Beiersdorf AG is a multinational corporation based in Hamburg, Germany, manufacturing personal care products. Its brands include Elastoplast, Eucerin (makers of Aquaphor), Labello, and Nivea.

Although its shares are publicly listed, Beiersdorf is controlled by Tchibo Holding AG (parent company of Tchibo), which directly owns 50.49 percent of shares.

The company has been founded in 1882 by pharmacist Paul Carl Beiersdorf in Hamburg and sold to Oscar Troplowitz in 1890. The patent of 28th of march 1882 for Paul C. Beiersdorf is regarded as foundation date of the company. He received the patent for his development of a new manufacturing process of medical plasters.

In 1911 Troplowitz launched the new product called Nivea, a stable fat moisturiser, after he had already sold a white soap in 1906.

With BSN medical the company started on 1st oft April 2001 an independent subsidiary. It is a Joint Venture of Beiersdorf (Hamburg) and Smith & Nephew (London) and serves on the market of surgical dressing, orthopaedics and phlebology. BSN Medical had 350 employees in Germany and 3.400 worldwide in 2004. The turnover received 504 mn euros and its operating income reached 70 mn euros. In 2006 BSN medical was sold to Montagu Private Equity for 1.03 bn euros.