Ecolab (ECL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) posted Tax Rate of 52.75% for Q4 2025, down 395.76% on a QoQ basis from 17.83% in Q3 2025, and down 6301.0% year-over-year from 0.85% in Q4 2024.

Ecolab (ECL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ecolab's Tax Rate history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 52.75% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 6301.0% year-over-year to 52.75% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.57% (down 1651.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.57%, down 1062.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 52.75% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 17.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 25.17% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 52.75% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 14.81% and a median of 18.73% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Tax Rate soared 1204 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 6301 bps.
  • Ecolab's Tax Rate stood at 12.65% in 2021, then advanced by 28 bps to 16.2% in 2022, then jumped by 46 bps to 23.57% in 2023, then tumbled by 56 bps to 10.26% in 2024, then slumped by 614 bps to 52.75% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ECL's Tax Rate at 52.75% in Q4 2025, 17.83% in Q3 2025, and 19.91% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 23.49
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 21.34
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn -52.75
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 17.96
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 25.53
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.46
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn 41.34
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 18.66
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.13
10 Rpm International 13.63 Bn 13.32 Bn 950.03 Mn -115.62

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -52.75
Dec 31, 2025 -52.75
Dec 31, 2025 -52.75
Sep 30, 2025 17.83
Sep 30, 2025 17.83
Sep 30, 2025 17.83
Jun 30, 2025 19.91
Jun 30, 2025 19.91
Jun 30, 2025 19.91
Mar 31, 2025 20.29
Mar 31, 2025 20.29
Mar 31, 2025 20.29
Dec 31, 2024 10.26
Dec 31, 2024 10.26
Dec 31, 2024 10.26
Sep 30, 2024 24.97
Sep 30, 2024 24.97
Sep 30, 2024 24.97
Jun 30, 2024 16.20
Jun 30, 2024 16.20