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Scentsy Wickless is a growing international leader in fragrance, offering a variety of home and personal fragrance products. The simplicity and value of its flagship product, scented, wickless candles heated in decorative ceramic warmers, provides a better alternative to burning wicked candles. Scentsy Wickless also offers the Scentsy Buddy, large and small versions of plush animals with a fragrant Scent Pak™ inside and Layers by Scentsy, a personalized fragrance experience that lets customers build a signature scent using nine body and laundry care products. Scentsy Wickless products are sold through a network of more than 180,000 Independent Consultants running home-based businesses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. 

Company Growth

Year Company Growth
(revenue/distributor)		 Employees Square Footage
Leased in Meridian
2005 200+% 5 1,850
2006 300+% 25 5,200
2007 400+% 85 47,200
2008 400+% 230 115,000
2009 280% 445 210,000
2010 210% 750 491,000

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Company Facts

  • Founded in 2004
  • Headquartered in Meridian, ID, USA
  • Distribution sites in Meridian, ID, USA, Lexington, KY, USA, Coppell, TX, USA and Warsaw, Poland
  • Wax manufactured in Meridian, ID, USA 
  • Sold in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom
  • Privately held, owned and operated by Orville and Heidi Thompson
  • First location was a 40-foot ocean container on a small Idaho sheep farm
  • Company employees: 1,000+
  • Method of sales/distribution: Direct sales – party plan
  • Independent consultants/distributors: 180,000 and growing

Scentsy by the Numbers

  • 16,000 Boxes packed and shipped on an average day 
  • 161 Bathtubs worth of wax poured on an average day
  •  8 School buses filled with newly enrolled Consultants on an average day
  • 16 Semi-trailers filled and shipped in an average day