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REVENUE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following tables disaggregate WESCO’s net sales by segment and geography for the periods presented:

			Three Months Ended												Nine Months Ended
			September 30												September 30
(In thousands)			2020						2019						2020						2019
Electrical & Electronic Solutions			$	1,653,726					$	1,250,080					$	3,811,498					$	3,626,423
Communications & Security Solutions			1,388,791						235,920						1,953,967						681,087
Utility & Broadband Solutions			1,099,284						662,110						2,431,689						1,951,955
Total by segment			$	4,141,801					$	2,148,110					$	8,197,154					$	6,259,465

			Three Months Ended												Nine Months Ended
			September 30												September 30
(In thousands)			2020						2019						2020						2019
United States			$	3,033,101					$	1,601,962					$	6,100,877					$	4,679,251
Canada			582,700						431,233						1,311,724						1,230,855
Other International			526,000						114,915						784,553						349,359
Total by geography(1)			$	4,141,801					$	2,148,110					$	8,197,154					$	6,259,465

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121604090&loc=SL49130545-203045

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