Tracked deals
11
11 tracked deals across 2020-2026.
Public Company
Consumer
Unilever
United Kingdom
Every day, 3.4 billion people around the world enjoy Unilever’s products spanning global consumer brands across food, home care, and personal care.
- Focus Areas
- Food, Home care, Personal care
- Website
- unilever.com
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
11 buyout
Unilever Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 7 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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April 14, 2026
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Grüns
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire Grüns, the US greens supplement brand, for $1.2 billion in a full acquisition valued at a significant premium to its prior private valuation. The deal is expected to close in H2 2026, pending regulatory approval, as Unilever looks to scale adherence-first gummy wellness products through its global FMCG distribution.
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- Buyer
- McCormick & Company, Unilever
- Target
- Unilever Foods business (excluding certain markets and segments)
- Seller
- Unilever and its shareholders
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Type
- Buyout
McCormick & Company announced an agreement to combine with Unilever’s Foods business (excluding certain markets and segments) in a transaction valued at approximately $44.8 billion. The deal will create a global, flavor-focused company with roughly $20 billion in combined 2025 revenue, with expected annual cost synergies of about $600 million within three years.
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June 23, 2025
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Dr. Squatch
- Seller
- Summit Partners
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire men's personal care brand Dr. Squatch from growth equity firm Summit Partners. The deal is intended to expand Unilever’s premium, high-growth personal care portfolio and is expected to close later in 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
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April 1, 2025
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Wild
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has acquired Wild, a UK-founded digitally native personal care brand known for refillable, plant-based deodorants, lip balms and bodycare products. The acquisition — terms undisclosed — is intended to strengthen Unilever's premium and sustainable personal care portfolio and accelerate Wild's growth across DTC, retail and international markets.
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January 3, 2024
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- K18
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has agreed to acquire premium biotechnology haircare brand K18, with the deal expected to close in the current quarter (targeted Q1 2024). K18 — known for its proprietary K18Peptide and sold through salons, retail and e-commerce — will join Unilever’s Prestige unit as part of the company’s strategy to grow its premium beauty portfolio and add differentiated biotech haircare capabilities.
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June 14, 2023
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Yasso Holdings, Inc.
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has agreed to acquire Yasso Holdings, Inc., a U.S. premium frozen Greek yogurt brand, to bolster the premiumisation of its Ice Cream Business Group in North America. The acquisition, announced from Unilever's Englewood Cliffs office, will add Yasso's better‑for‑you frozen dessert portfolio (sold in grocery and club stores nationwide) to Unilever's ice cream brands and is expected to close in Q3 2023 subject to approvals.
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March 2, 2022
- Buyer
- Closed Loop Leadership Fund (managed by Closed Loop Partners), Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund (managed by Closed Loop Partners), Partnership Fund for New York City, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Nestlé, PepsiCo Beverages North America, Unilever, Dow, LyondellBasell, NOVA Chemicals, Sealed Air, SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd.
- Target
- Sims Municipal Recycling
- Seller
- Sims Limited
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
A fund managed by Closed Loop Partners led a consortium of investors, including the Partnership Fund for New York City and several strategic corporate investors, to acquire a majority stake in Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR). The investment will modernize and expand SMR's circular-economy infrastructure across the New York–New Jersey metro area and Florida, accelerate recovery of recyclable commodities, and support geographic and capability expansion of SMR's operations.
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June 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Paula's Choice
- Seller
- TA Associates, Bertram Capital
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paula's Choice, a leading digital-first skin care brand, from private equity owners TA Associates and Bertram Capital. The transaction, expected to close in Q3 2021 for undisclosed terms, brings Paula's Choice into Unilever's Prestige portfolio to expand its digital DTC capabilities and prestige skin care offering.
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April 26, 2021
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Onnit
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire Onnit, an Austin-based holistic wellness and lifestyle company known for its nootropic supplement Alpha BRAIN and DTC health products. Onnit will remain based in Austin and led by CEO Jason Havey, with founder Aubrey Marcus staying on as a brand ambassador; terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to customary approvals.
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December 23, 2020
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- SmartyPants Vitamins
- Seller
- Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Courtney Nichols Gould, Gordon Gould
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has acquired SmartyPants Vitamins, a Los Angeles–area producer of premium multi-vitamins and a Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital portfolio company. Terms were not disclosed; Unilever said the deal complements its functional nutrition and supplement portfolio and will work with the company's founders to grow the brand.
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September 1, 2020
- Buyer
- Unilever
- Target
- Liquid I.V.
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire Liquid I.V., a U.S.-based health‑science hydration and wellness brand based in El Segundo, California. Liquid I.V. will remain headquartered in El Segundo and led by founder and CEO Brandin Cohen; terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
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