Dove Dominates the Body Wash Business

Unilever’s Dove is the best-selling mass market body wash brand in the US. Sales of body wash formulas
rose nearly 9% in food, drug and mass merchandisers during the past year. Here are the top 10 brands, according to Circana.

Product Category

Dollar Sales

Unit Sales

Price per Unit

Current

% Change vs YA

Current

% Change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

Dove

$977,015,698

8.6%

124,742,359

-2.4%

$7.83

11.3%

Olay

$331,434,137

8.0%

49,450,066

-0.1%

$6.70

8.1%

Old Spice

$302,399,209

9.9%

47,042,105

1.3%

$6.43

8.6%

Suave

$194,315,654

4.5%

68,590,428

-3.3%

$2.83

8.1%

Dial

$156,498,878

-2.8%

31,318,690

-10.9%

$5.00

9.1%

Tree Hut

$148,533,863

58.1%

18,599,794

31.5%

$7.99

20.2%

Aveeno

$130,810,733

4.3%

14,062,006

-4.5%

$9.30

9.2%

Softsoap

$108,446,904

1.0%

23,031,215

-8.0%

$4.71

9.8%

Private Label

$106,987,872

-11.7%

24,823,004

-20.9%

$4.31

11.7%

Axe

$105,415,357

6.6%

17,026,468

-10.6%

$6.19

19.2%

Liquid Body Wash

$3,643,331,451

8.7%

598,725,376

-4.4%

$6.09

13.7%

Source: Circana OmniMarket Total Store View