W. W. Grainger

Summary

W. W. Grainger is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,411 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• W. W. Grainger is in the country of United States^[3].
• W. W. Grainger is in the country of US^[4].
• W. W. Grainger's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• W. W. Grainger's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• W. W. Grainger's instance of is recorded as hardware store chain^[7].
• W. W. Grainger's founder is recorded as William W. Grainger^[8].
• William W. Grainger is named after W. W. Grainger^[9].
• W. W. Grainger's headquarters location is recorded as Lake Forest^[10].
• W. W. Grainger is part of S&P 500^[11].
• W. W. Grainger's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[12].
• January 1, 1927 marks the founding of W. W. Grainger^[13].
• 1928-12-27 marks the founding of W. W. Grainger^[14].
• W. W. Grainger's official website is recorded as https://www.grainger.com/^[15].
• W. W. Grainger's official website is recorded as https://www.grainger.com/category^[16].
• W. W. Grainger's topic's main category is recorded as Category:W. W. Grainger^[17].
• W. W. Grainger's legal form is recorded as Domestic BCA^[18].
• W. W. Grainger's legal form is recorded as AZUK^[19].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+26595'}^[20].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+8620'}^[21].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+26200'}^[22].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+26291'}^[23].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11800'}^[24].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15800'}^[25].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17400'}^[26].
• W. W. Grainger's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+19200'}^[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300TWZSP6O1IH2V34^[28]

• Registered legal name: W.W. Grainger, INC.^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-IL^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): AZUK^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1928-12-27^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2013-03-27^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-02-11^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-11^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000608^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 20210320^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

W. W. Grainger's founder is recorded as William W. Grainger^[8]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1927^[13] and 1928-12-27^[14].

Identity

W. W. Grainger is part of S&P 500^[11].

Operations

W. W. Grainger's headquarters location is recorded as Lake Forest^[10].

Ownership

W. W. Grainger's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[12].

Why It Matters

W. W. Grainger ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,411 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]