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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
SEGMENT INFORMATION | SEGMENT INFORMATION Grainger’s two reportable segments are the U.S. and Canada. These reportable segments reflect the results of the Company's high-touch businesses in those geographies. Other businesses include the endless assortment businesses, Zoro and MonotaRO, and smaller high-tough businesses in Europe and the U.K. These businesses individually do not meet the criteria of a reportable segment. Operating segments generate revenue almost exclusively through the distribution of MRO supplies, as service revenues account for approximately 1% of total revenues for each operating segment. Effective January 1, 2021, the Company's new reportable segments are High Touch - North America and Endless Assortment. See Note 1 of the Financial Statements for additional information. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Intersegment transfer prices are established at external selling prices, less costs not incurred due to a related party sale. The segment results include certain centrally incurred costs for shared services that are charged to the segments based upon the relative level of service used by each operating segment. Following is a summary of segment results (in millions of dollars):
| 2020
| United States |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 9,070 |  |  | $ | 476 |  |  | $ | 9,546 |  |  | $ | 2,762 |  |  | $ | 12,308 |
Intersegment net sales | (509) |  |  | — |  |  | (509) |  |  | (2) |  |  | (511) |
Net sales to external customers | $ | 8,561 |  |  | $ | 476 |  |  | $ | 9,037 |  |  | $ | 2,760 |  |  | 11,797 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 1,299 |  |  | $ | (16) |  |  | $ | 1,283 |  |  | $ | (24) |  |  | $ | 1,259 |
| 2019
| United States |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 8,815 |  |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 9,344 |  |  | $ | 2,651 |  |  | $ | 11,995 |
Intersegment net sales | (505) |  |  | — |  |  | (505) |  |  | (4) |  |  | (509) |
Net sales to external customers | $ | 8,310 |  |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 8,839 |  |  | $ | 2,647 |  |  | $ | 11,486 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 1,391 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 1,394 |  |  | $ | (9) |  |  | $ | 1,385 |
| 2018
| United States |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 8,588 |  |  | $ | 653 |  |  | $ | 9,241 |  |  | $ | 2,441 |  |  | $ | 11,682 |
Intersegment net sales | (457) |  |  | — |  |  | (457) |  |  | (4) |  |  | (461) |
Net sales to external customers | $ | 8,131 |  |  | $ | 653 |  |  | $ | 8,784 |  |  | $ | 2,437 |  |  | $ | 11,221 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 1,338 |  |  | $ | (49) |  |  | $ | 1,289 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 1,297 |
Following are reconciliations of the segment information with the consolidated totals per the Financial Statements (in millions of dollars):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Total operating earnings for reportable segments | $ | 1,283 |  |  | $ | 1,394 |  |  | $ | 1,289 |
Other businesses | (24) |  |  | (9) |  |  | 8 |
Unallocated expenses | (240) |  |  | (123) |  |  | (139) |
Total consolidated operating earnings | $ | 1,019 |  |  | $ | 1,262 |  |  | $ | 1,158 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 2,931 |  |  | $ | 2,668 |  |  | $ | 2,496 |
Canada | 178 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 188 |
Assets for reportable segments | $ | 3,109 |  |  | $ | 2,841 |  |  | $ | 2,684 |
Other current and noncurrent assets | 2,781 |  |  | 3,003 |  |  | 2,879 |
Unallocated assets | 405 |  |  | 161 |  |  | 310 |
Total consolidated assets | $ | 6,295 |  |  | $ | 6,005 |  |  | $ | 5,873 |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 166 |
Canada | 13 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 19 |
Depreciation and amortization for reportable segments | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 165 |  |  | $ | 185 |
Other businesses and unallocated | 43 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 49 |
Total consolidated depreciation and amortization | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 234 |
Additions to long-lived assets |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 168 |  |  | $ | 200 |
Canada | 3 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 7 |
Additions to long-lived assets for reportable segments | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 177 |  |  | $ | 207 |
Other businesses and unallocated | 97 |  |  | 72 |  |  | 39 |
Total consolidated additions to long-lived assets | $ | 192 |  |  | $ | 249 |  |  | $ | 246 |
Following are revenue and long-lived assets by geographic location (in millions of dollars):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Revenue by geographic location: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 9,200 |  |  | $ | 8,865 |  |  | $ | 8,613 |
Canada | 494 |  |  | 539 |  |  | 658 |
Other foreign countries | 2,103 |  |  | 2,082 |  |  | 1,950 |
| $ | 11,797 |  |  | $ | 11,486 |  |  | $ | 11,221 |
Long-lived segment assets by geographic location: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 1,139 |  |  | $ | 1,268 |  |  | $ | 1,140 |
Canada | 114 |  |  | 152 |  |  | 136 |
Other foreign countries | 287 |  |  | 327 |  |  | 202 |
| $ | 1,540 |  |  | $ | 1,747 |  |  | $ | 1,478 |
The Company is a broad line distributor of MRO products and services. Products are regularly added and deleted from the Company's inventory. Accordingly, it would be impractical to provide sales information by product category due to the way the business is managed. Unallocated amounts include corporate-level support and administrative expenses, corporate-level assets consisting primarily of cash, property, buildings and equipment and intersegment eliminations and other adjustments. Unallocated expenses and assets are not included in any reportable segment. Assets for reportable segments include net accounts receivable and first-in, first-out inventory, which are reported to the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker. Long-lived assets consist of property, buildings, equipment, capitalized software and ROU assets. Depreciation and amortization presented above includes depreciation of long-lived assets and amortization of capitalized software.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8721-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (f) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8657-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8721-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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