Who owns Eau Thermale Avène?
Eau Thermale Avène is owned by Pierre Fabre (France), which has owned the brand since 1990.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Laboratoires Pierre Fabre — 2025 Annual Report: Leading the way, everywhere. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Laboratoires Pierre Fabre S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Castres
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1990
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Skin care › Dermocosmetics & clinical skin care
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Eau Thermale Avène
Eau Thermale Avène is built around the thermal spring water of Avène-les-Bains in the Hérault, whose spa Pierre Fabre bought in 1975 before launching the brand in 1990. It passed one billion euros in net sales in 2025, which its parent says makes it the global leader in dermo-cosmetics, carried by a sun care range that gained share for a second year and by the Hyaluron Activ anti-ageing line.
Ownership timeline of Eau Thermale Avène
- 1990 – present Pierre Fabre [1] reported
Where Eau Thermale Avène sits in Pierre Fabre
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pierre Fabre
Pierre Fabre controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care, and who owns them
The 41 brands in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Ego Pharmaceuticals, with 9; Pierre Fabre has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DermAid | Ego Pharmaceuticals | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Biretix | Cantabria Labs | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| CeraVe | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| Dermalogica | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Minon | Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Alastin | Galderma | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| A-Solution | Aekyung | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Eucerin | Beiersdorf | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Every brand in dermocosmetics & clinical skin care and its owner →
About the owner: Pierre Fabre
Pierre Fabre is a privately held company headquartered in Castres, France, founded in 1962. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Pierre Fabre is a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group founded in 1962 by Pierre Fabre, a pharmacist with a passion for botany who turned his dispensary in the Tarn into an international company. It reported revenue of €3.2 billion in 2025, split between €1.7 billion of dermo-cosmetics and €1.4 billion of medicines, with 71 per cent earned outside France and products sold in 130 territories. Its ownership is unusual: the Fondation Pierre Fabre, a government-recognised public-interest foundation created in 1999, is the majority shareholder with 86 per cent, and the company's own employees are the second-largest shareholder, 6,625 of them by the end of 2025.
Pierre Fabre: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇷 Eau Thermale Avène 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; Eau Thermale Avène is not one of them.
- Axe — Unilever 🇬🇧
- BIC Razors — BIC 🇫🇷
- Bioderma — NAOS 🇫🇷
- Botot — Bolton Group 🇮🇹
- Chanel No. 5 — Chanel 🇬🇧
- Darphin — Estée Lauder 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Eau Thermale Avène?
The parent company of Eau Thermale Avène is Pierre Fabre, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Eau Thermale Avène French?
Yes. Eau Thermale Avène originated in France in 1990 and its owner, Pierre Fabre, is also headquartered in France.
Since when has Pierre Fabre owned Eau Thermale Avène?
Pierre Fabre has owned Eau Thermale Avène since 1990.
Is Eau Thermale Avène still owned by Pierre Fabre?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Eau Thermale Avène is still owned by Pierre Fabre. 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] Laboratoires Pierre Fabre — 2025 Annual Report: Leading the way, everywhere — Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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