The Company Information page contains a variety of links regarding Grainger.
Shareholders meeting will be held on April 24th, 2019. The next meeting will be in April 2020.
The company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol GWW.
The company does not currently offer either a direct stock purchase plan or a dividend reinvestment plan.
Questions regarding stock certificates should be directed to our transfer agent: Computershare Trust Company, N.A. PO Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170 Telephone 800.446.2617 http://www.computershare.com
The CUSIP number for Grainger stock is 384802-10-4.
Yes, the stock has split five times: June 15, 1998 2:1 June 10, 1991 2:1 *June 10, 1985 2:1 *November 22, 1972 2:1 *November 25, 1970 2:1
* in the form of a 100% stock dividend
The Federal Tax ID number is 36-1150-280.
Information on the Board of Directors is available in the Corporate Governance section.
Grainger's auditor is Ernst & Young LLP.
Grainger’s vision is to be the leader in the distribution of maintenance, repair and operating supplies and related information to commercial, industrial, contractor and institutional customers.
The global Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) market is estimated at approximately $550 billion as of 12/31/16. The estimated MRO market size where Grainger has operations is approximately $366 billion.
William W. Grainger founded the company in 1927 as a wholesale electric motor sales and distibution business in Chicago. The following year, the business was incorporated in Illinois as W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Grainger became a public company in 1967, with its stock traded in the over-the-counter market until it was listed on the Midwest Stock Exchange in 1968 with the ticker symbol GWW. In 1971, it was also listed on the American Stock Exchange, and in 1975 Grainger became a New York Stock Exchange Company. The company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GWW.