HINDUNILVR on National Stock Exchange of India

Hindustan Unilever

Logo: Unilever, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

Indian consumer goods company

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and other consumer staples.² Its chief executive is Sanjiv Mehta (since 2013).¹ Its shares trade on National Stock Exchange of India under the symbol HINDUNILVR.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1933Founded¹

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TickerHINDUNILVR on National Stock Exchange of India¹
Industryfast-moving consumer goods industry¹
HeadquartersMumbai¹
Websitewww.hul.co.in
Legal formjoint-stock company¹
LEI5493007IW5N37IKRPM32³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressUNILEVER HOUSE, B D SAWANT MARG CHAKALA, 400099 Mumbai, India³
Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, L15140MH1933PLC002030³

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Corporate structure

Hindustan Unilever is part of a group headed by Unilever. 185 entities, 55 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Unilever Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Hindustan Unilever Mumbai, India
  - Novology Subsidiary · India
  - PONDS EXPORTS LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
  - UNILEVER INDIA LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- MIXHOLD B.V. Rotterdam, Netherlands
  - UNILEVER SANAYI VE TICARET TURK ANONIM SIRKETI Subsidiary · Umraniye, Turkey
  - UNILEVER THAI SERVICES CO LTD Subsidiary · Bangkok, Thailand
- Unilever (Canada) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Unilever (United States) Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
- UNILEVER OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED London, United Kingdom
  - Unilever Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
  - UNILEVER - ZIMBABWE (PVT) LIMITED Subsidiary · Harare, Zimbabwe
- Unilever Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
- Unilever Philippines Manila, Philippines
- Unilever Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka
  - UNILEVER LANKA CONSUMER LIMITED Subsidiary · Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Unilever Sverige Solna, Sweden
- 4P Rube Göttingen Subsidiary · Göttingen, Germany
- Alberto-Culver Subsidiary · Melrose Park
- Algida Subsidiary
- Axe Subsidiary · Grenoble, France
- Ben & Jerry's Subsidiary · South Burlington
- Bovril Subsidiary · London
  - Argentine Estates of Bovril Subsidiary · Argentina
  - Bovril Australian Estates Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
  - Estates Control Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Calvé Subsidiary · Delft, Netherlands
- CICA Subsidiary · Jundiaí, Brazil
- Colman's Subsidiary · Norwich
- Continental Subsidiary
- Dermalogica Inc. Subsidiary · Carson
- Dollar Shave Club Subsidiary · Venice
- Dove Subsidiary · Los Angeles, California, United States
- ELAIS Subsidiary
- Findus Subsidiary · Bjuv, Sweden
  - Findus (Norway) Subsidiary · Asker, Norway
- Frisko Subsidiary · Odense S, Denmark
- and 160 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led Hindustan Unilever, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

Sanjiv Mehta2013–now

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Chief executive officerSanjiv Mehta Oct 10, 2013 to now¹

Products and brands

HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos among others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of HUL's brands featured in the Nielsen Corporation Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2014), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The Economic Times.

Homecare

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Personal care

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From Wikipedia’s article on Hindustan Unilever, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Unilever

Owners

Unilever

Subsidiaries

Novology

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

Unilever Nepal⁶

From Wikidata.¹ Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Controversies and legal

Controversies

Mercury pollution

In 2001 a thermometer factory in Kodaikanal run by Hindustan Unilever dumped glass contaminated with mercury and selling it to scrap merchants. Protests by local NGOs and Greenpeace lead to the shutting of the factory in March 2001. The issue has since snowballed into a controversy impacting the reputation of the company and led to a series of regulatory and legal confrontations. The issue was eventually resolved in 2016 through an out of court settlement between the company and the affected ex-workers.