Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 22.74% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 265.0% to 22.74% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 25.6% through Dec 2025, up 257.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 25.6% for FY2025, 257.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 22.74% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, down from 34.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 34.76% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 20.1% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 24.25% (2022), against an average of 24.56%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Tax Rate was 5594bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -607bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.94% in 2021, then dropped by -2bps to 24.38% in 2022, then decreased by -2bps to 23.84% in 2023, then decreased by -16bps to 20.1% in 2024, then increased by 13bps to 22.74% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Tax Rate are 22.74% (Q4 2025), 34.76% (Q3 2025), and 23.15% (Q2 2025).