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Grainger Tops the 2026 Big 50 at $17.9 Billion. Four Distributors Follow at $8 Billion or More.
73% of B2B Buyers Will Now Place an Order Above $50,000 Online, Up From 59% in 2022
B2B Buyers Spend 29% More With Suppliers That Get the Buying Experience Right
The Typical B2B Purchase Now Involves 13 Insiders and 9 Outsiders
18% of Marketing Leaders Have Cut Roles to Automation. Gartner Sees the Bottom Rung Gone by 2030.
Manufacturers Expect Sales Up 4.3% and Costs Up 5.0%. Prices Get Only 3.7%.
IMTS 2026 Draws More Than 90,000 Registrants and a Record Floor Density
B2B Marketers Put AI First and Headcount Last in 2026 Budgets

Grainger Tops the 2026 Big 50 at $17.9 Billion. Four Distributors Follow at $8 Billion or More.
73% of B2B Buyers Will Now Place an Order Above $50,000 Online, Up From 59% in 2022
B2B Buyers Spend 29% More With Suppliers That Get the Buying Experience Right
The Typical B2B Purchase Now Involves 13 Insiders and 9 Outsiders
18% of Marketing Leaders Have Cut Roles to Automation. Gartner Sees the Bottom Rung Gone by 2030.
Manufacturers Expect Sales Up 4.3% and Costs Up 5.0%. Prices Get Only 3.7%.
IMTS 2026 Draws More Than 90,000 Registrants and a Record Floor Density
B2B Marketers Put AI First and Headcount Last in 2026 Budgets

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Grainger Tops the 2026 Big 50 at $17.9 Billion. Four Distributors Follow at $8 Billion or More.

W.W. Grainger tops the 2026 Big 50 of industrial distributors at $17.9 billion in revenue. Four more follow at $8 billion or above: Motion, Winsupply, Fastenal and Airgas. Industrial Distribution published its annual ranking on September 25.

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