Private company

Kruidvat

Logo: AS Watson (Health & Beauty Continental Europe) B.V., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Dutch pharmacy and drugstore chain

Kruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy and drugstore chain specialising in health and beauty products which also has branches in Belgium. The first Kruidvat was opened in September 1975 by Ed During and Dick Siebrand. Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL, and Trekpleister, in the Netherlands and Belgium.2 It is part of A.S. Watson Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1975Founded1

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Kruidvat
Photo: Mauritsvink, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Kruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy and drugstore chain specialising in health and beauty products which also has branches in Belgium. The first Kruidvat was opened in September 1975 by Ed During and Dick Siebrand. Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL, and Trekpleister, in the Netherlands and Belgium.2

Corporate structure

Kruidvat is part of a group headed by Cheung Kong Holdings. 44 entities, 15 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • over-the-counter drug

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1975Founded Founded1

Sources

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