2015 FACT BOOK Grainger Worldwide
Our Strengths at Work 2015 FACT BOOK Grainger Worldwide (AS OF 12/31/14) MRO MARKET MARKET BRANCHES DISTRIBUTION APPROXIMATE NUMBER SIZE* SHARE CENTERS OF CUSTOMERS SERVED IN 2014 United States > $126 billion 6 percent 377 19 1,400,000 Includes: Grainger Industrial Supply, E&R Industrial, Imperial Supplies, Techni-Tool, Zoro** Canada > $13 billion 8 percent 181 6 40,000 Includes: Acklands–Grainger Inc., WFS Enterprises Inc. Latin America > $18 billion 1 percent 34 3 54,000 Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico*** Japan > $43 billion 1 percent 02 627,000 MonotaRO Co., Ltd. Asia > $109 billion < 1 percent 01 14,000 China, India Europe > $73 billion < 1 percent 89 2100,000 Fabory: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia Zoro Europe: Germany TOTAL > $380 billion 3 percent 681 33 More than 2,000,000 * Estimated MRO market size where Grainger has operations. The worldwide MRO market is approximately $595 billion. ** For segment reporting, Zoro is included in Other Businesses. *** Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, the company manages this business as a part of Latin America. Contents FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The 2015 Fact Book contains statements that are not historical in AtaGlance.......................................... 1 nature but concern future results and business plans, strategies Strategy:Overview .................................... 2 and objectives, and other matters that may be deemed to be Strategy: Shareholder Value. 4 “forward-looking statements” under federal securities laws. Grainger Growth and Scale: Growth Drivers. 6 cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, GrowthandScale:Scale................................ 8 although Grainger does believe that its assumptions underlying its Multichannel: United States .
[Show full text]