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Ecolab

Personal Care
Saint Paul, MN · ECL · Public
Ecolab is a diversified hygiene and water treatment company with strong Q1 2026 earnings and digital platform growth, maintaining leadership across industrial, institutional, healthcare, and pest management segments. The company is leveraging AI and sustainability initiatives while facing cost pressures, with leadership confident in long-term expansion opportunities.

Ecolab Inc. delivers essential water, hygiene, and infection prevention products and services to clients across the United States and globally. The company organizes its operations into several key segments: Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences, and an "Other" segment. Through its Global Industrial division, Ecolab furnishes a range of water treatment, process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions. These offerings cater to a diverse array of sectors including manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical production, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundries, and the petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment focuses on delivering specialized cleaning and sanitizing products primarily to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail sectors. Ecolab's Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment addresses the needs of the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries. It supplies specialized cleaning and sanitizing products, encompassing infection prevention, surgical solutions, and comprehensive cleaning and contamination control, marketed under brand names like Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios. Within the "Other" segment, Ecolab provides pest elimination services. These services aim to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, including rodents and insects, for various clients such as restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare institutions, hotels, quick service restaurants, grocery stores, and other commercial and institutional entities. This segment additionally furnishes colloidal silica, used for binding and polishing applications in the semiconductor, catalyst, aerospace component manufacturing, and chemical sectors. Furthermore, it delivers products and services for comprehensive wash process management, featuring custom-designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy conservation, and real-time data management. Ecolab distributes its offerings via its field sales and corporate account teams, as well as through a network of distributors and dealers. Established in 1923, the company maintains its headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Employees
48,000
Mfg Plants
4
All Facilities
5
Activity
6/10
Type
Public

ECL Stock Price

Manufacturing Plants (4)

Greeley, CO
Greeley, CO
Manufacturing facility for industrial and institutional products
Naperville, IL
Naperville, IL
Water treatment and cleaning products manufacturing
Moorestown, NJ
Moorestown, NJ
Healthcare and life sciences products manufacturing
Verden, OK
Verden, OK
Water treatment and industrial cleaning solutions production

Other Facilities (1)

Saint Paul, MN
Saint Paul, MN · hq
Corporate headquarters established in 1923