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W. W. Grainger
Japan was W. W. Grainger's fastest-growing region in FY2025, up 14.8%
Revenue rose 4.5% to $17.9B in FY2025, from $17.2B in FY2024. Net income fell 10.6% to $1.7B. United States was the largest region, at 80% of revenue.
Key facts
W. W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $17.9B, up 4.5% from a year before; net income came to $1.7B, down 10.6%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $5.2B, up 11.3% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $587M. Broken down by region, United States led with 80% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 19, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 4, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 19, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed May 7, 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 4, 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026
How it makes money
By region, FY2025
- LineAmountSharevs FY2024
- United States$14.4B80%+3.5%
- Japan$2.2B12%+14.8%
- Canada$683M4%+3.3%
- Other Foreign Countries$645M4%−3.3%
Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown
By region in FY2025: United States (80%), Japan (12%), Canada (4%) and Other Foreign Countries (4%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $17.9B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
By segment, FY2025
Share is of FY2025 revenue; the items listed don't cover all of it. The last column is the change from FY2024.
Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin
What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
Q3 2026Q3 2025
Company
Source: W. W. Grainger 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026
By region
Source: W. W. Grainger 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 4.5% in FY2025 to $17.9B, from $17.2B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Diluted shares fell 2.0% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
- Total debt fell 5.9% in FY2025 to $2.6B. 10-K, FY2025
- Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $5.2B, up 11.3% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
The bear case
- Net income fell 10.6% in FY2025 to $1.7B, from $1.9B. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow fell 4.5% in FY2025 to $2.0B. 10-K, FY2025
- Other Foreign Countries revenue fell 3.3% in FY2025 to $645M. 10-K, FY2025
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What the company does
W. W. Grainger is in the industrial machinery & supplies & components industry, part of the industrials sector. The SEC files it under Wholesale-Durable Goods.
W. W. Grainger reports 2 segments: High-Touch Solutions (N.A.) and Endless Assortment.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the industrial machinery & supplies & components industry. They are not a summary of W. W. Grainger’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- Economic cyclesDemand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment.
- Costs and supplyMaterial, labor and supplier problems can raise costs or delay delivery.
- Trade and tariffsTariffs and trade policy affect costs and sales.
- Contracts and backlogLarge projects and government contracts can be delayed, cut or repriced.
- Regulation and liabilitySafety, environmental and product-liability rules can raise costs.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.5B | $17.2B | $17.9B |
| Net income | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.7B |
| Operating cash flow | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.0B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $660M | $1.0B | $585M |
| Total debt (year end) | $2.3B | $2.8B | $2.6B |
| Diluted shares | 50M | 49M | 48M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: Commercial paper and the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Net debt and net cash
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- The cash flow statement
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- Segment reporting
- Preferred stock
- Accelerated share repurchases
Plain-English guides to terms this file uses, with real numbers from filings.
About these numbers
- The segment chart covers only part of revenue: the company reports other lines that aren't part of this breakdown.
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Nov 4, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Aug 4, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | May 7, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 10, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 19, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about W. W. Grainger
How does W. W. Grainger make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $17.9B. By region in FY2025: United States (80%), Japan (12%), Canada (4%) and Other Foreign Countries (4%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $17.9B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 19, 2026.
What was W. W. Grainger's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$17.9B, up 4.5% from fiscal 2024 ($17.2B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $16.5B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 19, 2026.
Is W. W. Grainger profitable?
Net income was $1.7B in fiscal 2025 (down 10.6%; fiscal 2024 was $1.9B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $587M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 19, 2026.
What did W. W. Grainger report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $5.2B (up 11.3% from $4.7B) and net income $587M (up 99.7% from $294M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 4, 2026.
How much cash and debt does W. W. Grainger have?
As of Sep 30, 2026: $768M of cash and cash equivalents, $2.9B of total debt. Total debt here is commercial paper and the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026.
What are the main risks W. W. Grainger faces?
W. W. Grainger's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 19, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the industrial machinery & supplies & components industry include Economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs; contracts and backlog; regulation and liability. The first: Demand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these W. W. Grainger numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning W. W. Grainger
- Citadel Advisors: 170,572 shares, reported value $232.0M at Jun 30, 2026 (+58.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 23,950 shares, reported value $32.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (+24.5% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 14,523 shares, reported value $19.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (−72.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 5,680 shares, reported value $7.7M at Jun 30, 2026 (+372.5% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Two Sigma Investments: 5,542 shares, reported value $7.5M at Jun 30, 2026 (+8.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
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Disclosures
- Editor holdings in GWW
- The editor holds no position in W. W. Grainger (GWW). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell GWW from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 5, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. W. GraingerGWW | FY2025 | $17.9B | +4.5% | $1.7B |
| Parker HannifinPH | FY2026 | $21.5B | +8.3% | $3.6B |
| Illinois Tool WorksITW | FY2025 | $16.0B | +0.9% | $3.1B |
| Ingersoll RandIR | FY2025 | $7.7B | +5.7% | $581M |
| Otis WorldwideOTIS | FY2025 | $14.4B | +1.2% | $1.4B |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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