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W.W. Grainger's top competitors include Applied Industrial Technologies, Ferguson Enterprises and MRC Global.

	W.W. Grainger W.W. Grainger is a company providing maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services.	Applied Industrial Technologies Applied Industrial Technologies is a company that distributes industrial products.	Ferguson Enterprises We are the largest plumbing wholesale distributor in the US.	MRC Global MRC Global is a distributor of pipe, valves, and fitting products and services to the energy industry.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1927	Founding Date 1923	Founding Date 1953	Founding Date 1921
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public
Tags	Tags Retail distribution fabrication tools lighting machinery mechanical components safety security	Tags Retail appliances consumer products & services distribution manufacturing equipment mechanical components	Tags Retail bolts distribution ecommerce miscellaneous fasteners nuts pipe fittings screws washers	Tags Energy & Utilities Manufacturing & Industrial automation manufacturing equipment pipelines supply chain management
Locations	Locations Lake Forest, US HQ Mumbai, IN Jakarta, ID Dubai, AE Doral, US Houston, US	Locations HQ	Locations Newport News, US HQ	Locations Houston, US HQ Jandakot, AU Lytton, AU Royal Park, AU Antwerpen, BE Sint Agatha Berchem, BE Anzac, CA see more
Employees	Employees 22,7004% increase	Employees 5,90010% decrease	Employees 16,3141% increase	Employees 2,84710% decrease
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 24.6 b	Valuation ($) 4.1 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 830 m
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 26.3 k	Twitter followers 1.1 k	Twitter followers N/A	Twitter followers N/A
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 18	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 16	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 2.2	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.4	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 37.5%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A
Alexa Website Rank	Alexa Website Rank N/A	Alexa Website Rank 199806	Alexa Website Rank 52916	Alexa Website Rank 401232
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 3.9	Employee Rating 3.5	Employee Rating 3.8	Employee Rating 3.5
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $13b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $3.2b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $2.6b (FY, 2020)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $8.3b (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods $2.3b (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $2.1b (FY, 2020)
Gross profit	Gross profit $4.7b (FY, 2021)	Gross profit $935.5m (FY, 2021)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $431m (FY, 2020)
Net income	Net income $1.1b (FY, 2021)	Net income $144.8m (FY, 2021)	Net income N/A	Net income ($274m) (FY, 2020)
Operating ⚠
Branches	Branches 343 (FY, 2021)	Branches N/A	Branches N/A	Branches 169 (FY, 2018)
Distribution Centers	Distribution Centers 31 (FY, 2021)	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers 15 (FY, 2018)
Suppliers	Suppliers 5 k (FY, 2021)	Suppliers N/A	Suppliers N/A	Suppliers 11 k (Q3, 2019)