Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 44.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 69.0% year-over-year to 44.03%, compared with a TTM value of 44.46% through Dec 2025, up 100.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 44.46%, up 100.0% over the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 44.03% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 44.79% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 44.79% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 36.53% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 41.21%, with a median of 41.41% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin plummeted -413bps in 2022, then surged 502bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 39.28% in 2021, then fell by -2bps to 38.58% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 42.0% in 2023, then grew by 3bps to 43.35% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 44.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for ECL at 44.03% in Q4 2025, 44.79% in Q3 2025, and 44.78% in Q2 2025.