What Cosmetics Business does

Cosmetics Business is a digital-first B2B media platform covering the global cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care industries. It is operated by HPCi Media Limited, a privately held UK company within the Claverley Group, registered in England (Company No. 06716035), with a headquarters address in Shrewsbury and editorial operations tied to London. The company's core product is cosmeticsbusiness.com, which delivers real-time breaking news, regulatory updates, technical papers, trend reports, in-depth interviews, and coverage spanning ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, marketing, retail, distribution, and recruitment. Editorial coverage is organized across multiple category verticals including body care, colour cosmetics, fragrance, hair care, skin care, and male grooming.

The commercial offering extends beyond the website into a layered media portfolio: Pure Beauty Magazine (a monthly print and digital publication now in its 25th year), a monthly Trend Report, Technical Papers, the Cosmetics Business Roundtables webinar series, a Job Board, an industry Events calendar (including London Packaging Week and Brand Licensing Europe), a supplier Directory, and two flagship annual programmes — the Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards and the Pure Beauty Awards. The underlying technology stack is a standard digital media platform with virtual event and webinar delivery; no proprietary AI, API, or SDK infrastructure is disclosed.

The business runs on a subscription-based B2B model with two tiers: an individual (1 User) subscription granting access to the website, monthly magazine, monthly Trend Report, and resources, and a Team (multi-User) subscription that adds a complimentary press release on cosmeticsbusiness.com. Additional monetization is derived from the Directory listings, awards entry fees, and event participation/sponsorship from major suppliers. The platform targets beauty industry professionals — formulators, brand owners, retailers, and ingredient/packaging suppliers — globally, and serves a multi-sided audience of subscribers, advertisers, sponsors, award entrants, and event participants.

Name

Cosmetics Business

Legal name

HPCi Media Limited

Website

https://cosmeticsbusiness.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cosmetics Business is a UK-based, digital-first B2B media platform covering the global cosmetics and personal care industries. It serves beauty professionals worldwide through cosmeticsbusiness.com, Pure Beauty magazine, trend reports, roundtables, award programmes, and industry events on a subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. B2B Subscription: Subscription-based revenue model providing access to cosmeticsbusiness.com website, monthly print and digital magazine (Pure Beauty), monthly trend reports, and access to resources. Offers individual and team subscription packages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cosmetics Business is a digital-first B2B media platform providing news, analysis, and intelligence on the global cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care industries. Its core product is the cosmeticsbusiness.com website, delivered via subscription to industry professionals, and complemented by a monthly print and digital magazine (Pure Beauty), monthly trend reports, technical papers, webinars/roundtables, a job board, a supplier directory, and two annual awards programmes.

Product overview

Cosmetics Business is a digital-first B2B media platform providing comprehensive coverage of the global cosmetics and personal care industry. The core offering is cosmeticsbusiness.com, which delivers real-time breaking news, trend analysis, regulatory updates, and in-depth interviews. This is supported by multiple complementary products: Pure Beauty Magazine (monthly print and digital), the Trend Report (monthly publication), Technical Papers (scientific resources), Cosmetics Business Roundtables (webinar series), Job Board (recruitment), Events listings, Directory (supplier database), and two award programmes (Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards and Pure Beauty Awards). The platform operates on a subscription model with single-user and multi-user packages available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pure Beauty: An award-winning magazine covering beauty's global outlook with digital, live and print products, exploring forward-looking trends and movements impacting brand owners and retailers worldwide

Products and services

• cosmeticsbusiness.com Digital Subscription Subscription-based digital platform delivering real-time breaking news, trend analysis, regulatory updates, and in-depth interviews covering the global beauty industry. Available as a 1-User individual plan or a multi-User team plan that adds a complimentary press release.
• Pure Beauty Magazine Award-winning monthly magazine covering forward-looking trends and movements impacting brand owners and retailers worldwide, distributed in both print and digital formats as part of the subscription bundle.
• Monthly Trend Report Monthly print and digital publication providing insights into emerging beauty trends and market movements, bundled with the subscription package.
• Cosmetics Business Roundtables (Webinars) Series of live and on-demand webinars and virtual roundtable events exploring important and emerging topics within the beauty industry, featuring industry experts and leaders.
• Beauty Industry Job Board Recruitment platform hosted on cosmeticsbusiness.com that connects beauty industry professionals with career opportunities across the sector.
• Beauty Industry Directory Company directory of beauty industry suppliers and partners, including listed suppliers such as Inolex, Aptar Beauty, Gidea Packaging, and dsm-firmenich.
• Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards Annual industry / trade awards programme run by Cosmetics Business recognising the most impactful innovations across the global cosmetics and personal care supply chain.
• Pure Beauty Awards Prestigious long-running awards programme operated by Cosmetics Business, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026 with a newly consolidated global format and honouring outstanding beauty products and innovations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered parent and program.

• HPCi Media LimitedparentOthersCosmetics Business is a brand of HPCi Media Limited, a Claverley Group company. The company operates the Cosmetics Business digital platform, Pure Beauty magazine, and associated events.
• Pure Beauty AwardsprogramOthersCosmetics Business operates the Pure Beauty Awards, a major industry awards programme celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026 with a newly consolidated global format.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Global Cosmetic Industry: Allured Business Media's long-running B2B magazine covering formulation science, ingredients and business news for the cosmetics industry. Closely comparable in audience, content mix and trade media model.
• BeautyMatter: Digital B2B beauty industry media platform covering brands, retail, finance and industry analysis. Comparable as a subscription-supported B2B news brand serving beauty executives and investors.
• Cosmetics & Toiletries: Allured Business Media's technical B2B magazine for cosmetic scientists and formulators, covering ingredients, formulation and regulatory science. Comparable in delivering scientific depth to beauty R&D professionals.
• Premium Beauty News: European-headquartered B2B beauty industry news platform covering cosmetics, fragrance and personal care. Comparable in its subscription/access model and target audience of beauty professionals.
• Cosmetics Design: William Reed's B2B beauty industry news platform covering formulation, ingredients, regulation and market trends. Directly comparable as a digital-first subscription publication serving the same cosmetics and personal care professional audience globally.
• Happi (Household & Personal Products Industry): B2B publication covering household, personal care and cosmetic products with breaking news, supplier directories and technical content. Highly comparable in editorial scope and subscription-led B2B model.
• Beauty Independent: B2B news publication focused on independent beauty brands, covering retail, marketing and business strategy. Comparable as a digital B2B media platform serving a beauty industry audience.

Broad incumbents

• Informa Markets: Global B2B media and events group organizing beauty and packaging industry events such as London Packaging Week and Brand Licensing Europe. Comparable as a major B2B information services platform with overlapping event and media assets.
• The Business of Fashion: Subscription-based B2B media platform covering fashion and beauty industries with analysis, news and business intelligence. Comparable as a subscription-led B2B intelligence brand serving executives, though broader in scope than beauty.
• WWD Beauty (Women's Wear Daily): Established fashion and beauty trade publication covering the broader beauty industry from a fashion and retail angle. Comparable as B2B beauty trade media, though it sits within a much larger fashion-focused portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CosmeticsBusinessOnline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cosmetics-business
• Instagraminstagram.com/cosmeticsbusiness
• Xx.com/cb_beautynews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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