Exhibit (21)
REGISTRANT
ECOLAB INC.
STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION OF PERCENTAGE
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION OF OWNERSHIP
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Ecolab S.A. Argentina 100
Ecolab Australia Pty Limited Australia 100
Ecolab Pty Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemical Industries Australia 100
Limited
Gibson Chemicals Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemicals (NSW) Pty Australia 100
Limited
Gibson Chemicals Fiji Pty Australia 100
Limited
Gibson Chemicals Great Britain Australia 100
Pty Limited
Intergrain Timber Finishes Pty Australia 100
Limited
Leonard Chemical Products Pty Australia 100
Limited
Maxwell Chemicals Pty Limited Australia 100
Nippon Thermochemical Pty Australia 60
Limited
Puritan/Churchill Chemical Australia 100
Holdings Pty Ltd.
Vessey Chemicals (Holdings) Pty Australia 100
Limited
Vessey Chemicals Pty Limited Australia 100
Vessey Chemicals (Vic.) Pty Australia 100
Limited
Ecolab Limited Bahamas 100
Ecolab (Barbados) Limited Barbados 100
Kay N.V. Belgium 100
Ecolab Quimica Ltda. Brazil 100
Ecolab Ltd. Canada 100
Ecolab S.A. Chile 100
Ecolab Colombia S.A. Colombia 100
STATE OR OTHER PERCENTAGE OF
JURISDICTION OF OWNERSHIP
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION
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Ecolab Sociedad Anonima Costa Rica 100
Ecolab S.A. France 100
Ecolab GmbH Germany 100
Ecolab Export GmbH Germany 100
Ecolab, Sociedad Anonima Guatemala 100
Quimicas Ecolab, S.A. Honduras 100
Ecolab Limited Hong Kong 100
P.T. Ecolab Indonesia Indonesia 80
Ecolab Export Limited Ireland 100
Ecolab Co. Ireland 100
Ecolab Limited Jamaica 100
Ecolab K.K. Japan 100
Ecolab East Africa (Kenya) Kenya 100
Limited
Ecolab Korea Ltd. Korea 100
Ecolab Lebanon S.a.r.l. Lebanon 100
Ecolab Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100
Gibson Chemicals MA Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100
Ecolab S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100
Ecolab Morocco Morocco 100
Ecolab Finance N.V. Netherlands Antilles 100
(Curacao)
Ecolab International B.V. Netherlands 100
Ecolab Limited New Zealand 100
Peterson Chemicals Limited New Zealand 100
Ecolab Nicaragua, S.A. Nicaragua 100
Ecolab S.A. Panama 100
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STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION OF PERCENTAGE OF
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP
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Gibson Chemicals (PNG) Pty. Papua New Guinea 100
Limited
Ecolab Chemicals Ltd. People's Republic of 51
China
Ecolab Philippines, Inc. Philippines 100
Ecolab Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100
Klenzade South Africa South Africa 100
(Proprietary) Ltd.
Ecolab Ltd. Taiwan 100
Ecolab East Africa (Tanzania) Tanzania 100
Limited
Ecolab Limited Thailand 100
Ecolab East Africa (Uganda) Uganda 100
Limited
Ecolab Foreign Sales Corp. U.S. Virgin Islands 100
Ecolab S.A. Venezuela 51
UNITED STATES
Kay Chemical Company North Carolina 100
Kay Chemical International, North Carolina 100
Inc.
Ecolab Manufacturing Inc. Delaware 100
Ecolab Holdings Inc. Delaware 100
Ecolab Investment Inc. Delaware 100
Ecolab Foundation Minnesota 100
Ecolab Leasing Corporation Delaware 100
FastSource Leasing, Inc. Delaware 100
GLP Sales Inc. Delaware 100
Jackson MSC Inc. Delaware 100
Puritan/Churchill Chemical Georgia 100
Company
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Certain additional subsidiaries, which are not significant in the aggregate, are
not shown.