222 cosmetics manufacturers, ready to approach
The Beauty & cosmetics file brings together the sector's manufacturers and contract manufacturers across the three countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey) : rose-oil distilleries, white-label care labs, soap works, natural and organic cosmetics. Each is registered with an official registry, with its public contact details and a confidence score. You target one universe, whatever the country.
We are a firm based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, since 2018, in daily contact with online sellers who create their cosmetics brand, register it and import it. This directory extends that work : it was built by cross-checking the official commercial registries of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, keeping only manufacturers that are actually registered, then removing dead websites and personal email addresses (GDPR compliance). You are not paying for a raw extract, but for a cleaned, structured and scored database. Latest compilation from the official registries : 2026.
Each record is designed for immediate action :
What each record contains
Legal name and local name, official registration number (EIK in Bulgaria, CUI in Romania, MERSIS in Turkey), universe, category and sub-segment, region and city, products, white-label capability, headcount, year founded, website, generic email and phone when public, notes and sources.
A spreadsheet ready to run
Built-in tracking columns (My status, Priority, Contacted on, Follow up on, My notes) with drop-down menus and colour coding : your directory becomes a mini prospecting CRM, filterable by country, city or universe.
Each supplier is a complete record, up to 24 fields per record. Here is a sample record (data redacted) :
Illustrative preview (data redacted). Each record has up to 24 fields plus 5 tracking columns. The real contact details are in the file delivered to buyers, never on this page. The Beauty & cosmetics file brings together the 222 manufacturers of the sector across the three countries.
Each row is a manufacturer from the Beauty & cosmetics file : 24 fields per record plus 5 tracking columns. Contact details masked here, complete in the delivered file.
We prefer fair expectations to a fine promise. The directory gives you qualified contacts to approach yourself, not a guarantee of an order :
- Non-exhaustive list : the directory is a qualified selection, not a census of every manufacturer. We list those we have identified and cross-checked against the official registries, and we enrich it regularly ; the absence of a specific company is therefore not a flaw in the file ;
- you contact the suppliers directly, with no intermediary and no commission ;
- responsiveness and terms (MOQ, prices, lead times) belong to each manufacturer and vary ;
- it is a digital file delivered immediately : by ticking the consent box at checkout, you request immediate delivery and expressly waive the 14-day right of withdrawal (digital content) ;
- one-off payment, no subscription.
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Beauty & cosmetics
The Beauty & cosmetics directory: 222 manufacturers and contract manufacturers from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey (public contact details and confidence score) in a spreadsheet ready to approach.
- 222 manufacturers, 3 countries (BG, RO, TR)
- PGI rose oil, Turkish ODM, Romanian organic phyto
- EU standards: Reg. 1223/2009, ISO 22716
A whole country
All the manufacturers in one country, across all categories.
- Bulgaria 835 · Romania 557 · Turkey 629
- Ideal if you're targeting one market
- All categories included
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All 10 categories and 3 countries in a single file.
- Every category × every country
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Cosmetics in Eastern Europe and Turkey : the landscape
Launching a cosmetics brand today rarely means running your own factory : you work with a white-label contract manufacturer (private label) or an ODM (the manufacturer designs and produces; you simply add your brand), meaning the lab already owns formulas that you dress in your own brand. On this ground, Turkey and Bulgaria offer two very different, complementary profiles : Turkey for industrial power and range breadth, Bulgaria for an exceptional raw material and the natural angle. Romania completes the picture on phytotherapy and organic cosmetics. The real battle is not the price of the cream, but European compliance : it is what decides whether you can sell.
Country by countryCosmetics in Bulgaria : the gold of the Rose Valley
Bulgaria owns an asset no one can copy : the Rose Valley, around Kazanlak and Karlovo, which makes it, alongside Turkey (Isparta), one of the two leading world producers of rose essential oil (Rosa damascena) and a global leader in lavender. Its rose oil holds the European PGI "Bulgarsko rozovo maslo". You will find distilleries more than a century old (Enio Bonchev, founded in 1909) and white-label natural-cosmetics contract manufacturers, with low minimum quantities (from 500 pieces). It is the dream place for a "clean" brand built on a signature ingredient. Two pitfalls : the volatility of the rose price (the 2024-2025 frosts sent prices soaring) and the frequent adulteration of the essential oil. Always require a GC-MS report and PGI traceability. Find these distilleries and contract manufacturers among the Bulgarian suppliers in the directory.
