Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

W.W. Grainger capital expenditure

$684M+26.4% · FY2025

W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported $684M in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +26.4% year on year.

$197M2011$250M2012$272M2013$387M2014$374M2015$284M2016$237M2017$239M2018$221M2019$197M2020$255M2021$256M2022$445M2023$541M2024$684M2025
W.W. Grainger — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$684M+26.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$541M+21.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$445M+73.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$256M+0.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$255M+29.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$197M−10.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$221M−7.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$239M+0.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$237M−16.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$284M−24.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$374M−3.5%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$387M+42.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$272M+8.9%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$250M+26.9%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$197M—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +9.3%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{W.W. Grainger capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/ww-grainger/capital-expenditure}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000277135-26-000011 · February 19, 2026

{{cite web |title=W.W. Grainger capital expenditure — 10-K (0000277135-26-000011) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713526000011/gww-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-19}}

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