Who owns Sorbet?
Sorbet is owned by Clicks Group (South Africa, JSE: CLS), which has owned the brand since 2023.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Clicks Group Limited integrated annual report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Clicks Group Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa, Cape Town
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Retail › Specialty retail › Beauty & drugstore retail
- Parent ticker
- JSE: CLS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sorbet
Sorbet is South Africa's largest professional beauty salon franchise chain, trading as Sorbet for all-round beauty therapy, Sorbet Man for male grooming and Candi & Co for ethnic haircare. Clicks Group acquired it in 2023 and operates 190 franchised and 14 company-owned salons, per its 2025 integrated annual report.
Ownership timeline of Sorbet
- 2023 – present Clicks Group [1] reported
Where Sorbet sits in Clicks Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Clicks Group brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Clicks Group
Clicks Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
- Clicks (1968)
- Clicks Baby (2021)
- UPD
Other brands in beauty & drugstore retail, and who owns them
The 8 brands in beauty & drugstore retail on Brandtree belong to 5 owners. The largest is Sally Beauty Holdings, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong McCall | Sally Beauty Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Space NK | Ulta Beauty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bluemercury | Macy's, Inc. | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BeautyBox | TFG | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Cosmo Prof | Sally Beauty Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sally Beauty | Sally Beauty Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ulta Beauty | Ulta Beauty | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Clicks Group
Clicks Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: CLS.
Clicks Group is a South African retail-led healthcare group listed on the JSE since 1996. Its 2025 integrated annual report describes the Clicks health, beauty and wellness chain, the Sorbet beauty salon franchise and the UPD pharmaceutical wholesaler, and reports group turnover of R47.8 billion for the year to 31 August 2025. It also runs The Body Shop in South Africa, but only under a franchise agreement with The Body Shop International.
Clicks Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇿🇦 Sorbet and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sorbet is not one of them.
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Ackermans — Pepkor 🇿🇦
- Earthaddict — Truworths 🇿🇦
- Afrocentric — Sanlam 🇿🇦
- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
- Albany — Tiger Brands 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sorbet?
The parent company of Sorbet is Clicks Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Sorbet South African?
Yes. Sorbet originated in South Africa and its owner, Clicks Group, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Since when has Clicks Group owned Sorbet?
Clicks Group has owned Sorbet since 2023.
Is Sorbet still owned by Clicks Group?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, Sorbet is still owned by Clicks 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] Clicks Group Limited integrated annual report 2025 — Clicks Group Limited, Annual report; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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