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How W.W. Grainger, Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$17.9B · 100%Cost of revenue$10.9B · 61%Gross profit$7.0B · 39%Operating income$2.5B · 14%Income before tax$2.4B · 14%Income tax$622M · 3%Net income$1.7B · 10%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$17.9B100%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
Cost of revenue$10.9B61%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
$7.0B39%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
$2.5B14%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
Income before tax$2.4B14%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
Income tax$622M3%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
$1.7B10%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
Source:
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0000277135-26-000011 · filed Feb 19, 2026
· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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