Who owns ALCINA?
ALCINA is owned by Dr. Wolff Group (Germany).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dr. Wolff Group — Brand overview. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Dr. Kurt Wolff GmbH & Co. KG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Bielefeld
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Bielefeld
- Founded
- 1946
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Hair colour & styling
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ALCINA
ALCINA is the professional cosmetics and hairdressing brand of the Dr. Wolff Group, sold through hair salons and beauty professionals. The range spans hair care, professional hair colours, styling products, skin care and make-up. The brand marked its 75th anniversary in 2021, and its own history page dates the start of a separate cosmetics business area to 1946, with the hair colours developed in 1990. The group says it works closely with hairdressers and trains them in its products.
Ownership timeline of ALCINA
- Current owner Dr. Wolff Group [1] reported
Where ALCINA sits in Dr. Wolff Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Dr. Wolff Group
Dr. Wolff Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in hair colour & styling, and who owns them
The 29 brands in hair colour & styling on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Hoyu, with 6.
About the owner: Dr. Wolff Group
Dr. Wolff Group is a privately held company headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany, founded in 1905. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
The Dr. Wolff Group is a fourth-generation family business in Bielefeld with more than 900 employees, selling in more than 60 countries and doing research since 1905. The name stands for two companies, each named after its founder: Dr. Kurt Wolff (cosmetics: Alpecin, Plantur, Karex, Bioniq, and the professional hairdressing brand Alcina) and Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel (dermatological and gynaecological medicines: Vagisan and Linola). The group presents all seven brands together on one site, which is the source used here.
Dr. Wolff Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇪 ALCINA and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; ALCINA is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ALCINA?
The parent company of ALCINA is Dr. Wolff Group, a privately held company headquartered in Germany.
Is ALCINA German?
Yes. ALCINA originated in Germany in 1946 and its owner, Dr. Wolff Group, is also headquartered in Germany.
Is ALCINA still owned by Dr. Wolff Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, ALCINA is still owned by Dr. Wolff Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Dr. Wolff Group — Brand overview — Dr. Wolff Group, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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