Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Specialty chocolate makers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 6,450 specialty chocolate makers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 102,808 professional contacts across them, including 15,342 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chocolate makers 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 makers 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
6,450Companies
102,808Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest specialty chocolate makers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 6,450 specialty chocolate makers 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 makers: 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
2Partial evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
3Indirect 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
4Partial 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
5Partial 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
6Indirect 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
7Strong evidenceRoyston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,429 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBogota, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,329 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial 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
10Partial 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
11Partial 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
12Indirect 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
13Partial evidenceSantana De Parnaíba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000852 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Harald is a brazilian company that produces chocolates, compounds, coatings and fillings.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a771 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Swiss Chalet Fine Foods has provided food service professionals with unique, premium quality products from Europe and abroad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceLima, PeruHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000731 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With over 25 years of experience, we are Machu Picchu Foods, a certified B Corp and one of the leading manufacturers of single-origin, fairtrade, organic chocolate, cacao, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceGallarate, ItalyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000730 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We serve food manufacturers and artisans in over one hundred countries with quality indulgent ingredient solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial 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
18Partial 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
19Partial evidenceMadrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000555 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Worldwide Preferred Independent European Chocolatiers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceDerby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000536 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Here at Thorntons, we’ve been crafting chocolate for over 100 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceWarszawa, PolandHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000527 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zmieniamy się nieustannie, by budzić radość w nas i w naszych klientach” to nasza misja, która znalazła odzwierciedlenie w nowo otwartej Fabryce Czekolady E.Wedel w Warszawie.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000525 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ofner was born in São Paulo in 1952 and, since then, has been part of countless stories and memories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial 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
24Partial 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
25Partial 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

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Specialty chocolate makers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
14.9%Verified-email coverage
15.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.2%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,703
11-50
1,755
51-200
590
201-500
192
501-1,000
60
1,001-5,000
51
5,001-10,000
9
10001+
8

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 makers, 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 makers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “specialty chocolate makers”. 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 makers), 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 makers, 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, 15,342 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 makers by location

23 lists · largest first

Every Specialty chocolate makers 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 makers, 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 makers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 6,450 specialty chocolate makers 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 makers?

The United States leads with 1,079 companies, followed by France (640) and the United Kingdom (349). Every specialty chocolate makers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most specialty chocolate makers?

Sao Paulo leads with 79 headquartered companies, followed by London (64) and Paris (57).

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 15,342 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,450 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.