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150
150 -- number of countries with mlm operations for global MLM/direct selling industry (2026)
The global MLM and direct selling industry operates in upwards of 150 countries worldwide.
- Stated as 'upwards of 150 countries'
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Value
150
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
MLMLegal.Com (Jeffrey Babener)
Primary
Tier C
http://www.mlmlegal.com/profiles/ceres-living.htm ↗
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MLMLegal.Com--
Original Research
MLMLegal.Com (Jeffrey Babener)
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Methodology
Industry-wide geographic figure cited by MLMLegal.Com; no methodology stated
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Industrymarketing
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global MLM/direct selling industry: 150 number of countries with mlm operations. Source: MLMLegal.Com (Jeffrey Babener) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mlm-industry-country-count-150
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