TTM
39.2%
YoY change
+0.11pp
Trough year (2001)
33.4%
Peak year (2013)
43.8%
Latest annual
39.1%
Gross Margin history chart for W.W. Grainger (GWW) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 39.1%
Gross Margin change chart for W.W. Grainger (GWW) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +0.11pp
Gross Margin history table for W.W. Grainger (GWW) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 39.1% | +0.11pp | ||
| 2024 | 39.0% | -0.47pp | ||
| 2023 | 39.4% | +1.01pp | ||
| 2022 | 38.4% | +2.16pp | ||
| 2021 | 36.2% | +0.32pp | ||
| 2020 | 35.9% | -2.36pp | ||
| 2019 | 38.3% | -0.47pp | ||
| 2018 | 38.7% | -0.56pp | ||
| 2017 | 39.3% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2016 | 40.6% | -1.84pp | ||
| 2015 | 42.4% | -0.87pp | ||
| 2014 | 43.3% | -0.53pp | ||
| 2013 | 43.8% | +0.07pp | ||
| 2012 | 43.8% | +0.30pp | ||
| 2011 | 43.5% | +1.61pp | ||
| 2010 | 41.8% | +0.09pp | ||
| 2009 | 41.8% | +0.77pp | ||
| 2008 | 41.0% | +0.43pp | ||
| 2007 | 40.6% | +0.56pp | ||
| 2006 | 40.0% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2005 | 39.1% | +1.35pp | ||
| 2004 | 37.8% | +2.66pp | ||
| 2003 | 35.1% | +0.68pp | ||
| 2002 | 34.4% | +0.99pp | ||
| 2001 | 33.4% | -0.57pp | ||
| 2000 | 34.0% | -4.62pp | ||
| 1999 | 38.6% | -0.00pp | ||
| 1998 | 38.6% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1997 | 38.1% | +0.13pp | ||
| 1996 | 37.9% | -0.29pp | ||
| 1995 | 38.2% | +0.55pp | ||
| 1994 | 37.7% | -1.68pp | ||
| 1993 | 39.3% | +0.91pp | ||
| 1992 | 38.4% | +1.77pp | ||
| 1991 | 36.7% | +0.01pp | ||
| 1990 | 36.6% | -0.13pp | ||
| 1989 | 36.8% | +0.42pp | ||
| 1988 | 36.4% | +0.59pp | ||
| 1987 | 35.8% | +0.79pp | ||
| 1986 | 35.0% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1985 | 34.4% | — |
- 202539.1%+0.11pp
- 202439.0%-0.47pp
- 202339.4%+1.01pp
- 202238.4%+2.16pp
- 202136.2%+0.32pp
- 202035.9%-2.36pp
- 201938.3%-0.47pp
- 201838.7%-0.56pp
- 201739.3%-1.28pp
- 201640.6%-1.84pp
- 201542.4%-0.87pp
- 201443.3%-0.53pp
- 201343.8%+0.07pp
- 201243.8%+0.30pp
- 201143.5%+1.61pp
- 201041.8%+0.09pp
- 200941.8%+0.77pp
- 200841.0%+0.43pp
- 200740.6%+0.56pp
- 200640.0%+0.90pp
- 200539.1%+1.35pp
- 200437.8%+2.66pp
- 200335.1%+0.68pp
- 200234.4%+0.99pp
- 200133.4%-0.57pp
- 200034.0%-4.62pp
- 199938.6%-0.00pp
- 199838.6%+0.57pp
- 199738.1%+0.13pp
- 199637.9%-0.29pp
- 199538.2%+0.55pp
- 199437.7%-1.68pp
- 199339.3%+0.91pp
- 199238.4%+1.77pp
- 199136.7%+0.01pp
- 199036.6%-0.13pp
- 198936.8%+0.42pp
- 198836.4%+0.59pp
- 198735.8%+0.79pp
- 198635.0%+0.57pp
- 198534.4%—
Gross Margin values are taken from W.W. Grainger's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at W.W. Grainger (GWW)
According to W.W. Grainger's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 39.2%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of W.W. Grainger (GWW) gross margin is 39.06% – expanded 0.1 percentage points year-over-year.
43.83% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2013, against a low of 33.43% during 2001.
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin by Year
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin 2025: 39.1%
2025's gross margin for W.W. Grainger came in at 39.06%, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2024.
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin 2024: 39.0%
W.W. Grainger posted gross margin of 38.96% in 2024, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2023.
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin 2023: 39.4%
In 2023, W.W. Grainger reported gross margin of 39.42%, expanded 1.0 percentage points from 2022.
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin 2022: 38.4%
W.W. Grainger gross margin in 2022 was 38.41%, expanded 2.2 percentage points from 2021.
W.W. Grainger Gross Margin 2021: 36.2%
W.W. Grainger gross margin in 2021 was 36.25%.
See more financial history for W.W. Grainger (GWW).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Industrials peers of W.W. Grainger (GWW), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 45.7% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 35.1% | |
| 34.8% | |
| 32.5% | |
| 20.2% | |
| 4.8% |
- 45.7%
- 35.1%
- 34.8%
- 32.5%
- 20.2%
- 4.8%
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