Ecolab

American global provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies
Organization business Q1282031
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 10 annual filings
Revenue
$16.08B
▲ 2.2% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$2.08B
▼ 1.7% YoY FY2025
Assets
$24.70B
▲ 10.3% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$7.28
▼ 1.2% YoY FY2025
$0.00$4.42B$8.84B$13.27B$17.69B FY2016: $13.15BFY2017: $13.84BFY2018: $12.22BFY2019: $12.56BFY2020: $11.79BFY2021: $12.73B · NI $1.13B (8.9% margin)FY2022: $14.19B · NI $1.09B (7.7% margin)FY2023: $15.32B · NI $1.37B (9.0% margin)FY2024: $15.74B · NI $2.11B (13.4% margin)FY2025: $16.08B · NI $2.08B (12.9% margin) '16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-018357

Ecolab

Summary

Ecolab is a business[1]. Ecolab ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ecolab is in the country of United States[3].
  • Ecolab is in the country of US[4].
  • Ecolab is in the country of AT[5].
  • Ecolab is in the country of GB[6].
  • Ecolab is in the country of HK[7].
  • Ecolab is in the country of DE[8].
  • Ecolab's instance of is recorded as business[9].
  • Ecolab's instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • Ecolab's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Paul[11].
  • Ecolab's child organization or unit is recorded as Ecolab (Germany)[12].
  • Ecolab's child organization or unit is recorded as Ecolab (United Kingdom)[13].
  • Ecolab is part of Natur-Aktien-Index[14].
  • Ecolab is part of S&P 500[15].
  • Ecolab's Commons category is recorded as Ecolab[16].
  • Ecolab's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[17].
  • Ecolab's industry is recorded as conglomerate[18].
  • January 1, 1923 marks the founding of Ecolab[19].
  • 1924-02-18 marks the founding of Ecolab[20].
  • 1991-03-06 marks the founding of Ecolab[21].
  • 1968-01-01 marks the founding of Ecolab[22].
  • Ecolab's official website is recorded as http://www.ecolab.com[23].
  • Ecolab's official website is recorded as http://ecolab.com[24].
  • Ecolab's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ecolab-inc-history/[25].
  • Ecolab's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[26].
  • Ecolab's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 82DYEISM090VG8LTLS26[28]

  • Registered legal name: Ecolab INC.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1924-02-18[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-11-12[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-08-28[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-10-11[38]

  • Managing LOU: 549300O897ZC5H7CY412[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 164814[41]

  • Other names: Economics Laboratory, INC.[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1923[19], 1924-02-18[20], 1991-03-06[21], and 1968-01-01[22].

Identity

Part of include Natur-Aktien-Index[14], a stock market index[44], in Germany[45] and S&P 500[15], a stock market index[46], in United States[47], founded in 1957[48]. Ecolab's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ECL'}[49].

Operations

Ecolab's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Paul[11]. Subsidiaries include Ecolab (Germany)[12], a business[50], in Germany[51], founded in 1923[52], headquartered in Monheim am Rhein[53] and Ecolab (United Kingdom)[13], a business[54], in United Kingdom[55], headquartered in Northwich[56].

Industry

Ecolab's industry is recorded as conglomerate[18].

Ownership

Ecolab's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[17].

Why It Matters

Ecolab ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,396 views/month).[2] Ecolab has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Ecolab is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Ecolab is credited with the discovery of Finish[59], a brand name[60], founded in 1953[61].

FAQs

What did Ecolab discover?

Ecolab is credited as discoverer of Finish[59].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . nai-index.de. nai-index.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  13. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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