Top 7 Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) Companies & Manufacturers

The global sodium lauryl sulphate market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% in the forecast period of 2025-2034.

Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) is a salt of organosulphate. It is ethoxylated for sodium lauryl ether sulphate to reduce its corrosive existence. The increased demand for cost-effective surfactants with time-saving characteristics, such as liquid detergents and tablet detergents, is expected to enhance the sodium lauryl sulphate sector in the next years, owing to rising consumer price sensitivity.

The Asia Pacific is one of the market's most important regions. Increased disposable income has impacted consumer lives in rising economies such as China and India. The Asia Pacific's demand for sodium lauryl sulphate is expanding due to the growth of the end-user industry and the widespread usage of washing machines. The Middle East and Africa are expected to be one of the fastest-growing areas in the forecast period, due to the increased use of personal care products and a rise in the surfactant industry. Africa offers a big prospective market for growth because of the growth of surfactant industries in the region.

SLS Industry News: Latest Company Acquisitions & Market Updates

On November 12, 2024, Godrej Industries’ Chemicals Business acquired Savannah Surfactants Limited’s Goa-based Food Ester and Emulsifier unit for INR 760 million. The acquisition expands Godrej’s presence in the food and beverage sector, leveraging Savannah’s 5,200 MTPA production capacity across multiple manufacturing sites. This move aligns with Godrej’s focus on sustainable growth and innovation in specialty chemicals.

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Top 7 SLS Companies: Global Market Leaders & Analysis

1. Solvay S.A.

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Its innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water, and air purification systems. The company’s Rhodapex ESB-70 NAT is a sodium lauryl sulphate that is sourced from plants and produced entirely with renewable carbon.

2. Acme-Hardesty Company

Acme-Hardesty Company is one of the largest distributors of castor oils and derivatives, palm derivatives, preservatives, and surfactants as well as a full range of renewable palm-based glycerine, fatty acids and fatty alcohols. Acme-Hardesty offers  90 percent sodium lauryl sulphate and 95 percent needles.

3. BASF SE

BASF’s portfolio is organised into six segments: chemicals, materials, industrial solutions, surface technologies, nutrition and care, and agricultural solutions. BASF Group works on contributing to the success of its customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. BASF’s Kolliphor SLS is an alkyl sulphate on the basis of a natural, saturated, straight-chain, primary fatty alcohol.

4. Croda International Plc

Croda creates, makes, and sells speciality chemicals that deliver real benefits to a range of diverse products including health and beauty, engine lubricants, plastics and many more.  Croda provides Crodex A, which is an anionic emulsifying wax, which includes cetearyl alcohol and sodium lauryl sulphate.

5. Alpha Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.

Alpha Chemicals is the principal manufacturing, exporting, importing, trading of water treatment chemicals, fatty alcohol ether sulphate, textile chemicals, foaming agents, shampoo conditioner and much more. The company’s sodium lauryl sulphate powder is packed in air tight packaging bags and delivered to the clients within the given time frame.

6. Tianjin Huntsman Chemical Enterprise Corporation

Tianjin Huntsman Chemical Enterprise Corporation is an oversize Chinese enterprises company. Its products are included in numerous fields such as phosphorous chemical industry, chlor-alkali industry, refined chemical industry, dyestuff and pigment industry etc.

7. Chemmax Chemical Co. Ltd.

Chemmax is a comprehensive group in researching, manufacturing, and selling chemicals in both China and abroad. Chemmax is focusing on research, development, and distribution of colorants. The company provides sodium lauryl sulphate in 20 kg net woven bags or craft-paper bags.