Latest headcount
48,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+3.8%
Revenue / employee
$335K
Employee count history for Ecolab
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 20,400 |
| 2003 | 20,800 |
| 2004 | 21,300 |
| 2005 | 22,400 |
| 2006 | 23,130 |
| 2007 | 26,050 |
| 2008 | 26,500 |
| 2009 | 26,000 |
| 2010 | 26,500 |
| 2011 | 40,200 |
| 2012 | 40,860 |
| 2013 | 45,415 |
| 2014 | 47,000 |
| 2015 | 47,000 |
| 2016 | 47,565 |
| 2017 | 48,400 |
| 2018 | 49,000 |
| 2019 | 50,200 |
| 2020 | 44,000 |
| 2021 | 47,000 |
| 2022 | 47,000 |
| 2023 | 48,000 |
| 2024 | 48,000 |
| 2025 | 48,000 |
Revenue per employee for Ecolab
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $167K |
| 2003 | $181K |
| 2004 | $196K |
| 2005 | $202K |
| 2006 | $212K |
| 2007 | $210K |
| 2008 | $232K |
| 2009 | $227K |
| 2010 | $230K |
| 2011 | $170K |
| 2012 | $290K |
| 2013 | $292K |
| 2014 | $304K |
| 2015 | $288K |
| 2016 | $277K |
| 2017 | $286K |
| 2018 | $299K |
| 2019 | $250K |
| 2020 | $268K |
| 2021 | $271K |
| 2022 | $302K |
| 2023 | $319K |
| 2024 | $328K |
| 2025 | $335K |
Earnings per employee for Ecolab
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $10.3K |
| 2003 | $13.3K |
| 2004 | $13.3K |
| 2005 | $14.3K |
| 2006 | $15.9K |
| 2007 | $16.4K |
| 2008 | $16.9K |
| 2009 | $16.1K |
| 2010 | $20K |
| 2011 | $11.5K |
| 2012 | $17.2K |
| 2013 | $21.3K |
| 2014 | $25.6K |
| 2015 | $21.3K |
| 2016 | $25.9K |
| 2017 | $31.1K |
| 2018 | $29.2K |
| 2019 | $31.1K |
| 2020 | -$27.4K |
| 2021 | $24K |
| 2022 | $23.2K |
| 2023 | $28.6K |
| 2024 | $44K |
| 2025 | $43.2K |
Employee count history for Ecolab (ECL)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 202548,0000.0%
- 202448,0000.0%
- 202348,000+2.1%
- 202247,0000.0%
- 202147,000+6.8%
- 202044,000-12.4%
- 201950,200+2.4%
- 201849,000+1.2%
- 201748,400+1.8%
- 201647,565+1.2%
- 201547,0000.0%
- 201447,000+3.5%
- 201345,415+11.1%
- 201240,860+1.6%
- 201140,200+51.7%
- 201026,500+1.9%
- 200926,000-1.9%
- 200826,500+1.7%
- 200726,050+12.6%
- 200623,130+3.3%
- 200522,400+5.2%
- 200421,300+2.4%
- 200320,800+2.0%
- 200220,400—
- 200119,300+35.4%
- 200014,250+10.5%
- 199912,900+7.5%
- 199812,000+17.5%
- 199710,210+7.5%
- 19969,500+5.6%
- 19959,000+9.8%
- 19948,200—
About Ecolab's employee count
Ecolab (ECL) employed 48,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 48,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 20,400 to 48,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.8% per year.
Ecolab generated about $335K of revenue and $43.2K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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