Dr. Barbara Sturm is owned by Puig (Spain, BME: PUIG), which acquired the brand in 2024.[1][2] Dr. Barbara Sturm was founded in 2014 in Germany and was independent until 2024.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Puig Brands, S.A. Annual Report 2025, 27 February 2026. Last checked .
Dr. Barbara Sturm is a German physician-founded skin care brand that grew out of an anti-inflammatory treatment developed for orthopaedic patients. Puig acquired a majority stake in 2024, its move into high-priced clinical skin care. The founder trained in orthopaedics and adapted a joint treatment using a patient's own blood into a cosmetic protocol.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Puig controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in personal care & beauty.
The 42 brands in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DermAid | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Biretix | Cantabria Labs | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| CeraVe | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| A-Derma | Pierre Fabre | 🇫🇷 France |
| Dermalogica | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Minon | Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Alastin | Galderma | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| A-Solution | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
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Puig is a publicly listed company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1914. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: PUIG.
Puig was founded in Barcelona in 1914 by a Catalan perfumer and remains controlled by the third generation of the founding family, which retained voting control when the company listed in Madrid in 2024. It owns rather than licenses most of its fragrance houses, which is unusual in the industry.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Dr. Barbara Sturm among them.
Puig acquired a majority of Dr. Barbara Sturm, a German physician-founded skincare brand that grew out of an anti-inflammatory joint treatment adapted into a cosmetic protocol. It was the group's move into high-priced clinical skincare. Only the year is documented here.
The parent company of Dr. Barbara Sturm is Puig, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Dr. Barbara Sturm originated in Germany in 2014, but it is owned today by Puig, which is headquartered in Spain. So Dr. Barbara Sturm is a German-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Puig completed its acquisition of Dr. Barbara Sturm in 2024, after announcing the deal in 2024. The price was not disclosed.
Dr. Barbara Sturm was an independent company from its founding in 2014 until Puig acquired it in 2024.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Dr. Barbara Sturm is still owned by Puig. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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