What Autumn Harp does

Autumn Harp, Inc. is a family-owned contract manufacturer of beauty and personal care products headquartered in a 225,000 sq. ft. facility in Essex Junction, Vermont, originally founded in 1978 as a natural personal care brand and pivoted in 1999 to custom manufacturing for third-party beauty and skincare brands. The company's platform spans three integrated layers: (1) Product Development, covering formulation expertise in skincare, color cosmetics, and OTC drug categories, with services including directed development, tech transfers, turnkey solutions, and product and market research; (2) Robotic Manufacturing, anchored by advanced equipment from Weckerle, Groninger, Norden, and Kalix, kettle scale from 10L to 5,000L, and hundreds of millions of units of annual packaging capacity across bottles, jars, tubes, and stick formats; and (3) Regulatory and Quality, offering in-house stability and compatibility testing, FDA OTC registration support, Prop 65 compliance, claims substantiation, and certifications including cGMP, RSPO, Non-GMO Project Verified, Clean at Sephora, Leaping Bunny, REACH, and Health Canada.

Autumn Harp generates revenue through B2B contract manufacturing fees, formulation development, packaging services, and turnkey project work, with pricing custom-quoted per specification and volume rather than through publicly disclosed rates. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales focused on direct engagement with beauty brand customers, supplemented by inbound inquiries through the company website. The company serves four primary segments — skincare brands, color cosmetics brands, OTC/drug beauty brands, and body and baby care brands — with stated coverage of both emerging and global brands, and claims a global footprint despite its single Vermont site. The buyer base is entirely B2B; Autumn Harp does not sell under its own brand.

The leadership team is woman-led, with Hillary Burrows as President and VPs covering strategic accounts, product strategy and development, manufacturing, engineering, R&D, and technical functions, alongside a Director of Finance and Director of Culture. Ownership has remained private and family-held with no disclosed institutional or private-equity backing, and the company reinvests profits into R&D, manufacturing capability, and employee development. Sustainability credentials, including an EcoVadis Top Tiers rating maintained since 2015 and Vermont Green Business certification, are positioned as core differentiators in customer selection.

Name

Autumn Harp

Legal name

Autumn Harp, Inc.

Website

https://autumnharp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Autumn Harp is a family-owned, Vermont-based contract manufacturer that formulates and produces skincare, color cosmetics, and OTC beauty products for emerging and global brands using a 225,000 sq. ft. robotic facility and integrated regulatory expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Essex Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Full-service contract manufacturing for beauty and personal care brands. Operates as extension of brand partners' teams providing formulation, manufacturing, and supply chain services under one roof. Revenue generated through production fees, formulation development, and packaging services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Autumn Harp is a contract manufacturer that provides formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services for skincare, color cosmetics, OTC, and body care products on behalf of beauty and personal care brand customers. Operations are run out of a 225,000 sq. ft. facility in Essex Junction, Vermont, with more than 250 employees using robotics and automation to support production.

Product overview

Autumn Harp is a family-owned contract manufacturer offering a unified platform of beauty and personal care manufacturing services, established in 1978 and operating from Essex Junction, Vermont. The core offering comprises Product Development Services (formulation expertise in skincare, OTC, and color cosmetics) and Robotic Manufacturing Services (225,000 sq. ft. facility with advanced robotics), supported by three service modules: Turnkey Solutions (full-service from formulation to production), Directed Development (brand-directed customization), and Tech Transfers (external formula onboarding). The company also provides Product and Market Research services including trend insights and competitive analysis, FDA-Registered OTC Capabilities for drug product compliance, and manufactures products across Color and Complexion, Skincare, and Body and Baby categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formulation Services Custom formulation of beauty and personal care products for brand customers across skincare, color cosmetics, OTC, and body care categories.
• Contract Manufacturing Services Production of skincare, color cosmetics, OTC, and body care products at a 225,000 sq. ft. facility in Essex Junction, Vermont, staffed by 250+ employees, using robotics and automation.
• Packaging Services Packaging of finished beauty and personal care products as part of an integrated formulation-to-packaging service offering for brand customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 2015 EcoVadis Top Tiers sustainability rating
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mana Products: Major US-based beauty and personal care contract manufacturer serving global brands across color cosmetics, skincare, and OTC categories. Direct comparable to Autumn Harp in B2B beauty manufacturing model, customer base, and end-product mix.
• Intercos: Italian-headquartered global beauty contract manufacturer producing color cosmetics, skincare, and personal care products for prestige and mass brands. Direct peer in formulation, manufacturing service model, and global brand customer base.
• Ancorotti Cosmetics: Italian beauty contract manufacturer specializing in color cosmetics and skincare formulation and filling for global brands. Directly comparable in service scope (formulation through fill) and customer type.

Broad incumbents

• Cosmax: South Korean global beauty CDMO with extensive R&D and large-scale manufacturing across color cosmetics, skincare, and OTC. Larger, multi-region incumbent competing for the same brand outsourcing customers.
• Albéa: Global beauty packaging and manufacturing group offering turnkey packaging plus formulation and filling services. Overlaps with Autumn Harp on packaging formats and brand-customer targeting, but anchored in packaging rather than formulation-led CDMO.
• Fareva: French contract manufacturer serving beauty, personal care, and pharmaceutical customers with formulation, manufacturing, and packaging across global facilities. Competes for outsourced brand-partner manufacturing work in skincare and OTC.

Emerging players

• HCT Group: Beauty packaging and full-service manufacturing provider offering formulation, filling, and turnkey solutions to indie and emerging beauty brands. Comparable in turnkey service model and indie-brand customer segment.

Others

• Kobo Products: Specialty ingredient supplier and formulation partner serving the cosmetics and personal care industry with pigments, UV filters, and formula development. Adjacent to Autumn Harp as an enabling technology and formulation partner rather than a direct CDMO competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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