Cosmos Labs

What Cosmos Labs does

Cosmos Labs is a woman-owned contract manufacturer of clean personal care products headquartered in Round Rock/Austin, Texas. The company operates an 18,000-square-foot facility containing a state-of-the-art clean room, an advanced R&D laboratory, multiple flexible filling lines, a shipping department, and office space. It holds ISO 22716 (cosmetics GMP) and GMP certifications, and its product scope spans skincare, bodycare, haircare, natural deodorants, and hot-pour products. Cosmos Labs does not offer turnkey manufacturing—clients supply components and labels while Cosmos Labs handles formulation, filling, labeling, and pack-out.

The company serves emerging and established clean beauty brands through a B2B, sales-led go-to-market model, providing end-to-end product development from concept through market-ready packaging. Its core service lines are Custom Formulation Services (including tech transfers, reverse formulations, and new product development) and Manufacturing Services (multi-line filling plus labeling and secondary packaging). New formulation development typically takes 3–6 months, with production lead times of approximately 14 weeks from deposit to shipment. Pricing is quote-based with project-specific minimum order quantities; the company does not publicly disclose pricing or fees.

Cosmos Labs is led by founder and CEO Mary Berry, a contract manufacturer and skincare formulator with over a decade of industry experience, supported by a COO, Chief People Officer, VP of Brand Partnerships & Sales, Directors of R&D and Planning, and account/operations managers. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds, and operates primarily within the United States (Texas-centric). Marketing is conducted through the company website, organic social media (including Instagram), and earned media in publications such as Beauty Independent, Allure, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, BeautyMatter, and People.com.

Name

Cosmos Labs

Legal name

Cosmos Labs

Website

https://cosmos-labs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cosmos Labs is a woman-owned, ISO 22716-certified contract manufacturer based in Round Rock/Austin, Texas that custom-formulates and produces clean skincare, bodycare, haircare, and natural deodorants for emerging and established beauty brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Revenue generated from providing comprehensive contract manufacturing services including custom formulation, filling, labeling, and pack-out services for beauty and personal care brands. Typically project-based with deposit paid upfront and production lead times of approximately 14 weeks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cosmos Labs is a clean personal care contract manufacturer that develops and produces skincare, bodycare, haircare, and natural deodorant products for beauty brands. The company provides end-to-end services including custom formulation development (tech transfers, reverse formulations, new product development), manufacturing on multiple flexible filling lines, labeling, and secondary packaging/pack-out. Brands supply their own components and labels; Cosmos Labs handles formulation through market-ready production in an ISO 22716 and GMP certified facility.

Product overview

Cosmos Labs is a contract manufacturing service provider offering a unified suite of services for clean personal care products. The core offering consists of Custom Formulation Services (including tech transfers, reverse formulations, and new product development) and Manufacturing Services (with multiple fill lines, labeling, and secondary packaging). The company manufactures four main product categories: skincare, bodycare, haircare, and natural deodorants, including hot pour products. They do not provide turnkey operations (clients provide components and labels) and do not manufacture OTC/SPF products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Formulation Development Expert chemists develop clean skincare, haircare, and hot-pour products in an advanced R&D laboratory, supporting tech transfers, reverse formulations, and new product development for beauty and personal care brands.
• Manufacturing and Filling Services Scales production from small batches to large-scale manufacturing using multiple flexible filling lines, with strict quality controls to ensure consistent, high-quality results for a wide range of component types and sizes.
• Labeling, Filling, and Pack-Out Services Provides expert labeling, filling, and secondary packaging/pack-out services that ensure finished products are market-ready for beauty and personal care brands.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Intercos: Italian global contract manufacturer specializing in color cosmetics, skincare, and personal care products for prestige and emerging brands. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a beauty contract manufacturer serving indie and established brands with formulation and manufacturing, but operating globally and across more categories.
• Voyant Beauty: Beauty-focused contract manufacturer formed from the combination of HCT Group and others, offering formulation, filling, and packaging for skincare, color cosmetics, and hair care. Comparable to Cosmos Labs because both serve indie-to-mid-market beauty brands with formulation and manufacturing services, though Voyant operates at significantly larger scale.
• Cosmax: Global Korean-headquartered beauty ODM and contract manufacturer serving indie through prestige brands worldwide. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a direct beauty contract manufacturing competitor with formulation and manufacturing capabilities, but with global scale, R&D infrastructure, and OTC/SPF capabilities that Cosmos Labs excludes.
• KDC/One (Knowlton Development Company): Large-scale beauty and personal care contract development and manufacturing organization serving global brands across multiple categories. Comparable to Cosmos Labs because it operates in the same beauty contract manufacturing space but at vastly greater scale, multi-site footprint, and turnkey service depth that Cosmos Labs cannot match today.

Direct peers

• Mana Products: New York-based beauty contract manufacturer offering custom formulation, manufacturing, and filling for skincare, haircare, body care, and color cosmetics. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a similarly-positioned beauty contract manufacturer focused on indie and emerging brands, with overlapping service lines and customer profiles.
• Marianna Industries: US-based contract manufacturer of beauty, personal care, and OTC products with multiple facilities. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a domestic contract manufacturer serving indie and mid-market beauty and personal care brands, though Marianna's scale and OTC capabilities exceed Cosmos Labs' current footprint.
• Verla International: New York-based contract manufacturer of bath, body, skin, and hair care products with formulation, filling, and packaging services. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a similarly-sized beauty/personal care contract manufacturer serving indie brands with custom formulation and manufacturing capabilities.

Others

• TricorBraun: Large North American distributor and supplier of rigid packaging and containers, with custom packaging solutions for personal care and beauty. Comparable to Cosmos Labs only in the downstream packaging component of its offering; not a direct competitor in formulation and contract manufacturing but adjacent in the beauty supply chain.

Regional players

• Aware Products: Texas-based personal care contract manufacturer offering formulation, blending, filling, and packaging services. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a regional Texas-based beauty/personal care contract manufacturer with overlapping service offerings and customer base, representing the most direct regional competitive overlap.

Emerging players

• CoValence Laboratories: Specialty formulation and contract manufacturing lab focused on skin, body, and hair care for emerging beauty brands. Comparable to Cosmos Labs as a smaller-scale custom formulation and contract manufacturer in the clean beauty space, though CoValence's positioning is more R&D-led.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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