# DKSH HOLDING

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## Overview

DKSH Holding is a Market Expansion Services provider that helps companies expand their businesses across Asia and other markets. Its services span market entry and product registration, marketing and sales, sourcing, distribution and logistics, and after-sales support. The company operates through four business units: Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Performance Materials, and Technology, serving sectors including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, consumer goods and food services, specialty chemicals and ingredients, and capital goods and analytical instruments. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P8126273)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P18786665)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P113076643)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P20563954)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P104709506)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P1183756)

DKSH’s stated purpose is “to enrich people’s lives.” In 2025, it reported net sales of CHF 11,070.6 million and had 26,840 specialists operating in 35 markets. Its business is concentrated in Asia Pacific, with Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, Greater China, and the rest of Asia Pacific accounting for most reported net sales. [7](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/insights/enriching-peoples-lives-everyday)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2804616)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P87969215)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P64387039)
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## Products & services

DKSH distributes ethical pharmaceuticals, consumer-health and over-the-counter products, and medical devices. Its healthcare services include product registration and regulatory support, market-entry studies, import and customs clearance, marketing and sales, physical distribution, invoicing, and cash collection. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P18912841)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P113076643) Its Consumer Goods portfolio covers fast-moving consumer goods, food-service and hotel supplies, luxury and lifestyle products, and hair- and skin-care cosmetics; related services include product feasibility studies, registration, marketing and merchandising, warehousing, distribution, and after-sales support. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P25185881)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P20563954)

Performance Materials include specialty chemicals and ingredients used in food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and industrial applications. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P104709506)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P77162331) Technology products include capital-investment goods and analytical instruments, alongside equipment and supplies for laboratories, semiconductors, photovoltaics and electronics, agriculture, hospitality, and industrial applications. Specific offerings distributed by businesses described in DKSH’s reporting include pipettes, centrifuges and general laboratory equipment, as well as life-science reagents and consumables for molecular biology, genetic engineering and cell-based therapies. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P1183756)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P31555860)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P51084524)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P44879712) Technology services include installation and commissioning, operator training, preventive maintenance, repairs, spare parts, equipment calibration, and sample testing such as particle-size, morphology, rheology and elemental analysis. [17](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/technology/services/after-sales-services)[18](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/technology/services/calibration)[19](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/technology/services/sample-testing)

In 2025, Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Performance Materials and Technology represented 52.6%, 30.5%, 12.3% and 4.6%, respectively, of DKSH’s net sales by business unit. These figures describe business-unit sales mix, not the proportion attributable to products versus services; the reported mix does not further break down sales by individual product. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P50326613)
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## Geographic presence

DKSH operates in 35 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Its FY2025 sales were concentrated in Thailand (30.4%), Greater China (21.6%), Malaysia and Singapore combined (21.8%), and the rest of Asia Pacific (20.6%); the remaining 5.6% came from the rest of the world. [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P64387039) The company’s locations directory lists markets across its regions. [21](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/our-locations)

Subsidiary listings include locations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as Denmark, France, Germany, Spain and the United States. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T535828)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8054400)[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T4888441) DKSH reported 26,840 specialists in 2025, but the cited factsheet does not provide a geographic breakdown of employees. [25](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/insights/dksh-factsheet-2025)
[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P64387039)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T535828)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8054400)[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T4888441)[21](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/our-locations)[25](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/insights/dksh-factsheet-2025)

## Business segments

DKSH reports four business units. In FY2025, Healthcare generated CHF 5,821.7 million in net sales, approximately 52.6% of the CHF 11,070.6 million consolidated total. Its focus includes pharmaceuticals, consumer health and over-the-counter products, and medical devices, with services such as product registration, marketing and sales, and physical distribution [2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P18786665)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13194083). Consumer Goods generated CHF 3,376.1 million, approximately 30.5%, and covers fast-moving consumer goods, food services, hotel supplies, and luxury and lifestyle products, supported by services from feasibility studies to sales, marketing and distribution [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P113076643)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P25185881)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13194083).

Performance Materials generated CHF 1,359.8 million, approximately 12.3%; it sources, develops, markets and distributes specialty chemicals and ingredients for specialty chemicals, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal-care industries [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P20563954)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13194083). Technology generated CHF 513.5 million, approximately 4.6%, and focuses on capital investment goods and analytical instruments, including marketing, sales, distribution and after-sales services [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P104709506)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P1183756)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13194083). These approximate shares are calculated from reported FY2025 net sales. DKSH also reports a geographic sales breakdown: Thailand 30.4%, Greater China 21.6%, Malaysia/Singapore 21.8%, Rest of Asia Pacific 20.6%, and Rest of the World 5.6% [27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P73309377)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P73836392).
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## Company history

DKSH traces its origins to 1865, when Swiss merchants Caspar Brennwald and Hermann Siber founded Siber & Brennwald in Yokohama. Other predecessor trading businesses followed, including Siber, Hegner & Co. in Yokohama in 1885 and Diethelm & Co. in Bangkok around 1900. [29](https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/030913/)[30](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/media/image-library/history) In 2000, Diethelm and Keller combined to form Diethelm Keller Holding; in June 2002, Diethelm Keller Services Asia and SiberHegner Holding merged to create DKSH. [31](https://www.diethelmkeller.com/en/about/heritage/)[32](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/dksh-group/our-history)

DKSH listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in March 2012. [33](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-sets-offering-price-of-shares-for-its-ipo-at-chf-48-per-share)[34](https://www.six-group.com/en/market-data/shares/ipo-history/2012/CH0126673539.html) Subsequent acquisitions expanded its distribution and service operations, including Auric Pacific’s distribution business in 2019, Crossmark in 2020, and Refarmed and Terra Firma in 2022. [35](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-successfully-closes-acquisition-of-auric-pacific-s-distribution-business)[36](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-successfully-completes-the-acquisition-of-crossmark)[37](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-performance-materials-strengthens-its-life-sciences-capabilities-by-acquiring-refarmed-group)[38](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-completes-the-acquisition-of-terra-firma-in-north-america) In 2025, the company marked 160 years of presence in Asia. [39](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-celebrates-160-years-of-presence-in-asia)
[29](https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/030913/)[30](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/media/image-library/history)[31](https://www.diethelmkeller.com/en/about/heritage/)[32](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/dksh-group/our-history)[33](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-sets-offering-price-of-shares-for-its-ipo-at-chf-48-per-share)[34](https://www.six-group.com/en/market-data/shares/ipo-history/2012/CH0126673539.html)[35](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-successfully-closes-acquisition-of-auric-pacific-s-distribution-business)[36](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-successfully-completes-the-acquisition-of-crossmark)[37](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-performance-materials-strengthens-its-life-sciences-capabilities-by-acquiring-refarmed-group)[38](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-completes-the-acquisition-of-terra-firma-in-north-america)[39](https://www.dksh.com/global-en/home/investors/investor-news/dksh-celebrates-160-years-of-presence-in-asia)

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