Who owns The Body Shop?
The Body Shop is owned by Aurea (the United Kingdom), which has owned the brand since 1 September 2024.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Press Release: Auréa-led Investor Group Completes Acquisition of The Body Shop, Auréa Group, 7 September 2024. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Aurea Group reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Brighton
- Founded
- 1976 by Anita Roddick
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Bath, soap & hand care › Bar soap & body wash
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Body Shop
The Body Shop was founded in Brighton in 1976 by Anita Roddick, who sold refillable cosmetics in cheap containers because she could not afford anything else, and campaigned against animal testing decades before it was banned. It has changed owners four times since 2006.
Ownership timeline of The Body Shop
Where The Body Shop sits in Aurea
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Aurea ownership tree →
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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| MediHerb | Trade Kings | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
| Cavaillès | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Cristalino | CasaLuker | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Protex | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bath Roman | Earth | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Jovia | Jyothy Labs | 🇮🇳 India |
| Ivory | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Aurea
Aurea is a private-equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2020. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Aurea is a European investment group that bought The Body Shop out of administration in 2024, after the brand had passed from its founder to L'Oréal, then to Natura &Co, then to a private equity buyer that put it into insolvency within months.
🇬🇧 The Body Shop and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Body Shop is not one of them.
- Andrex — Kimberly-Clark 🇺🇸
- Batiste — Church & Dwight 🇺🇸
- Charlotte Tilbury — Puig 🇪🇸
- Childs Farm — PZ Cussons 🇬🇧
- Creed — L'Oréal 🇫🇷
- Cushelle — Essity 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Body Shop?
The parent company of The Body Shop is Aurea, a private-equity firm headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is The Body Shop British?
Yes. The Body Shop originated in the United Kingdom in 1976 and its owner, Aurea, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Since when has Aurea owned The Body Shop?
Aurea has owned The Body Shop since 1 September 2024.
Is The Body Shop still owned by Aurea?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, The Body Shop is still owned by Aurea. 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] Press Release: Auréa-led Investor Group Completes Acquisition of The Body Shop — Auréa Group, Official press release, published 7 September 2024; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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