ABSTRACT: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(C(23)H(28)N(2)O(4))(C(9)H(9)O(3))]·C(2)H(5)OH·H(2)O, comprises one complex mol-ecule, a water mol-ecule of crystallization and an ethanol mol-ecule of crystallization, which is disordered over two positions with a ratio of refined site occupancies of 0.567 (10):0.433 (10). The Co(III) ion is in a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry involving an N(2)O(2) atom set of the tetra-denate Schiff base ligand and two O atoms of 2-eth-oxy-6-formyl-phenolate. The H atoms of the water mol-ecule act as donors in the formation of bifurcated inter-molecular O-H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds with the O atoms of the hydr-oxy and eth-oxy groups with R(1) (2)(5) ring motifs, which may influence the mol-ecular conformation. The crystal structure is further stabilized