From the cup of tea you drink to the bank that you keep in your pocket, multinational companies in Pakistan have a huge influence on our everyday lives. According to the main chamber for overseas investors, the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, its membership includes 198 companies from more than 30 countries. This profile is of ten of the best multinational organizations in Pakistan, a number of which have established themselves as wholly or partly owned subsidiaries of their foreign parent companies and have been active in the country for many years, either as such or through joint ventures with local groups.
The selection is based on scale, history, brand reach and publicly available data. These are not rankings, as some of these companies are not listed and/or some report on different calendars. Things are also changing in the picture. In October 2025, Procter & Gamble announced that it would stop manufacturing in Pakistan; in July 2026, Telenor Pakistan merged with PTML. All the numbers are estimates from company filings and news reports; be sure to verify them before using them, particularly if they are financial figures that were reported in different years.
1. Nestlé Pakistan
Nestlé Pakistan is a subsidiary of Nestlé Switzerland, which was established in 1988 and has its headquarter in Lahore. It operates processing plants in the cities of Sheikhupura and Kabirwala and water-packing plants in Islamabad and Karachi. It made net sales of Rs199 billion, or a 3-percent increase, in 2025, according to its stock exchange filing, while spending Rs5.02 billion, including Rs2.5 billion at Sheikhupura, during the same period. Some of its brands are Milkpak, Nescafé, Maggi and Nestlé Pure Life. The company stated in December 2025 that its plants in Sheikhupura and Khanewal had been completely automated and integrated into Nestlé’s global systems, with solar and biomass energy projects being implemented.
2. Unilever Pakistan
Unilever Pakistan is one of the oldest multinationals in Pakistan, with its inception in 1948, when Lever Brothers Pakistan started operations in Rahim Yar Khan. It is based in Karachi and functions as two businesses: Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited (which trades on the stock exchange) and Unilever Pakistan Limited (which is responsible for beauty, personal care and home care). Dawn said Unilever Pakistan Foods’ net sales increased by 20.4 percent in 2025, with Knorr noodles contributing the bulk of the increase. Others are popular brands such as Lipton and Dove. The company is also recognized by its employees for its published childcare policies and daycare facilities for employees.
3. Pakistan Tobacco Company
Pakistan Tobacco Company was established in 1947 and is a part of British American Tobacco. It is headquartered in Islamabad, listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange, and Wikipedia calls it Pakistan’s biggest cigarette maker. The size of the tax component is reflected in financial data providers estimating its net revenue at about Rs139 billion as of 2025, but gross revenue – with excise duties included – is significantly higher. Systems Limited, the business process outsourcing arm of the group with operations in Pakistan, purchased BAT SAA Services in July 2025. This entry reflects the economic scale of the tobacco product, which is harmful to health, not an endorsement.
4. Standard Chartered Pakistan
Standard Chartered has been present in Pakistan since 1863 and states that it is the biggest and oldest foreign bank in Pakistan. The Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited is a locally incorporated bank with over 1,800 employees and 38 branches in 10 cities. It made a profit before tax of Rs58.5 billion in 2025 compared to the record Rs100.6 billion in 2024, driven by a decline in revenue from interest rates to Rs80.6 billion. In 2025, the bank remunerated the national exchequer Rs52.2bn in taxes and related payments, the bank said. Its head office is located in Karachi on I.I. Chundrigar Road.
5. Jazz
Jazz was acquired by the VEON group, run by Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMC), with the group’s 100% stake purchased in 2021. In 2017, Mobilink merged with Warid and was renamed Jazz. In Pakistan, VEON’s revenue stood at approximately $500 million in the second quarter of 2026, representing a 26.6 percent increase, and it now has 75 million mobile subscribers. Jazz continued to be the top player in August 2026 with a 36.13 per cent share, just ahead of the Ufone-Telenor merger at 36.03 per cent. It has also reached 1,000 5G sites and plans 2,500 by the end of 2026.
