Key figures. Strong growth and profitability.

In 2025, we continued to enhance our customer offerings and took actions to strengthen Essity's competitiveness and capture market share. We delivered organic sales growth and achieved our highest margin in five years.

Net sales, SEKm 138,494
Number of employees ~36,000
Sales in countries ~150
Employee engagement (>4% benchmark) 79%
Organic sales growth +0.9%
EBITA excl. IAC, SEKm 19,572
EBITA margin excl. IAC +14.1%
Operating cash flow, SEKm 14,998
ROCE excl. IAC +17.2%
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Business performance

Net sales by business area*

Health & Medical Health & Medical Personal Care Personal Care Consumer Tissue Consumer Tissue Professional Hygiene Professional Hygiene

Net sales by category

Incontinence Prod. Health Care Incontinence Prod. Health Care Medical Solutions Medical Solutions Incontinence Products Retail Incontinence Products Retail Feminine Care Feminine Care Baby Care Baby Care Consumer Care Consumer Care Professional Hygiene Professional Hygiene

Net sales by distribution channel

Retail trade Retail trade Business-to-business Business-to-business Healthcare sector Healthcare sector

EBITA by business area**

Health & Medical Health & Medical Personal Care Personal Care Consumer Tissue Consumer Tissue Professional Hygiene Professional Hygiene Other Other

Top five markets

USA USA Germany Germany UK UK Mexico Mexico France France Other Other

Net sales by region

Europe Europe North America North America Latin America Latin America Asia Asia Other Other

* Proforma financial reporting for 9M 2025
** Proforma financial reporting for 9M 2025, excl. IAC.

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Driving sustainable progress

Innovation is one of our key growth drivers. It strengthens category leadership, enhances performance, and accelerates progress toward our sustainability ambitions. In 2025, 80% of our innovations delivered social and/or environmental improvements, exceeding our annual target of 50%.

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Global market positions

Market positions

Essity has leading market positions in 90% of branded sales. Our success is built on continuous innovation and in-depth user insights, building relevance and loyalty with customers and consumers worldwide. The overview has been compiled for presentation purposes based on external market sources and internal estimates.

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Our business areas. Innovative offerings for improved well-being.