Market · buyers
Global cosmetic brand target list · 735
Third-party view of each brand: monthly site visits and ranks, parent and listing, public revenue and funding, channels and price tier, in-house vs contract manufacturing (with evidence), public corporate contacts and leaders, analyst-style read and partnership angles.
Public facts only: revenue with year and source, never estimated; traffic from Similarweb public pages (month shown); manufacturing model backed by official or press wording. Enrichment done for 735 brands, 465 with Similarweb monthly visits; the rest are small sites whose figure Similarweb does not show, never estimated. Manufacturing model only from official sites, Wikipedia or legally required manufacturer disclosures; otherwise marked not disclosed.
South Africa · Skincare, body & hair care, baby/kids, men's skincare
Naturals Beauty SA Site ↗
- 4KMonthly visits · 2026-08
- #4,526,773Global rank
- 76.09%Bounce
- 1.56Pages/visit
- 00:00:54Duration
Top regions:South Africa 100% · Top source:Organic Search 36.02%
Family-founded, award-winning South African natural-skincare brand built on botanical serums and face-care ranges across multiple life-stage lines (baby, teen, men).
- Parent
- Independent
- Revenue
- not disclosed
- Channels
- DTC site · unnamed retail partners
- Manufacturing
- In-house · Made in South Africa — About page states the brand 'formulates and manufactures every product right here in South Africa, in our Western Cape facility, working with experienced cosmetic chemists and certified labs' (brand About page).
- Analyst view
- Naturals Beauty SA formulates and manufactures in-house at a Western Cape, South Africa facility, working with cosmetic chemists and certified labs. It positions explicitly on affordability (hero prices ZAR 75-295), stating natural skincare 'should not be a luxury.' Distribution runs through its own site and unnamed retail partners. The founder started the brand after her son's autism diagnosis; it recently won a local small-business award (Nedbank Business Ignite).
- Partnership angles
- Manufactures in-house in the Western Cape today, so continued retail-scale growth may eventually require added contract capacity · Affordability is a stated brand pillar, so new ingredients or actives need to be cost-effective at mass-market price points · Growing through a national retail-partner network suggests interest in scaling supply reliability.
South Africa · Skincare - serums, masks, cleansers, toners, men's grooming
Perile Site ↗
"Proudly South African" clean, inclusive, cruelty-free skincare brand blending local botanical extracts with clinically-tested actives.
- Parent
- Independent
- Revenue
- not disclosed
- Channels
- DTC site · stockists
- Manufacturing
- Not disclosed — About page describes the brand as 'Proudly South African' and clean/inclusive, but does not state manufacturing location or in-house-vs-contract status (brand About page).
- Contact
- https://perilecosmetics.co.za/pages/contact-us-1
- Analyst view
- Perile is a South African skincare brand built on clean, clinically tested formulas positioned as inclusive across skin tones, sold DTC with a stockist network. Hero prices (ZAR 190-675) sit in an accessible mid-market tier locally. Manufacturing location and in-house-versus-contract status are undisclosed beyond its South African identity. No public funding information was found. The brand emphasizes locally sourced ingredients and community partnerships.
- Partnership angles
- Positions on inclusivity across skin tones, so new actives likely need efficacy data across diverse skin types · Locally sourced ingredients and community partnerships are part of the brand story, favoring traceable, documented supply relationships · Manufacturing model is undisclosed, leaving room for either strengthening an existing arrangement or sourcing new production capacity.
South Africa · Cape Town, South Africa · Beauty salon franchise (Sorbet, Sorbet Nailbar, Sorbet Hairbar, Sorbet MAN, Candi&Co) plus an exclusive Sorbet-branded retail product range
Sorbet Site ↗
- 80.5KMonthly visits · 2026-08
- #434,544Global rank
- #18 (Beauty and Cosmetics, South Africa)Category rank
- 23.08%Bounce
- 2.47Pages/visit
- 00:01:00Duration
Top regions:South Africa 95.39% · United States 4.61% · Top source:Organic Search 64.17%
South Africa's largest beauty-salon franchise chain (200+ locations, ~3.6 million treatments/year as of 2025) now owned by retail group Clicks, selling an exclusive Sorbet-branded product range through Clicks and Sorbet stores nationwide.
- Parent
- Clicks Group Limited (bought Sorbet Holdings from Old Mutual Private Equity for R105 million, announced November 2022) · Sorbet itself is a private subsidiary brand; parent Clicks Group Limited is listed on the JSE (ticker: CLS) · Founded 2005, by Ian Fuhr (Wikipedia)
- Revenue
- Not disclosed at Sorbet-brand level; reported only within Clicks Group's consolidated results. Scale metric: ~3.6 million beauty treatments performed per year as of 2025 (Wikipedia)
- Funding
- Owned by Clicks Group, which took a 25% stake in 2015 and acquired full ownership in November 2022 for R105 million from Old Mutual Private Equity (Wikipedia).
