Beauty deals are coming!
Deals, deals, deals!!! Is the M&A beauty market about to explode?! Kelly Kovack from BeautyMatter provided us a great update on the deal pipeline for the independent beauty and personal care market. A quick summary of the brands coming to market with their associated reported size (revenue / EBITDA): Harry's Inc.'s ($1B 2024 revenue) Dr. Squatch ($90M 2024 EBITDA) Rare Beauty Brands - Patchology ($20 - 30M 2024 revenue) Rare Beauty ($400M+ 2024 revenue) MERIT ($100M+ 2024 revenue) Tangle Teezer ($50M 2024 revenue) MAKEUP BY MARIO ($150 - 200M 2024 revenue) Glossier, Inc. ($275M 2024 revenue) Kosas ($75- 125M 2024 revenue) OSEA Malibu ($100M 2024 revenue) Byoma ($30 -50M 2024 revenue) IGK Hair ($115M 2024 revenue / 40% EBITDA) ONE/SIZE ($80M 2024 revenue) Other brands including Summer Fridays, Westman Atelier, Augustinus Bader, and Glow Recipe are frequently mentioned as potential acquisition targets. Clearly the size requirements for brands to be acquired has been increasing over the past few years, but excited to see a very healthy lineup of brands in the pipeline. Looking forward to seeing how the deal market shakes out in the next 12 - 18 months. #beautydeals #cpg #indybeauty #independentbeauty #femalefounders #cleanbeauty #beautybrands #beauty #startups #entrepreneur