Ecolab Inc.

St. Paul, MN ManufacturingNAICS 325600

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews JanuaryCollectively bargained
6,791Participants-1% vs. prior year
$16.1MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#8 of 78Manufacturing in MNBy participants

Overview

Ecolab Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,791 participants in plan year 2025, about the same as the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, prepaid legal, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
6,791 · prior year 6,880
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Ecolab Post Retirement Benefits Plan, plan 511 (6,791 participants)
Broker compensation
$987K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionPrepaid legalLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyDental34,036$13.5M$279K
Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaLife37,866$11.3M$187K
Continental American Insurance CompanyLong-term disability19,877$8.4M$168K
Fidelity Security Life Insurance CompanyVision28,262$3.0M—
Hawaii Medical Service AssociationMedical163$846K—
Metropolitan General Insurance CompanyLegal3,426$676K$100K
Cigna Health and Life Insurance CompanyMedical, Dental, Vision107$583K$46K
MCS Life Insurance CompanyMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, Vision, Life, PPO110$537K$81K
American Heritage Life Insurance CompanyLife494$502K$110K
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PAAD&D18,688$62K$12K
Delta Dental of Puerto Rico, Inc.Dental105$34K$3K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$16.1M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 6,791 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$419K–$1.0M/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$122K–$306K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$179K–$374K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$77K–$232K
PBM contract terms$40K–$121K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
Plan sponsor
Ecolab Inc.
Sponsor EIN
41-0231510
Plan number
511
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 41-0231510 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Ecolab Pension Plan
Type
Pension plan
Participants
33,521

About this data

Source: Ecolab Inc.'s Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Ecolab Inc..

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