{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-99372308864b4a559e100ecfc25bc285", "slug": "ecolab", "name": "ECOLAB INC.", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T22:19:43.70043Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Ecolab Inc. is a global provider of water, hygiene, infection-prevention and pest-elimination products and services. It combines chemical products, technology and on-site services for customers in sectors including food, healthcare, hospitality, data centers, microelectronics and life sciences. Its four reportable segments are Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination and Global Life Sciences. [P100267270][P75191649]\n\nThe company serves customers in more than 170 countries and reported approximately 48,000 employees as of December 31, 2025. Its FY2025 net sales were $16.081 billion. [P100267270][P75191649] Ecolab describes its purpose as making the world cleaner, safer and healthier while helping customers succeed and protecting people and vital resources. [https://www.ecolab.com/en-us/about]\n[P100267270][P75191649][https://www.ecolab.com/en-us/about]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T22:19:43.70043Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Ecolab’s product and service portfolio spans water treatment, food and beverage processing, institutional cleaning, pest elimination and life sciences. Its Global Water offerings include treatment programs for cooling, ultra-pure, wastewater, boiler and process water, as well as petroleum and refining applications. Products address corrosion, scale and microbial fouling, and include inhibitors, membrane treatments, coagulants, flocculants and antifoulants. The 3D TRASAR platform combines treatment chemistry with remote monitoring and control. [P66278245][P32616826]\n\nFor food and beverage producers, Ecolab supplies detergents, cleaners, sanitizers, lubricants, water and animal-health products, together with cleaning systems, chemical injectors and digital dispensers and monitors. It also provides antimicrobial products for direct contact with meat, poultry, seafood and produce, and designs and installs clean-in-place process-control and facility-cleaning systems. Its paper-industry products include flocculants, coagulants, dewatering aids and digester-yield additives, alongside digital sensing, monitoring and automation. [P23462837][P41268730]\n\nInstitutional and specialty offerings include warewashing, laundry, housekeeping, hard-surface cleaning, sanitizing, hand hygiene, disinfection, instrument cleaning, food-safety, pool and spa, and floor-care products. Ecolab also leases dishwashing equipment with detergents, rinse additives, sanitizers and maintenance, and provides chemical dispensing and digital monitoring. Its services include EcoSure on-site evaluations, training and quality assurance, and Food Safety Solutions, a software, hardware and service platform for kitchen procedures and compliance. [P30093671][P89716476][P5838499]\n\nOther offerings include pest detection, prevention and elimination services, supported by Pest Intelligence and connected devices; pharmaceutical and personal-care cleaning and contamination-control products and services; Purolite fluid-treatment and purification products; and Bioquell hydrogen-peroxide-vapor decontamination systems and services for pharmaceutical clean rooms. The latest available filing covers the first half of 2026; the product descriptions above are from the FY2025 annual report. [P37937770][P47114863][P26240864][P79310825][P147649935]\n[P66278245][P32616826][P23462837][P41268730][P30093671][P89716476][P5838499][P37937770][P47114863][P26240864][P79310825][P147649935]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T22:19:43.70043Z" }, { "type": "GEOGRAPHY", "text": "Ecolab’s FY2025 regional sales were reported across the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, India/Middle East/Africa, Greater China and Canada. Summing the four operating-segment columns gives total segment sales of $16,081.2 million: United States $8,480.2 million (52.7%); Europe $3,275.3 million (20.4%); Asia Pacific $1,364.5 million (8.5%); Latin America $1,101.2 million (6.9%); Greater China $722.4 million (4.5%); India/Middle East/Africa $638.2 million (4.0%); and Canada $499.4 million (3.1%). Percentages are calculated from the reported regional amounts and may not sum to 100% due to rounding. [T9287161]\n\nEcolab identifies its corporate headquarters at 1 Ecolab Place in St. Paul, Minnesota. Its U.S. facilities include an 115-acre Eagan, Minnesota campus with research, training and administrative functions, and administrative offices or research centers in Naperville, Illinois; Greensboro, North Carolina; Houston, Texas; and the greater King of Prussia, Pennsylvania area. [P116259534][P43736179] The company’s locations directory says it serves customers in more than 170 countries and lists 23 manufacturing plants. 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[P10874877][P304611][P30093671][P89716476][P37937770][P26240864]\n\nIn fiscal 2025, segment sales represented approximately 49.6% of consolidated sales for Global Water, 38.0% for Global Institutional & Specialty, 7.7% for Global Pest Elimination and 4.7% for Global Life Sciences. These estimates use segment sales of $7,982.4 million, $6,104.6 million, $1,246.3 million and $747.9 million, respectively, against consolidated sales of $16,081.2 million. [T9287161][T4669042] Ecolab also presents sales by geographic region within its reportable segments; its four reportable segments aggregate seven operating segments. [T9287161][P49020756][P75191649]\n[P10874877][P304611][P30093671][P89716476][P37937770][P26240864][T9287161][T4669042][P49020756][P75191649]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-03T22:19:43.70043Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Ecolab traces its origins to 1923, when M.J. Osborn founded Economics Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company began with Absorbit carpet cleaner and expanded into commercial dishwashing, patenting a detergent-dispensing system in 1928. [https://www.ecolab.com/en-us/about/our-history/innovation][https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-finding-aids-public/library/findaids/00309.html]\n\nAfter becoming publicly traded in 1957, the company expanded through acquisitions including Klenzade in 1961 and Magnus in 1964. It changed its name from Economics Laboratory to Ecolab Inc. in 1986. [https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/group/ecolab-inc][https://www.ecolab.com/-/media/Widen/Internal-Communications/Ecolab_FactBook_Final_pdf.pdf]\n\nEcolab broadened its foodservice and international businesses with the 1994 acquisition of Kay Chemical and its 2001 purchase of Henkel’s remaining stake in Henkel-Ecolab. The 2011 merger with Nalco expanded its water and process-treatment operations; subsequent acquisitions included Champion in 2013 and Purolite in 2021, extending its activities into oil-and-gas chemical services and purification. 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