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

W.W. Grainger has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 39.46% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 14.0% to 39.46% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 39.06% through Dec 2025, down 30.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 39.06% for FY2025, 30.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 39.46% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 38.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 39.94% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 35.05% in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 39.15% (2023), against an average of 38.5%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin plummeted -191bps in 2021 and then soared 251bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 37.3% in 2021, then grew by 6bps to 39.61% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 39.1% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 39.59% in 2024, then fell 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).