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Its products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. In fiscal 2025, it reported about $14.3 billion in net sales and employed approximately 57,000 people worldwide. [P118423809][https://www.elcompanies.com/en/who-we-are/about-us][P81689769]\n[P78926051][P28385571][P118423809][P81689769][https://www.elcompanies.com/en/who-we-are/about-us][https://www.elcompanies.com/en/news-and-media/newsroom/company-features/2021/75th]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T11:57:09.221428Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "The Estée Lauder Companies’ skin-care products include moisturizers, serums, cleansers, exfoliants, masks and sun protection. Named products include Estée Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair serum and La Mer’s Crème de la Mer moisturizer. Its makeup range spans foundations, concealers, powders, lip and eye products, brushes and other tools; Estée Lauder’s Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation is a buildable, medium-to-full-coverage example. 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[P63901701][P30800250][P40427114]\n\nIn fiscal 2025, the company reported net sales of $5.375 billion in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (about 37.5% of consolidated sales), $4.537 billion in Asia/Pacific (31.7%) and $4.411 billion in the Americas (30.8%). On a separate country-level basis, sales were $3.762 billion in the United States and $3.652 billion in mainland China—together about 52% of consolidated sales. Regional sales generally follow the location of the selling legal entity: global travel-retail sales are largely reported in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while the country-level figures assign those sales to the country where products are shipped. [T7683609][T5114086][P74506023]\n\nThe company manufactures primarily at its own facilities in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Japan, alongside third-party manufacturers globally. 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[P34523125]\n\nIn fiscal 2025, Skin Care accounted for approximately 49% of net sales, Makeup 29%, Fragrance 17% and Hair Care 4%; Other contributed less than 1%. The company also reports sales geographically: approximately 38% came from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 32% from Asia/Pacific and 31% from the Americas. Global travel-retail sales are generally assigned to Europe, the Middle East and Africa, so that regional split does not strictly represent where customers purchased the products. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125025000099/el-20250630.htm] [P74506023]\n[P34523125][P74506023][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125025000099/el-20250630.htm]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T11:57:09.221428Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Estée and Joseph Lauder founded the company in 1946, initially selling four beauty products. 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