Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Chocolate manufacturers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 8,309 chocolate manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 251,146 professional contacts across them, including 48,740 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers chocolate manufacturers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026. Country and city lists for chocolate manufacturers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
8,309Companies
251,146Contacts tracked
48,740Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest chocolate manufacturers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 8,309 chocolate manufacturers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to chocolate manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+52,623 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mondelēz International, Inc.(NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately individuals around…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Partial evidenceItapevi, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+9,815 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are passionate for chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Partial evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+8,601 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With annual sales of about CHF 14.8 billion in fiscal year 2024/25, the Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading solutions provider of high-quality chocolate…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceIstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+3,393 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ülker Hakkında: Merhum Sabri Ülker ve Asım Ülker tarafından 1944 yılında temelleri atılan Ülker, tüketicilerine her lokmada mutluluk vadeden global bir marka olarak faaliyetlerine…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+3,135 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe everyday moments matter and snacks have a special role to play in them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCali, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0002,959 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Alegrar la vida de todo el mundo a través del sabor, ese es nuestro propósito y lo que durante casi 100 años ha estado detrás de la construcción de marcas icónicas, sabores que…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceViroflay, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+2,741 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“An international, family-owned and independent food group, SAVENCIA has developed a model built on the valorization of two sectors of excellence-milk and cocoa-serving…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceExtrema, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0002,346 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Somos um Grupo que nunca teve medo de inovar.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMedellín, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+1,900 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“En Nutresa nos levantamos cada día para construir un mundo mejor donde el desarrollo sea para todos, hace más de 100 años llevamos armonía, alegría y nutrición a los hogares donde…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0001,884 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For generations, Ferrara has created sugar confections that enable moments of sweetness, celebration, and connection for candy lovers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCampinas, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0001,879 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O ano de 1981 marca o início da história do Grupo Arcor no Brasil, com a aquisição da Nechar Alimentos Ltda, uma pequena fábrica de balas do interior paulista.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Partial evidenceVila Velha, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,460 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Garoto: tradição brasileira em chocolates há mais de 80 anos A Chocolates Garoto foi fundada em 1929 e fica localizada em Vila Velha (ES).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,454 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 100 years, See's Candies has been dedicated to making candy Mary See's way.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Partial evidenceRoyston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,429 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Luxury British cacao grower and chocolatier Hotel Chocolat was founded to make people happy through chocolate!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,345 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cloetta is Northern Europe’s leading confectionery company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBogota, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,329 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“This family-owned enterprise was founded 100 years ago, in 1906.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Strong evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0001,277 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Storck is one of the biggest confectionery manufacturers in the world and produces high-quality chocolate specialties and sugar confectionery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Partial evidenceMarilia, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,219 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nós somos uma das maiores empresas brasileiras de sweet snacks, snacks de amendoim e de chocolates com alcance nacional.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceMar Del Plata, ArgentinaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,141 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Havanna es una cadena de cafeterías especializadas en alfajores y chocolates, de producción propia y artesanal, cuya experiencia de marca se vive en sus exclusivos locales que…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Strong evidenceSan Leandro, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,094 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1852, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is a manufacturer and marketer of premium chocolate products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceIstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Şölen, one of Turkey’s bravest and most innovative brands, works to add value to the land on which it was born and its people through bold investments and the employment it has…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceBeirut, LebanonHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000996 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The world’s finest chocolate host.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceRionegro, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000983 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Somos una compañía líder en el mercado de chocolates y snacks en Colombia, que desde 1920, brinda a nuestros consumidores productos nutritivos y confiables, con marcas queridas y…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidencePerpignan, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000956 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Groupe CÉMOI emploie en France et dispose de.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceManizales, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000892 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an organization of growth and innovation, for 70 years we have achived to create magical moments of life through sensational candies, in which joy is dressed in colors and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Chocolate manufacturers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
19.4%Verified-email coverage
30.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.7%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,932
11-50
2,486
51-200
1,039
201-500
417
501-1,000
156
1,001-5,000
135
5,001-10,000
20
10001+
23

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among chocolate manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
35 countries, largest first: the United States, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Türkiye, Belgium and 25 more. Country and city lists for chocolate manufacturers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “chocolate manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names chocolate manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among chocolate manufacturers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 48,740 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Chocolate manufacturers by location

39 lists · largest first

Every Chocolate manufacturers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names chocolate manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many chocolate manufacturers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 8,309 chocolate manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Mondelēz International, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most chocolate manufacturers?

The United States leads with 1,521 companies, followed by Brazil (742) and France (682). Every chocolate manufacturers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most chocolate manufacturers?

Sao Paulo leads with 141 headquartered companies, followed by London (100) and Istanbul (93).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 48,740 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 8,309 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.