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Dabur Ltd is an Indian multinational company, founded by S. K. Burman and headquartered in Ghaziabad. It manufactures Ayurveda products and fast-moving consumer goods. Dabur derives around 60% of its revenue from the consumer care business, 11% from the food business and remaining from the international business unit.
C.L. Burman, set up Dabur's first R&D unit. Later, his grandson, G.C Burman was Gherao by his own workers during a labor unrest in Kolkata. Due to the unpleasant situation, G.C Burman decided to move the factory to Delhi, where his brothers later relocated. In Delhi, the business thrived and the company soon became Headquarters there. In the words of Business history Sonu Bhasin "Calcutta's loss was Delhi's gain."
In 1997, Dabur set up a wholly-owned consumer goods subsidiary called Dabur Foods under which it launched its fruit juice brand called Real.
In 1998, Dabur separated ownership from management, when they handed over the management of the company to professionals.
Dabur demerger its pharma business in 2003 and hived it off into a separate company, Dabur Pharma. German company Fresenius SE bought a 73% stake in Dabur Pharma for in 2008.
In 2005, Dabur acquired three Balsara group companies, gaining control of brands such as Babool, Promise, Meswak, Odonil, Odomos, Odopic, and Sani Fresh.
In 2009, Dabur completed the acquisition of a majority stake in female skincare products company Fem Care Pharma for and later merged the company into itself.
In 2022, Dabur acquired a 51% stake in the Indian spices company Badshah Masala for 588 crore.
In November 2024, Dabur acquired a 51% stake in Sesa Care, an Indian haircare company for an enterprise value of 315-325 crore.
The 2015 Brand Trust Report puts Dabur at 19th place.
In December 2020, a report by the Centre for Science and Environment showed that Dabur Honey, along with other major brands' products, was adulterated with sugar syrup.
Hajmola or Hazmola () is an ayurvedic digestive tablet sold as a treatment for dyspepsia by Dabur under that name since the 1950s. A counterfeit of the product was trademarked by "Hilal Foods (Pvt.) Limited" (estb. 1986), a Karachi based company in Pakistan, which had been selling it since at least the 1980s. When Dabur began operating in Pakistan, Hilal filed an intellectual property infringement suit against Dabur which was ultimately settled by the Sindh High Court allowing both Hilal and Dabur to use the Hajmola trademark.
In May 2025, the FSSAI informed the Delhi High Court that Dabur's '100% fruit juice' claim on its product is misleading, as the juices contain water and fruit concentrates.
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