Henkel Organizational Structure & Org Chart
Henkel has two business units rather than separate old Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care divisions. Adhesive Technologies serves industrial and consumer applications; Consumer Brands combines household and hair categories.
Henkel organizational chart
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Henkel's reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.
- Industry
- Adhesives and consumer brands
- Headquarters
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Founded
- 1876
- Employees
- 47,200 (31 Dec 2025)
- CEO
- Carsten Knobel
- Revenue
- €20.5 billion (FY2025)
- Ownership
- Public
- Structure as of
- 2026-09
- Structure last reviewed
- 2026-09-24
About the company
Henkel has two business units rather than separate old Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care divisions. Adhesive Technologies serves industrial and consumer applications; Consumer Brands combines household and hair categories.
The chart follows the two current business units and their 2025 reported business areas. Brands are examples of products within those areas, not separate corporate subsidiaries or a claim about employee reporting.
How Henkel is organized
Adhesive Technologies organizes its customer work into Mobility & Electronics, Packaging & Consumer Goods, and Craftsmen, Construction & Professional.
Consumer Brands reports Laundry & Home Care and Hair as two global business areas, with Other Consumer Businesses in selected markets.
The two units use different customer channels: industrial and trade buyers dominate much of Adhesive Technologies, while Consumer Brands reaches retail and professional care markets.
Key leadership roles
Carsten Knobel
Chief executive, Henkel — The chart depicts business-unit and business-area membership, not unreported personal reporting lines.
How this structure supports the business
The chart clarifies that adhesives are a full peer unit beside consumer goods, not a small product brand.
It reflects the combined Consumer Brands unit instead of reviving the pre-2023 beauty division.
Advantages and disadvantages
- The business-unit and business-area membership view follows the company's public disclosure.
- A tree cannot show every cross-company function, joint venture or legal entity.
Interesting facts
- Henkel reports two business units.
- Adhesive Technologies reports three customer business areas.
- Consumer Brands contains Laundry & Home Care and Hair.
- FY2025 group sales were €20.495 billion.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Henkel's main businesses?
Adhesive Technologies, Consumer Brands.
What relationship does this Henkel chart show?
It shows business-unit and business-area membership from the cited company disclosures, with selected activities placed below their published groupings.
Is this a complete legal or employee reporting chart?
No. The diagram stops at the last public level verified in the cited sources.
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