Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 39.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 14.0% to 39.46% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 39.06%, a 30.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 39.06%, down 30.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 39.46% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 38.61% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 39.94% in Q1 2023 to a low of 35.05% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 38.5% and a median of 39.15% in 2023 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: plummeted -191bps in 2021, then soared 251bps in 2022.
  • W.W. Grainger's Gross Margin stood at 37.3% in 2021, then increased by 6bps to 39.61% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 39.1% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 39.59% in 2024, then dropped by 0bps to 39.46% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Gross Margin are 39.46% (Q4 2025), 38.61% (Q3 2025), and 38.54% (Q2 2025).