- Channels
- 200+ franchise salons in South Africa (Sorbet, Sorbet Nailbar, Sorbet Hairbar, Sorbet MAN) · in-salon retail of third-party brands
- Manufacturing
- Contract manufacturing · Made in South Africa — Sorbet is mainly a 200+ store franchise salon chain retailing 'products from numerous international personal care brands'; competition-authority approval of Clicks' 2022 buyout required 'increasing local manufacturing of Sorbet-branded goods,' implying prior reliance on external/imported contract manufacturing for its own-label line (Wikipedia: Sorbet Group). Direct site access was Cloudflare-blocked this session.
- Contact
- Corporate/franchise inquiries route through sorbet.co.za (inaccessible this session behind a Cloudflare check) or parent Clicks Group Limited's investor/corporate channels
- Leaders
- Ian Fuhr, Founder (left the company in February 2019) — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbet_(South_Africa)
- Analyst view
- Sorbet is a South African beauty/grooming salon franchise, fully owned by retailer Clicks since a 2022 buyout, operating 200+ locations (Sorbet, Sorbet Nailbar, Sorbet Hairbar, Sorbet MAN) that combine services with retail of third-party personal-care brands. Merger approval reportedly required more local manufacturing of Sorbet-branded goods, implying past reliance on imported/contract supply. Traffic is almost entirely domestic, reflecting a single-market franchise footprint.
- Partnership angles
- Competition-authority conditions pushing more local manufacturing of Sorbet-branded goods signal active interest in South African contract-manufacturing capacity · Franchise/salon model retailing third-party brands alongside its own line means new suppliers must fit both professional-use and retail-shelf formats · Clicks Group ownership means sourcing may involve group-level as well as brand-level procurement.
South Africa · Not disclosed on site · Textured-hair haircare built on African botanicals
Suki Suki Naturals Site ↗
South African textured-hair care brand built on African botanicals 'elevated by science'; as of this research session the brand states it has 'paused our store' to evolve its formulas, so it is not currently taking retail orders.
- Revenue
- Not disclosed
- Channels
- DTC webshop (currently paused for reformulation) · ships to US, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, UK · affiliate program
- Manufacturing
- Not disclosed — Site (currently pausing its store 'to evolve our formulas') describes African-botanical haircare established in 2014 but discloses no founder identity, manufacturing location, or in-house-vs-contract production (brand homepage/story page). No Similarweb data available.
- Contact
- No live ordering or contact channel was observed this session beyond the holding homepage message
- Analyst view
- Suki Suki Naturals is a South African-origin textured-hair-care brand established around 2014, positioned around African botanicals 'elevated by science.' The brand has paused its online store to reformulate, and its founder identity, manufacturing location and funding history are undisclosed. Its stated shipping footprint spans South Africa, the US, UK and parts of Europe, suggesting export ambitions despite the current pause. Measured web traffic is negligible.
- Partnership angles
- Actively reformulating its product line signals near-term demand for textured-hair formulation expertise and possibly new supplier relationships · Export ambitions across South Africa, US, UK and Europe imply a need for multi-region regulatory and ingredient compliance support · Early-stage, low-traffic profile suggests current capacity needs are small-batch rather than high-volume.
South Africa · Face, body and baby skincare
Sōter Naturals Site ↗
South African clean-skincare brand combining veld-reared tallow with botanical extracts and plant oils, free of parabens, phthalates and synthetic fragrance.
- Parent
- Independent
- Revenue
- not disclosed
- Channels
- DTC site · pharmacy and health-shop stockists (South Africa)
- Manufacturing
- In-house · Made in South Africa — About page states products are 'handcrafted in small batches in South Africa' (brand About page).
- Contact
- https://soter.co.za/contact/
- Leaders
- Soulby Jackson, Co-founder; Rika Jackson, Co-founder
- Analyst view
- Sōter Naturals is a small South African personal-care brand, founded by a husband-and-wife team, handcrafting tallow-based skincare and baby-care products in small batches domestically. Distribution is DTC plus a short list of pharmacy and health-shop stockists. No measurable web traffic or public funding information was found, consistent with a very early-stage or niche operation. Positioning rests on tallow as a traditional, hormone-free active.
- Partnership angles
- Handcrafts in small batches today, so any move beyond niche volume would require new production capacity · Built around tallow as a signature active ingredient, so ingredient sourcing and consistency for that input matters most · Very early commercial scale suggests openness to broader retail distribution partnerships.