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1.5Beauty & Personal Care
British ethical-beauty pioneer with an unusually clean 'who are you actually buying from' answer in Canada: while the global brand and product development sit with Aurea Group (UK), The Body Shop Canada's entire 64-store retail business is independently owned and operated by Serruya Private Equity, a Toronto-area Canadian family investment firm (Yogen Fruz, CoolBrands), under a franchise agreement struck in 2025.
Ownership
Parent company
The Body Shop International Limited
Nationality
British-founded global brand (Brighton, 1976), global IP/brand now owned by Aurea Group (UK) since Sept 2024 -- but The Body Shop Canada itself is an independently owned and operated Canadian master franchise, acquired by Serruya Private Equity (Toronto/Markham family firm behind Yogen Fruz and CoolBrands) in 2025
Voting control
0% Canadian (exact)
Operating model
franchised
Manufacturing
0% Canadian-made
History
Founded 1976 by Anita Roddick; owned successively by L'Oreal (France, 2006-2017), Natura & Co (Brazil, 2017-2023), and Aurelius Group (Germany, 2023-2024), then Aurea Group (UK, Sept 2024-present) for the global brand. Canadian retail operations specifically were sold via franchise agreement to Serruya Private Equity (Toronto/Markham, Canada) in 2025, following a Canadian bankruptcy-protection restructuring in March 2024.
Last verified
2026-09-16