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REVENUE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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
			March 31
(In thousands)			2021						2020
EES			$	1,720,813					$	1,114,457
CSS			1,250,615						223,726
UBS			1,070,049						630,464
Total by segment			$	4,041,477					$	1,968,647

			Three Months Ended
			March 31
(In thousands)			2021						2020
United States			$	2,930,435					$	1,478,491
Canada			607,753						377,419
Other International(1)			503,289						112,737
Total by geography(2)			$	4,041,477					$	1,968,647

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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=123351226&loc=SL49130545-203045

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