Top companies in Nigeria

Plenty of manufacturing giants works in Nigeria. Below you will find companies, which have always proven their strength on both international and local markets. What are top companies in Nigeria? Continue reading to get more information.

Today Legit.ng offers the list of top companies in Nigeria according to the following criteria: income, products and services, innovations, the number of employees, increase in turnover, consumer loyalty.

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1. Nigerian Breweries

Nigerian Breweries is one of the largest brewery companies in Africa. Moreover, it is the first and the oldest brewery firm in Nigeria. It is included in the top 10 list of the best manufacturing companies in the country. It was formed on November 16, 1946. Nigerian Breweries produces such prominent alcoholic beverages as:

• Gulder Lager
• Heineken
• Ace Passion Apple Spark
• Legend Extra Stout
• Goldberg Lager
• Star Lite Lager
• Life Continental Lager
• Strongbow cider

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Among others, the line of non-alcoholic drinks is represented by such names as:

• Maltina
• Malta Gold
• Amstel Malta
• Climax Energy Drink
• Fayrouz

2. Flour Mills of Nigeria

Flour Mills of Nigeria is a privately owned Nigerian LLC. It was created at the beginning of 1962. The company produces Golden Penny flours. It is a very popular among millions of Nigerian consumers, bakeries, and confectioneries.

3. Nestle Nigeria

Nestle is indeed considered one of the eldest companies on the planet. It is the largest food company on the globe. Two leading Swiss enterprises founded Nestle in 1866. Nestle Nigeria is the major FMCG company in Nigeria. It is always included in the list of top companies in Nigeria according to all possible ratings. In particular, Nestle Nigeria produces:

• Infant foods
• Seasonings
• Performance and Healthcare Nutrition
• Frozen and refrigerated food
• Soup and sauces
• Bottled water
• Breakfast cereals
• Pet food
• Milkshakes

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4. Unilever Nigeria

Unilever Nigeria was created in 1923. It is the biggest producer of various categories of products. The most popular of them are:

• Royco
• Lipton
• Lux
• Omo
• Knorr

• Lifebuoy
• Vaseline
• Pears
• Blue Band
• Sunlight
• Close Up
• Pepsodent

By the way, every year Unilever directly affects the lives of more than two billion people on the planet through their quality range of products.

5. Dangote Group

Dangote Group is the major industrial conglomerate in West Africa. The richest black man on the planet, Aliko Dangote, owns the company. He founded his company in 1981. It manufactures various categories of goods. These are flour, sugar, salt, cement, steel, packaging materials, oil and gas, etc. The most well-known subsidiaries of Dangote Group are:

• Dangote Transport
• Dangote Textiles
• Dangote Cement
• Dansa Foods Limited
• Kura Holdings Limited
• Dancom Technologies
• Dangote Tomato plantation

By 2019, Dangote group will have created first private oil refinery in Nigeria.

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6. DUFIL Prima Foods

The abbreviation DUFIL stands for De United Foods Industrial Limited. DUFIL Prima Foods is the larger producer of Indomie in Nigeria. It is quite a young company for a fast-growing Nigerian market. It was formed in 1995. DUFIL Prima Foods manufactures the most consumed foods in Nigeria – Indomie Instant Noodles.

7. PZ Cussons

PZ Cussons is another company, which takes the place of honor on our list of the best companies in Nigeria. It is one of the biggest manufacturers of plenty of various household products in Nigeria. Among others, the most prominent titles are:

• Venus
• Cussons Baby
• Joy soap
• Robb

• Nunu
• Zip
• Morning Fresh
• Nutricima

8. Nexans Nigeria

Nexans Nigeria produces wire cables. It is the largest company in this field in Nigeria. The company has already created hundreds of thousands of jobs. In particular, the company produces:

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• Industrial cables
• Instrumentation cables
• Power network cables
• Telecom network cables
• Indoor cables.

The company`s offices reside in Kaduna, Lagos, and Ogun State.

9. Lafarge Cement

Lafarge Cement is another company in our list of top companies in Nigeria. It is the largest cement producer in Nigeria. The headquarters of this company is located in France. Lafarge Cement arrived in Nigerian market with the vision of subsidising to the development of Nigeria through the construction of better cities.

10. British American Tobacco

Since 1912, British American Tobacco (BAT) has been working in Nigeria. It has the operational office in Lagos. This company proposes the highest payments in our country. At that time, the Group owned a 60% shareholding value in the Nigerian Tobacco Company, and the Nigerian Government held 40%. In 1978, three operating factories worked in Zaria Port-Harcourt and Ibadan. On July 11, 2000, British American Tobacco Nigeria was incorporated. In several months, it joined with the Nigerian Tobacco Company. Presently, the British American Tobacco Group fully operates and owns this company.

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Presently, British American Tobacco Nigeria produces such international brands as:

• St. Moritz
• Royal Standard
• Consulate
• Rothmans
• Benson and Hedges
• London
• Pall Mall

Conclusion

Of course, this is not the full list of the best companies in Nigeria. However, the names mentioned above are one of the most prominent ones with fast-growing revenues.

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