Business Segments · Selling General And Administrative Expense
Global Institutional — Selling General And Administrative Expense
Ecolab Global Institutional — Selling General And Administrative Expense decreased by 3.6% to $399.30M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Global Institutional — Selling General And Administrative Expense shows an upward trend with a 105.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2022
Last reportedQ4 2025
Rolls up toSG&A
How to read this metric
Lower expenses relative to revenue suggest effective cost control and operational leverage.
Detailed definition
Includes all indirect operating expenses for the Global Institutional segment, such as sales force compensation, marketi...
Peer comparison
Standard operating expense metric for evaluating segment-level administrative efficiency.
Metric ID:
ecl_segment_global_institutional_selling_general_and_administrative_expenseHistorical Data
15 periods
| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $96.18M | $96.18M | $96.18M | $96.18M | $104.95M | $104.95M | $104.95M | $104.95M | $418.90M | $415.10M | $399.70M | $402.60M | $410.60M | $414.00M | $399.30M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +9.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +299.1% | -0.9% | -3.7% | +0.7% | +2.0% | +0.8% | -3.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +9.1% | +9.1% | +9.1% | +9.1% | +299.1% | +295.5% | +280.8% | -3.9% | -1.1% | +3.6% | — |
Range$96.18M – $418.90M
CAGR+50.2%
Avg YoY Growth+91.1%
Median YoY Growth+9.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Ecolab's global institutional — selling general and administrative expense?
- Ecolab (ECL) reported global institutional — selling general and administrative expense of $399.30M in Q4 2025.
- What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's global institutional — selling general and administrative expense?
- Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Ecolab's global institutional — selling general and administrative expense has grown at a 105.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $384.70M to $1.63B.
- What does global institutional — selling general and administrative expense mean?
- The indirect operating costs required to run the business segment, excluding production costs.