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REVENUE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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												Nine Months Ended
			September 30												September 30
(In thousands)			2021						2020						2021						2020
EES			$	1,982,485					$	1,653,726					$	5,626,309					$	3,811,498
CSS			1,488,689						1,388,791						4,200,424						1,953,967
UBS			1,257,151						1,099,284						3,538,859						2,431,689
Total by segment			$	4,728,325					$	4,141,801					$	13,365,592					$	8,197,154

			Three Months Ended												Nine Months Ended
			September 30												September 30
(In thousands)			2021						2020						2021						2020
United States			$	3,407,437					$	3,033,101					$	9,656,183					$	6,100,877
Canada			709,507						582,700						2,020,395						1,311,724
Other International(1)			611,381						526,000						1,689,014						784,553
Total by geography			$	4,728,325					$	4,141,801					$	13,365,592					$	8,197,154

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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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