Company-wide revenue
Reported revenue in 2021 ¥1.42T Reported revenue in 2025 ¥1.69T
- growth amount
- +¥269.87B
- growth annualized
- +4.4%
- growth total
- +19.0%
Japanese company profile · 4452
Kao Corporation
In its FY2025 public filing, Kao Corporation reports Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Cosmetics Business, Business Connected Business, and 2 other reported businesses. The page shows business-level revenue and profit where the source disclosures support comparison.
Original Japanese company name: 花王株式会社
English company name recorded in Japan's EDINET filer data. English company name source
Reported company-wide figures
What does this company do?
What does this company do?
Kao Corporation's largest reported business by revenue in FY2025 was Global Consumer Care Business.
The business with the highest reported segment profit in FY2025 was Global Consumer Care Business.
FY2025 · fiscal year ended December 2025 View original filing ↗ The source document may be in Japanese.
Business structure
How does it make money?
| Business | Sales | Revenue share | Segment profit (loss) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Consumer Care Business | ¥1.28T ↗ | 76.0% | ¥133.07B ↗ |
| Hygiene and Living Care Business | ¥549.33B ↗ | 32.5% | ¥81.27B ↗ |
| Chemicals Business | ¥451.52B ↗ | 26.7% | ¥30.19B ↗ |
| Health and Beauty Care Business | ¥432.88B ↗ | 25.6% | ¥39.14B ↗ |
| Cosmetics Business | ¥261.56B ↗ | 15.5% | ¥10.41B ↗ |
| Business Connected Business | ¥39.17B ↗ | 2.3% | ¥2.25B ↗ |
All values are in Japanese yen (JPY). No currency conversion is applied. FY2025 · fiscal year ended December 2025. Revenue and profit are shown only where the filing and data support a comparison.
Original Japanese label
- Hygiene and Living Care Business
- ハイジーンリビングケア事業
- Health and Beauty Care Business
- ヘルスビューティケア事業
- Cosmetics Business
- 化粧品事業
- Business Connected Business
- ビジネスコネクティッド事業
- Global Consumer Care Business
- グローバルコンシューマーケア事業
- Chemicals Business
- ケミカル事業
- Hygiene and Living Care Business
- ハイジーン＆リビングケア事業
- Health and Beauty Care Business
- ヘルス＆ビューティケア事業
- Life Care Business
- ライフケア事業
- Consumer Products Business
- コンシューマープロダクツ事業
- Sales
- 売上高
- Segment profit (loss)
- セグメント利益（損失）
Original Japanese label
- Hygiene and Living Care Business
- ハイジーンリビングケア事業
- Health and Beauty Care Business
- ヘルスビューティケア事業
- Cosmetics Business
- 化粧品事業
- Business Connected Business
- ビジネスコネクティッド事業
- Global Consumer Care Business
- グローバルコンシューマーケア事業
- Chemicals Business
- ケミカル事業
- Hygiene and Living Care Business
- ハイジーン＆リビングケア事業
- Health and Beauty Care Business
- ヘルス＆ビューティケア事業
- Life Care Business
- ライフケア事業
- Consumer Products Business
- コンシューマープロダクツ事業
- Sales
- 売上高
- Segment profit (loss)
- セグメント利益（損失）
Reported Sales by business over time
Reported Sales by business over time
| Fiscal year | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygiene and Living Care Business | — | — | — | — | ¥549.33B |
| Health and Beauty Care Business | — | — | — | — | ¥432.88B |
| Cosmetics Business | ¥239.34B | ¥251.47B | ¥238.61B | ¥244.1B | ¥261.56B |
| Business Connected Business | — | — | — | — | ¥39.17B |
| Global Consumer Care Business | — | — | — | — | ¥1.28T |
| Chemicals Business | ¥314.29B | ¥402.5B | ¥366.11B | ¥405.88B | ¥451.52B |
| Hygiene and Living Care Business | ¥496.85B | ¥516.55B | ¥522.54B | ¥544.28B | — |
| Health and Beauty Care Business | ¥354.49B | ¥369.55B | ¥392.91B | ¥423.97B | — |
| Life Care Business | ¥53.03B | ¥55.73B | ¥56.27B | ¥55.9B | — |
| Consumer Products Business | ¥1.14T | ¥1.19T | ¥1.21T | ¥1.27T | — |
All amounts are in Japanese yen (JPY). Each figure links to the original Japanese filing. Blank cells indicate no comparable figure was disclosed. Business figures may not add up to consolidated figures.
What is growing?
What is growing?
Business revenue growth
Chemicals Business
Reported revenue in 2021 ¥314.29B Reported revenue in 2025 ¥451.52B
- growth amount
- +¥137.23B
- growth annualized
- +9.5%
- growth total
- +43.7%
View original filing
Hygiene and Living Care Business
Reported revenue in 2021 ¥496.85B Reported revenue in 2024 ¥544.28B
- growth amount
- +¥47.43B
- growth annualized
- +3.1%
- growth total
- +9.5%
View original filing
Health and Beauty Care Business
Reported revenue in 2021 ¥354.49B Reported revenue in 2024 ¥423.97B
- growth amount
- +¥69.48B
- growth annualized
- +6.1%
- growth total
- +19.6%
View original filing
Consumer Products Business
Reported revenue in 2021 ¥1.14T Reported revenue in 2024 ¥1.27T
- growth amount
- +¥124.55B
- growth annualized
- +3.5%
- growth total
- +10.9%
View original filing
Life Care Business
Reported profit margin in 2021 +6.8%
Reported profit margin in 2024 +11.3%
- growth margin points
- +4.4
View original filing
Hygiene and Living Care Business
Reported profit margin in 2021 +10.4%
Reported profit margin in 2024 +13.9%
- growth margin points
- +3.5
View original filing
This describes a reported period; it is not a forecast.
What has changed?
What has changed?
Not disclosed or not safely comparable in the available filings.
Source
Public filing
FY2025 · fiscal year ended December 2025
The source document may be in Japanese.
Filing ID: S100XT6G
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