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W.W. Grainger, Inc.

GWW
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Wholesale-Durable Goods
SEC CIK
0000277135

No open-market purchases or sales by W.W. Grainger, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 1,366 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $47.9B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q1 2026

Institutional positions in W.W. Grainger, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
1,274
+51 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
34.4M
+5.21M (+17.8%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$37.5B
+$8.05B (+27.3%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
136
429 more added
Sold out
85
442 more reduced

21 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting GWW on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ1 2026: 1,274 institutions
Q1 2021: 768 institutionsQ2 2021: 794 institutionsQ3 2021: 774 institutionsQ4 2021: 845 institutionsQ1 2022: 871 institutionsQ2 2022: 862 institutionsQ3 2022: 889 institutionsQ4 2022: 954 institutionsQ1 2023: 1,004 institutionsQ2 2023: 1,032 institutionsQ3 2023: 1,030 institutionsQ4 2023: 1,116 institutionsQ1 2024: 1,186 institutionsQ2 2024: 1,149 institutionsQ3 2024: 1,189 institutionsQ4 2024: 1,267 institutionsQ1 2025: 1,241 institutionsQ2 2025: 1,257 institutionsQ3 2025: 1,204 institutionsQ4 2025: 1,244 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,274 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,366 institutions
Value heldQ1 2026: $37.5B
Q1 2021: $14.7BQ2 2021: $16.1BQ3 2021: $14.0BQ4 2021: $18.6BQ1 2022: $18.5BQ2 2022: $16.6BQ3 2022: $18.1BQ4 2022: $20.4BQ1 2023: $25.0BQ2 2023: $28.6BQ3 2023: $24.7BQ4 2023: $29.4BQ1 2024: $35.7BQ2 2024: $31.8BQ3 2024: $36.6BQ4 2024: $36.7BQ1 2025: $34.2BQ2 2025: $36.1BQ3 2025: $32.1BQ4 2025: $35.8BQ1 2026: $37.5BQ2 2026: $47.9B
Institutions holding GWW and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,366$47.9B
Q1 20261,274$37.5B
Q4 20251,244$35.8B
Q3 20251,204$32.1B
Q2 20251,257$36.1B
Q1 20251,241$34.2B
Q4 20241,267$36.7B
Q3 20241,189$36.6B
Q2 20241,149$31.8B
Q1 20241,186$35.7B
Q4 20231,116$29.4B
Q3 20231,030$24.7B
Q2 20231,032$28.6B
Q1 20231,004$25.0B
Q4 2022954$20.4B
Q3 2022889$18.1B
Q2 2022862$16.6B
Q1 2022871$18.5B
Q4 2021845$18.6B
Q3 2021774$14.0B
Q2 2021794$16.1B
Q1 2021768$14.7B