6. Toyota Indus Motor Company
Indus Motor Company (IMC) was established in 1989 and manufactures and sells Toyota cars from its factory located at Port Qasim in Karachi. This is a joint venture between House of Habib, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation. The two Japanese partners are listed at 25 percent and 12.5 percent by business data providers. The company’s profit after tax rose 11 percent to Rs25.5 billion in fiscal 2025-26, with the number of units sold soaring 340 per cent to 13,380 in the quarter ending September 2026, from 9,976 a year earlier. It was named in 2023-24 with the Corolla Cross, the first locally produced hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) with the highest localised content.
7. Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan
Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan started under the name National Detergents Limited in 1977 and was renamed Colgate-Palmolive in 1990, when Colgate-Palmolive became a shareholder. It is listed and is affiliated with the Lakson Group, which is based in Karachi. According to its annual report, gross revenue for 2025-26 is Rs169.9 billion, an increase of 8.46 percent from last year’s Rs156.7 billion. Brands include Colgate, Palmolive, Brite, Bonus and Softlan. In May 2026, a trade publication said the company was looking at the assets of Procter & Gamble at Port Qasim, which has been reducing its operations in Pakistan, a development to watch out for. It is a company that produces in Kotri, Sindh.
8. PepsiCo Pakistan
PepsiCo’s Pakistan business manufactures snacks like Lay’s and Kurkure and offers soft drinks like Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew. In 2020, PepsiCo inaugurated a new snacks plant in Multan, and in 2018, it announced a $1 billion investment over 5 years in the country. The company opened local manufacturing of Kerry-invented flavourings in February 2025, partnering with a local company to enhance the local food supply chain. In another Khyber Pakhtunkhwa economic zones notice, it is noted that one of PepsiCo’s eight concentrate factories in the world is at Hattar, and it is planned to be expanded at a cost of PKR 700 million. In December 2025, PepsiCo rolled out a food cart vendor flood recovery project.
9. Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola İçecek Pakistan)
Coca-Cola bottling in Pakistan started in 1996 and has been operated since 2008 by Coca-Cola İçecek, the Turkish bottler of the Anadolu Group. An SDPI study identified approximately 2,167 direct employees in 2023 and Dawn reported that it served the country with six plants and over 3,000 employees in 2020. The enterprise suffered in 2025 due to boycotts taking a toll on its market share. According to ProPakistani in August 2026, the market in Pakistan has been a strong growth market for the bottler, increasing by 17 percent during the second quarter of 2026. CCI has 36 bottling plants in 12 countries.
10. Abbott Laboratories Pakistan
Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) was first incorporated in 1948 and started its factory in Karachi in 1962, with listing on the stock exchange in 1982. The 77.9 percent stake is held by Abbott Asia Investments Ltd, the UK-based unit of the American drug maker Abbott. It is a company with approximately 1,400 employees, two factories in Karachi, and products in pharmaceuticals, nutrition and diagnostics, with over 150 products. Sales reached Rs68.2 billion in 2024, up 22.9 percent. Overall sales increased 4 percent for the 12-month period from October 1, 2025, to September 1, 2026; pharmaceutical sales were up 7 percent and gross margin was 38 percent. Profit has improved through pricing and cost control; however, as purchasing power is declining, volumes are beginning to be impacted.
Conclusion
The multinational companies in Pakistan have had mixed fortunes. Older companies like Nestlé, Unilever, Standard Chartered and Abbott continue to invest, and growth stocks like Jazz, Toyota and Coca-Cola are showing strong growth in 2026. Telenor’s takeover by Procter & Gamble and the departure of the latter serve as cautionary tales for foreign investors, who are not locked in. For employers, investors or suppliers, look at recent filings and ownership structures; several of these are joint ventures with local groups. The information provided here is based on public reports, the dates of which may vary; please check directly with each company. The list should be used as a starting point for research on foreign investment in Pakistan, and not as an end goal.
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