MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (MSM) company profile

MSC distributes metalworking, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), as well as production fastener and hardware products and services across North America. The company's inventory spans approximately 2.5 million stock-keeping units, encompassing cutting tools, abrasives, fluids, measuring devices, power tools, safety items, plumbing materials, and electrical equipment. It also provides tooling, regrinding, and inventory management solutions, including vending and tool crib management. MSC caters to individual machine shops, manufacturers of diverse sizes, Fortune 1000 enterprises, and public sector organizations, such as government agencies and healthcare institutions.

Operating across North America and select international markets, MSC maintains an infrastructure that includes five customer fulfillment centers, eight regional inventory centers, 37 warehouses—with 35 in North America and two in foreign countries—and five manufacturing sites. The company employs roughly 7,028 people, primarily based in the United States, and does not state the location of its corporate headquarters within the text.

Summary of the business section of MSC Industrial Direct's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

“As of August 29, 2026, we employed 7,028 associates worldwide, of which 6,845 were full-time and 183 were part-time.”