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REVENUE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following tables disaggregate WESCO’s revenue by end market and geography:

			Three Months Ended
			March 31
(In thousands)			2020						2019
Industrial			$	702,214					$	736,906
Construction			636,503						633,288
Utility			340,945						308,269
Commercial, Institutional and Government			288,985						282,804
Total by end market			$	1,968,647					$	1,961,267

			Three Months Ended
			March 31
(In thousands)			2020						2019
United States			$	1,478,491					$	1,460,991
Canada			377,419						384,596
Other International			112,737						115,680
Total by geography			$	1,968,647					$	1,961,267

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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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