Who owns Cavaillès?
Cavaillès is owned by Bolton Group (Italy), which has owned the brand since 1998.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Bolton Group — our brands, Bolton Group S.r.l. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Bolton Group S.r.l. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Milan
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Founded
- 1855 by Rogé Cavaillès
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Bar soap & body wash
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cavaillès
Cavaillès goes back to the Paris pharmacy Rogé Cavaillès opened in 1855 to develop hygiene products for sensitive skin, and to the superfatted Surgras soap it created in 1924. The brand calls itself the inventor of in-shower care and is passed down through French families rather than advertised at new ones. Bolton acquired it in 1998, its entry into the French personal care market.
Ownership timeline of Cavaillès
- 1998 – present Bolton Group [1] reported
Where Cavaillès sits in Bolton 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 Bolton Group
Bolton Group controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Borotalco (1878)
- Botot (1755)
- Chilly
- Collistar (1983)
- Neutro Roberts (1904)
Other brands in bar soap & body wash, and who owns them
The 42 brands in bar soap & body wash on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Unilever, with 5; Bolton Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| MediHerb | Trade Kings | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
| Cristalino | CasaLuker | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Protex | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bath Roman | Earth | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Jovia | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ivory | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Claire | Sulfo Rwanda | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
About the owner: Bolton Group
Bolton Group is a privately held company headquartered in Milan, Italy, founded in 1949. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control.
Bolton is a family-owned Italian group that began in 1949 when Joseph Nissim founded Exportex to distribute Anglo-American brands in post-war Italy, turned itself into a manufacturer in the 1960s, and took the Bolton Group name in 1978. It now sells more than sixty brands across food, home care, adhesives, personal care and beauty, and reports a turnover of €3.5 billion for 2025. Canned fish is its largest business and its route into most foreign markets: Rio Mare in Italy, Saupiquet in France, Isabel in Spain and Latin America, Wild Planet in the United States. Marina Nissim chairs the group.
Bolton Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇷 Cavaillès and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Cavaillès among them.
- A-Derma — Pierre Fabre 🇫🇷
- Axe — Unilever 🇬🇧
- BIC Razors — BIC 🇫🇷
- Bioderma — NAOS 🇫🇷
- Chanel No. 5 — Chanel 🇬🇧
- Darphin — Estée Lauder 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cavaillès?
The parent company of Cavaillès is Bolton Group, a privately held company headquartered in Italy.
Is Cavaillès French or Italian?
Cavaillès originated in France in 1855, but it is owned today by Bolton Group, which is headquartered in Italy. So Cavaillès is a French-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has Bolton Group owned Cavaillès?
Bolton Group has owned Cavaillès since 1998.
Is Cavaillès still owned by Bolton Group?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Cavaillès is still owned by Bolton 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] Bolton Group — our brands — Bolton Group S.r.l., Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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