# PENTAIR plc

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## Overview

Pentair plc is a water-technology company serving residential, commercial and industrial markets. Its products and systems span water treatment and filtration, fluid handling and pumping, and pool equipment. The company’s three principal businesses are Flow, Water Solutions and Pool. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P26517367)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P23639536)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P62305191)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P21278405)

For the year ended December 31, 2025, Pentair reported net sales of approximately $4.2 billion and about 9,000 employees worldwide. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6193231)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P114400636) The company says it serves customers in more than 150 countries. [7](https://investors.pentair.com/)[8](https://www.pentair.com/content/dam/extranet/enterprise/resources/brand-content/Pentair_Overview.pdf) Pentair describes its purpose as creating a better world through smart, sustainable water solutions and its mission as helping the world sustainably move, improve and enjoy water. [9](https://www.pentair.com/en-us/about-pentair.html) Founded in Minnesota in 1966, the company traces its name to its five founders. [10](https://www.pentair.com/content/dam/extranet/enterprise/resources/brand-content/Pentair_History_2026.pdf)
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## Products & services

Pentair’s Flow products include commercial and industrial fluid-treatment and pumping equipment such as pressure vessels, gas-recovery systems, membrane bioreactors, wastewater-reuse systems, filtration and separation membranes, insertion valves, line-stop fittings, turbine pumps and solids-handling pumps. These products serve applications including desalination, food and beverage processing, oil-and-gas separation, wastewater treatment, pressure boosting, fire suppression and flood control. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957471)

Water Solutions includes residential and commercial water-treatment products—pressure tanks, control valves, activated-carbon and other filtration systems, commercial ice machines, and point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment—alongside water-supply, fluid-transfer and disposal pumps and agricultural spray nozzles. Applications include drinking-water filtration, softening, foodservice filtration, irrigation and crop spraying; brands include Berkeley, Hypro, Jung Pumpen, Sta-Rite and Shurflo. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957474)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P47135589)

Pool products include pumps, filters, heaters, lights, controls, chlorinators, automatic cleaners, maintenance equipment and accessories for residential and commercial pools. Specific examples include the IntelliFlo3 VSF variable-speed/variable-flow pump, with sensorless flow control, app-based remote monitoring and automation connectivity; IntelliVibe lighting, offering color shows, dimming and app-based zone control; and IntelliChlor Plus & LT salt chlorine generators, with modular components, automation compatibility and diagnostic functions. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957475)[15](https://www.pentair.com/en-us/pool-spa/products/pumps/intelliflo3-vsf-pool-pump.html)[16](https://www.pentair.com/en-us/pool-spa/products/lighting/intellivibe.html)[17](https://www.pentair.com/en-us/pool-spa/products/water-treatment/intellichlor-plus-lt-salt-chlorine-generators.html) Pentair’s pool-related offerings support maintenance, repair, renovation, service and construction markets. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957475)

Pentair does not report product-level revenue percentages in the cited filings. For context, its FY2025 segment sales were approximately 24.0% Flow, 38.7% Water Solutions and 37.3% Pool, calculated from reported segment sales of $1,001.2 million, $1,614.5 million and $1,558.8 million, respectively. [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T5482409)
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## Geographic presence

Pentair plc has its registered principal office in Twickenham, London, and a U.S. management office in Golden Valley, Minnesota [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P58779989). Its FY2025 property, plant and equipment was located mainly in the United States and Western Europe, with additional assets in developing markets—primarily China, Latin America and Southeast Asia—and in Australia. Ireland property, plant and equipment was not material [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T426299).

Pentair says it serves customers in more than 150 countries; this describes customer reach, not the locations of its operations [21](https://investors.pentair.com/news-releases/news-release-details/pentair-reports-strong-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results). The FY2025 filing does not provide a country- or region-level revenue breakdown or employee distribution [22](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77360/000007736026000007/0000077360-26-000007-index.html).
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## Business segments

Pentair’s current reportable segments are Flow, Water Solutions, and Pool. Effective January 1, 2026, the company transferred its residential and irrigation flow businesses from Flow to Water Solutions and retrospectively reclassified prior-period figures. The FY2025 segment sales below use that revised structure. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957469)

**Flow** provides fluid-treatment and pumping systems for commercial and industrial markets. Its offerings include pressure vessels, gas-recovery and membrane systems, separation equipment, valves and fittings, and turbine and solids-handling pumps. Applications include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, food and beverage, oil-and-gas separation, fluid delivery, fire suppression, and flood control. FY2025 sales were $1,001.2 million, approximately **24.0%** of consolidated sales. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957471)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T5482409)

**Water Solutions** provides commercial and residential water-treatment products, including pressure tanks, control valves, activated carbon, ice machines, and filtration and point-of-entry/point-of-use systems. Under the revised structure, it also includes fluid-transfer pumps, agricultural spray nozzles, and certain water-disposal and water-supply pumps. Its applications include residential water filtration and softening, commercial foodservice water management, fluid transfer, and agricultural irrigation and crop spraying. FY2025 sales were $1,614.5 million, approximately **38.7%** of consolidated sales. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957474)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T5482409)

**Pool** supplies residential and commercial pool equipment and accessories, including pumps, filters, heaters, lights, controls, chlorinators, automatic cleaners, and maintenance products. Its offerings support pool maintenance, repair, renovation, service, and construction, as well as aquaculture. FY2025 sales were $1,558.8 million, approximately **37.3%** of consolidated sales. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P143957475)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T5482409)
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## Company history

Pentair was founded in Minnesota in 1966 as a manufacturer of high-altitude balloons. It expanded into paper in 1968, tools in 1981 and enclosures in 1988; annual sales reached $1 billion in 1989. In 2004, the company exited tools and expanded into water with its acquisition of Wicor Industries. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P192429061)[10](https://www.pentair.com/content/dam/extranet/enterprise/resources/brand-content/Pentair_History_2026.pdf)

In 2012, following Tyco’s spin-off of its Flow Control business, that business merged with Pentair, substantially expanding Pentair’s flow-control operations. Pentair plc became the listed parent in 2014 after merging with Pentair Ltd. In 2018, Pentair separated its Electrical business through the distribution of nVent to shareholders. Later milestones included the 2019 acquisitions of Pelican Water Systems and Aquion, and the 2022 acquisition of Manitowoc Ice. [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P191351946)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P182072882)[27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P41342550)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P52930365)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P34201548)[9](https://www.pentair.com/en-us/about-pentair.html)
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