Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Specialty chocolate brands worldwide

RevenueBase identified 4,558 specialty chocolate brands worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 76,032 professional contacts across them, including 9,660 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chocolate brands 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 22, 2026. Country and city lists for specialty chocolate brands 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
4,558Companies
76,032Contacts tracked
9,660Verified emails
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The 25 largest specialty chocolate brands worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 4,558 specialty chocolate brands worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty chocolate brands: 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
1Partial evidenceItapevi, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 202610001+9,815 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are passionate for chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceExtrema, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0002,346 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceWhite Plains, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20265,001-10,0001,746 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GODIVA Chocolatier is a global leader in premium, artisanal chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceVila Velha, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceRoyston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceSan Leandro, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,094 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceBeirut, LebanonHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000996 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The world’s finest chocolate host.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceRionegro, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
10Indirect evidencePerpignan, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000956 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceMilano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000718 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We began a long time ago, in 1878 in fact, with Silviano Venchi, a 20-year-old from Turin who loved chocolate so much he spent all his savings on two bronze cauldrons and began to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceEnnenda, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000692 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Läderach is a Swiss chocolate factory that is internationally renowned for its high-quality fresh chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceMadrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000555 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Worldwide Preferred Independent European Chocolatiers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceVancouver, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000493 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Purdys Chocolatier we are passionate about transporting you to an extraordinary, personal chocolate experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000466 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A Dengo é a maior marca de chocolates bean to bar do Brasil – do grão à barra – que nasceu para gerar impacto positivo na cadeia do cacau.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceBaulers (nivelles), BelgiumHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500464 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1913, the mission of the Belgian chocolatier Leonidas has always been to create truly blissful moments by making the luxury of chocolate accessible to everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWaldenbuch, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000454 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ritter Sport was founded in 1912 as a venture of business & love by Alfred & Clara Ritter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceJandira, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 20265,001-10,000452 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our story begins a long time ago in Switzerland, where Emile Otto Eichenberger was born.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceUnterinn - Auna Di Sotto, ItalyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000431 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pure Goodness The Loacker wafer and chocolate specialties are manufactured in the heart of the Dolomites, in Auna di Sotto/South Tyrol and in Heinfels/East Tyrol.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500429 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lindt & Sprüngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceArroio Do Meio, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000393 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Foi fundada em 1891 em Porto Alegre (RS) por imigrantes europeus.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500363 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For over three decades, passion, rigour and savoir-faire have been the driving force of the work, creation and excellence that is the taste of La Maison du Chocolat, founded in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceHebron, KY, PalestineHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200259 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GALERIE ® is the brainchild of Richard Ross, a creative entrepreneur with an unparalleled passion for candy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceColombo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500256 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Desde o início da sua história na fabricação de chocolates, em 1960, a Barion desenvolve a sua linha de produtos buscando qualidade e inovação.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCoburg, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500250 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Koko Black is a company built out of passion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Specialty chocolate brands worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
12.7%Verified-email coverage
16.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.3%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
2,612
11-50
1,234
51-200
408
201-500
153
501-1,000
48
1,001-5,000
40
5,001-10,000
9
10001+
3

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 specialty chocolate brands, 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
Every country. Country and city lists for specialty chocolate brands are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “specialty chocolate brands”. 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 specialty chocolate brands), 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 specialty chocolate brands, 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, 9,660 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 22, 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.

Specialty chocolate brands by location

19 lists · largest first

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

Countries

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 specialty chocolate brands, 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 specialty chocolate brands are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 4,558 specialty chocolate brands 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?

Cacau Show, headquartered in Itapevi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most specialty chocolate brands?

The United States leads with 736 companies, followed by France (418) and the United Kingdom (260). Every specialty chocolate brands list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most specialty chocolate brands?

Sao Paulo leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by London (44) and Paris (38).

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 9,660 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,558 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 22, 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.