W. W. Grainger

W. W. Grainger, Inc.
Trade name	Grainger
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GWW; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Industrial supply distribution
Founded	1927
Founder	William Wallace Grainger
Headquarters	Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Number of locations	305 (United States); 54 (Canada);
Key people	D.G. Macpherson (chairman & CEO); Deidra (Dee) Merriwether (senior VP & CFO);
Revenue	US$13.02 billion (2021)
Operating income	US$1.54 billion (2021)
Net income	US$1.1 billion (2021)
Total assets	US$6.6 billion (2021)
Total equity	US$2.2 billion (2021)
Number of employees	24,200 (2021)
Website	grainger.com
	Footnotes / references;

W. W. Grainger, Inc., is an American Fortune 500^[5] industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago by William W. (Bill) Grainger. He founded the company to provide consumers with access to a consistent supply of motors.^[6] The company now serves more than three million customers worldwide^[4] with offerings such as motors, lighting, material handling, fasteners, plumbing, tools, and safety supplies, along with inventory management services and technical support. Revenue is generally from business-to-business sales rather than retail sales. Grainger serves its customers through a network of approximately 598 branches, online channels (such as Grainger.com, KeepStock and eProcurement), and 33 distribution facilities.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Grainger Announces Appointments of Chief Financial Officer and President of Grainger Business Unit" (Press release). Yahoo! Finance. January 12, 2021.
^ "W.W. Grainger, Inc. Executive Biographies". W.W. Grainger, Inc. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "US SEC: 2019 Form 10-K W.W. Grainger, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "W.W. Grainger, Inc. 2017 Fact Book". W.W. Grainger, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
^ "W.W. Grainger". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
^ "Grainger History". pressroom.grainger.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[yahoo-1] "Grainger Announces Appointments of Chief Financial Officer and President of Grainger Business Unit" (Press release). Yahoo! Finance. January 12, 2021.

[Executive_Biographies-2] "W.W. Grainger, Inc. Executive Biographies". W.W. Grainger, Inc. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[3] "US SEC: 2019 Form 10-K W.W. Grainger, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

[2017_Fact_Book-4] "W.W. Grainger, Inc. 2017 Fact Book". W.W. Grainger, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[5] "W.W. Grainger". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-11-27.

[6] "Grainger History". pressroom.grainger.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

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