Institutions, Q1 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding W.W. Grainger, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding GWW in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bank of Montreal62,781$68.5M0.03%−5,345−7.8%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC65,346$71.3M0.02%−4,955−7.0%Reduced
National Pension Service65,517$71.5M0.05%+2,775+4.4%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA65,685$71.6M0.05%−9,749−12.9%Reduced
SRB Corp66,861$72.9M4.48%−1,338−2.0%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC67,902$74.1M0.08%−237−0.3%Reduced
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd70,521$76.9M0.07%+70,521New
California State Teachers Retirement System71,064$77.5M0.08%−1,748−2.4%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC72,591$79.0M0.08%+1,371+1.9%Added
Citigroup Inc72,443$79.0M0.05%+11,785+19.4%Added
Quantinno Capital Management LP75,318$82.2M0.14%+24,172+47.3%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp75,871$82.8M0.10%+612+0.8%Added
Saturna Capital CORP81,994$89.4M1.25%00.0%Unchanged
Acadian Asset Management LLC83,616$91.2M0.13%−31,184−27.2%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.83,989$91.6M0.11%+4,123+5.2%Added
Rhumbline Advisers89,205$97.3M0.08%−3,449−3.7%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group93,626$99.0M0.08%−10,796−10.3%Reduced
Freestone Grove Partners LP92,541$100.9M0.73%+19,478+26.7%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.100,417$101.3M0.03%+13,515+15.6%Added
Barclays PLC93,474$102.0M0.04%+19,289+26.0%Added
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC95,412$104.1M0.06%+95,412New
Royal Bank of Canada96,555$105.3M0.02%+5,819+6.4%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC98,629$107.6M1.37%−31,727−24.3%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC101,526$109.2M0.05%−50,409−33.2%Reduced
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec101,336$110.5M0.18%−21,637−17.6%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.101,750$111.0M0.09%−152,893−60.0%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.105,551$115.1M0.07%−8,849−7.7%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC107,928$117.7M0.08%−11,787−9.8%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.109,207$119.2M0.08%+7,849+7.7%Added
American Century Companies Inc110,059$120.1M0.06%+1,008+0.9%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board119,880$130.8M0.41%+114,396+2,086.0%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc120,243$131.2M0.04%+18,454+18.1%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System122,476$133.6M0.08%−5,058−4.0%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale128,721$141.8M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Neuberger Berman Group LLC130,907$142.5M0.11%+52,731+67.5%Added
Swiss National Bank132,560$144.6M0.08%+8,040+6.5%Added
Junto Capital Management LP136,237$148.6M3.16%+15,155+12.5%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC144,596$157.6M0.09%+11,650+8.8%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc155,518$169.6M0.05%+2,888+1.9%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co160,020$175.5M0.31%+764+0.5%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC162,598$177.4M0.26%−10,280−5.9%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co168,458$183.8M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Group AG173,165$188.9M0.03%−7,825−4.3%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG173,413$189.2M0.06%+5,451+3.2%Added
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP210,918$230.1M2.17%−18,777−8.2%Reduced
Nuveen, LLC241,556$263.5M0.07%+4,832+2.0%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp245,555$267.9M0.05%−5,749−2.3%Reduced
FIL Ltd250,311$273.0M0.21%+18,267+7.9%Added
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co252,399$275.3M0.07%+252,399New
JPMorgan Chase & Co298,451$315.5M0.02%+121,637+68.8%Added
Amundi292,857$319.5M0.09%−21,303−6.8%Reduced
FMR LLC314,661$343.2M0.02%+47,478+17.8%Added
Legal & General Group Plc325,945$355.5M0.08%+1,436+0.4%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc343,030$374.2M0.06%+9,685+2.9%Added
Stifel Financial Corp358,629$391.2M0.36%−13,266−3.6%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.389,833$425.2M0.04%−43,764−10.1%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP409,142$446.2M0.09%+9,743+2.4%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co453,353$499.6M0.17%−24,340−5.1%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc466,701$509.1M0.07%+26,719+6.1%Added
Bank of America Corp527,969$575.9M0.04%+22,731+4.5%Added
Franklin Resources Inc541,657$590.8M0.14%+14,240+2.7%Added
Morgan Stanley545,570$595.1M0.04%−11,734−2.1%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp619,348$675.6M0.09%−10,459−1.7%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc638,347$696.3M0.14%+23,689+3.9%Added
Parnassus Investments651,243$710.4M2.08%+11,081+1.7%Added
Clearbridge Investments, LLC845,522$922.3M0.80%+1,273+0.2%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc905,422$987.6M0.11%−121,864−11.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company922,497$1.01B0.20%−31,462−3.3%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,032,852$1.13B0.21%−39,002−3.6%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,230,969$1.34B0.08%+13,135+1.1%Added
State Street Corp1,994,093$2.18B0.08%−25,359−1.3%Reduced
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2,312,763$2.52B0.13%+2,312,763New
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2,882,615$3.14B0.08%+2,882,615New
BlackRock, Inc.4,641,675$5.06B0.09%+104,631+2.3%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)0$00.00%−39,525−100.0%Sold out
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC0$00.00%−21,088−100.0%Sold out
Employees Provident Fund Board0$00.00%−7,803−100.0%Sold out
Rakuten Investment Management, Inc.0$00.00%−5,827−100.0%Sold out
Verition Fund Management LLC0$00.00%−4,439−100.0%Sold out
Stance Capital LLC0$00.00%−3,982−100.0%Sold out
Polymer Capital Management (US) LLC0$00.00%−3,150−100.0%Sold out
SummitTX Capital, L.P.0$00.00%−3,016−100.0%Sold out
Logan Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−2,524−100.0%Sold out
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−2,492−100.0%Sold out
Delta Global Management LP0$00.00%−2,416−100.0%Sold out
FORA Capital, LLC0$00.00%−2,105−100.0%Sold out
Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−2,023−100.0%Sold out
Park Avenue Securities LLC0$00.00%−1,953−100.0%Sold out
PBU - The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators0$00.00%−1,400−100.0%Sold out
MOKAN Wealth Management Inc.0$00.00%−1,355−100.0%Sold out
Covenant Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,302−100.0%Sold out
Pensionfund Sabic0$00.00%−1,250−100.0%Sold out
Caxton Associates LLP0$00.00%−1,116−100.0%Sold out
VARCOV Co.0$00.00%−1,098−100.0%Sold out
Banco BTG Pactual S.A.0$00.00%−1,039−100.0%Sold out
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.0$00.00%−1,011−100.0%Sold out
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC0$00.00%−1,002−100.0%Sold out
Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC0$00.00%−914−100.0%Sold out
Hilltop Holdings Inc.0$00.00%−809−100.0%Sold out
IFG Advisory, LLC0$00.00%−637−100.0%Sold out