Exhibit (21)
REGISTRANT
ECOLAB INC.
STATE OR OTHER PERCENTAGE
JURISDICTION OF OF
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP
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Ecolab S.A. Argentina 100
Ecolab Australia Pty Limited Australia 100
Ecolab Finance Pty Limited Australia 100
Ecolab Pty Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemical Industries Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemicals Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemicals (NSW) Pty Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemicals Fiji Pty Limited Australia 100
Gibson Chemicals Great Britain Pty Limited Australia 100
Intergrain Timber Finishes Pty Limited Australia 100
Leonard Chemical Products Pty Limited Australia 100
Maxwell Chemicals Pty Limited Australia 100
Nippon Thermochemical Pty Limited Australia 60
Puritan/Churchill Chemical Holdings Pty Ltd. Australia 100
Vessey Chemicals (Holdings) Pty Limited Australia 100
Vessey Chemicals Pty Limited Australia 100
Vessey Chemicals (Vic.) Pty Limited Australia 100
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. Columbia 100
STATE OR OTHER PERCENTAGE
JURISDICTION OF OF
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP
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Ecolab Sociedad Anonima Costa Rica 100
Ecolab, S.A. de C.V. El Salvador 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) Limited Kenya 100
Ecolab Korea Ltd. Korea 100
Ecolab Lebanon S.a.r.l. Lebanon 100
Ecolab Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100
Ecolab S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100
Ecolab Holdings Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100
Ecolab Morocco Morocco 100
Ecolab Finance N.V. Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) 100
Ecolab International B.V. Netherlands 100
Ecolab Limited New Zealand 100
Ecolab Nicaragua, S.A. Nicaragua 100
Ecolab S.A. Panama 100
STATE OR OTHER PERCENTAGE
JURISDICTION OF OF
NAME OF AFFILIATE INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP
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Gibson Chemicals (PNG) Pty. Limited Papua New Guinea 100
Ecolab Chemicals Ltd. People's Republic of China 85
Ecolab Philippines, Inc. Philippines 100
Ecolab Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100
Klenzade South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd. South Africa 100
Ecolab Ltd. Taiwan 100
Ecolab East Africa (Tanzania) Limited Tanzania 100
Ecolab Limited Thailand 100
Ecolab East Africa (Uganda) Limited Uganda 100
Ecolab Foreign Sales Corp. U.S. Virgin Islands 100
Ecolab S.A. Venezuela 51
UNITED STATES
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BCS Sales Inc. Delaware 100
Kay Chemical Company North Carolina 100
Kay Chemical International, Inc. North Carolina 100
Ecolab Finance (Australia) Inc. Delaware 100
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
GCS Service, Inc. Delaware 100
Jackson MSC Inc. Delaware 100
Puritan Services Inc. Georgia 100
Certain additional subsidiaries, which are not significant in the aggregate, are
not shown.