Cosmetics in Turkey : the region's ODM hub
Turkey has become a leading white-label and ODM (the manufacturer designs and produces; you simply add your brand) cosmetics hub, concentrated around Istanbul (Ikitelli, Esenyurt, Tuzla areas) and the Kocaeli / Gebze region for pharmaceutical-grade plants. The range breadth is impressive (care, hygiene, hair, make-up), with MOQs (minimum order quantity) that are often accessible (500 to 1,000 pieces per reference) and a flagship trade fair, BEAUTYISTANBUL. The pitfall is regulatory, not industrial : to sell in the EU, your product must have a Responsible Person established in the Union (see below). A Turkish manufacturer, outside the EU, cannot play that role for you. Explore the Turkish labs via the suppliers in Turkey.
Cosmetics in Romania : integrated phyto and organic
Romania is quieter in mass-market cosmetics but strong on a precise niche : integrated phytotherapy and organic cosmetics, where the active material is grown on site. The benchmark is Hofigal, which produces a large share of its actives organically, alongside players such as PlantExtrakt ; the Cluj-Napoca cluster concentrates several labs. For a "sourced and traceable natural actives" brand, it is relevant ground. The Romanian suppliers in the directory detail these labs.
To launch a cosmetics brand : Turkey for range breadth and accessible MOQs (minimum order quantity), Bulgaria for the exceptional natural ingredient (rose, lavender, PGI), Romania for organic and traceable phyto actives. In all three cases, European compliance remains your responsibility.
Cosmetics standards : what you need before selling in the EU
Cosmetics is one of the most tightly regulated sectors. Before any sale in the European Union, four obligations apply, whatever the country of manufacture :
- a Responsible Person (RP) established in the EU, the only party allowed to place the product on the market (Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009) ; it can be you, your European company or a provider, but never a manufacturer outside the EU ;
- the notification to the CPNP portal (Cosmetic Products Notification Portal) of each product before marketing ;
- a complete Product Information File (PIF), including the safety assessment by a qualified expert ;
- manufacture compliant with Good Manufacturing Practice, standard ISO 22716, to require from the contract manufacturer.
Depending on the products, IFRA rules for fragrances and allergens, INCI labelling and the ban on animal testing also apply. A good Turkish or Bulgarian contract manufacturer will supply its ISO 22716 certificates and often a "ready-to-finalise" PIF ; it is up to you to secure the RP and the CPNP notification.
On the groundMOQ, white label and pitfalls to avoid
In white-label cosmetics, minimum quantities often run around 500 to 1,000 units per reference (indicative, to be confirmed by quote), well below Asian standards. Three reflexes : require the ISO 22716 certificate and, for Bulgarian rose, a GC-MS report against adulteration ; check that the contract manufacturer can supply the regulatory documentation (formula, tests, PIF) ; and clarify from the outset who will be the EU Responsible Person. It is often this last point, more than the unit price, that decides a project's feasibility.
The natural extensionThe company that goes with your sourcing
Launching a cosmetic is not only about finding a lab : it is also about carrying the regulatory responsibility. The Responsible Person required by Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 must be established in the European Union ; the simplest way, when you import and sell in the EU, is to have your own European company, with a VAT number and EORI.
That is exactly what Fenchell's Eurotrade pack does : a Bulgarian company operable 100% remotely, with corporate tax at 10%, among the lowest in the EU, the VAT number, the EORI and the infrastructure that makes the whole thing genuinely manageable from anywhere. A European base consistent with European sourcing.
A cosmetics brand that has products made in Turkey or Bulgaria and sells in the EU needs a European structure to hold the Responsible Person, reverse-charge the VAT and import cleanly. Bulgaria ticks these boxes with one of the lightest corporate taxes in the single market. See the guide : form a Bulgarian company remotely.
Source in Europe, invoice from Europe
The Eurotrade pack sets up your Bulgarian company remotely, with VAT, EORI and an infrastructure designed to run everything from home, from €890. The ideal tax base for European sourcing.
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General information current as of 14 July 2026, not constituting personalised legal, tax, customs or accounting advice. Minimum quantities, prices, lead times and logistics costs are indicative orders of magnitude, to be confirmed by quote with each supplier. Customs and tax regimes (low-value consignment reform, A.TR certificate, OSS/IOSS VAT thresholds) may change : always check the applicable texts and compliance (CE, sanitary, cosmetics) in the country of destination. Fenchell has no commercial affiliation with the vast majority of the manufacturers listed and receives no commission on your dealings with them. Fenchell Capital OOD, a Bulgarian firm based in Plovdiv (EIK 207945095).