharmacist in Vevey who developed an infant cereal in 1867, and to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded in Cham in 1866.
- Its Alimentarium food museum in Vevey is marked by a giant fork standing in Lake Geneva.
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 82.3bn revenue.
Swiss value
Swiss made: Limited.
Prominence
Online attention across languages, and worldwide 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 82.3bnTTM Oct 2026, company, excluding Nespresso
- 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
- Ownership
- Listed
- Main customers
- Consumers (B2C)
- Chief executive
- Philipp NavratilSince 2025. Swiss and Austrian nationality. Source
- Founded
- 1866
Nearby in the Swiss Lions 100
Also in Food & Beverage
2NespressoScore 72.5
3Lindt & SprüngliScore 63.8
4Barry CallebautScore 58.9
5EmmiScore 51.4
6RicolaScore 47.5
7LäderachScore 37.7
See all 8 brands in Food & Beverage.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: stockanalysis.com NESN, less Nespresso (Nestlé FY2025 release) (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. B Corp: B Lab directory.
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