W.W. Grainger Inc

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Company Profile

  • Business description

    Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalogue. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalogue 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 catalogues 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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