Who owns Klorane?
Klorane is owned by Pierre Fabre (France), which has owned the brand since 1965.[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
- 1965
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Shampoo & conditioner
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Klorane
Klorane is where Pierre Fabre's dermo-cosmetics business began: a chamomile shampoo launched in 1965 and sold only in pharmacies, a distribution choice that shaped the whole group. Its dry shampoo with white nettle, introduced in 1970, established a category that the rest of the hair care market later copied. The brand continued to take share in hair care in 2025 and funds the Klorane Botanical Foundation.
Ownership timeline of Klorane
- 1965 – present Pierre Fabre [1] reported
Where Klorane 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 shampoo & conditioner, and who owns them
The 55 brands in shampoo & conditioner on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Unilever, with 7; Pierre Fabre has 2.
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 →
🇫🇷 Klorane 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; Klorane 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 Klorane?
The parent company of Klorane is Pierre Fabre, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Klorane French?
Yes. Klorane originated in France in 1965 and its owner, Pierre Fabre, is also headquartered in France.
Since when has Pierre Fabre owned Klorane?
Pierre Fabre has owned Klorane since 1965.
Is Klorane still owned by Pierre Fabre?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Klorane 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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