W.W. Grainger Inc (MIL:1GWW) Share Price

Company Profile

Business description
Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalog. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalog in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogs of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.
Contact
100 Grainger Parkway
Lake ForestIL60045-5201
USA
T: +1 847 535-1000
E: [email protected]
https://www.grainger.com
Sector
Industrials
Stock type
Sensitive
Industry
Industrial Distribution
Fiscal Year End
31 December 2026
Employees
25,000

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