MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (NYSE: MSC) operates as a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations products and services. The company maintains its website at https://www.mscdirect.com and serves a broad customer base ranging from individual machine shops to Fortune 1000 manufacturing companies and government agencies including the United States General Services Administration and Department of Defense.

The company offers approximately 2.5 million active, saleable stock-keeping units through multiple channels including its e-commerce platform, inventory management solutions, catalogs, and a network of customer fulfillment centers, regional inventory centers, and warehouses. MSC operates five customer fulfillment centers located in or near Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Atlanta Georgia, Elkhart Indiana, Reno Nevada, and Hanover Park Illinois, along with nine regional inventory centers, 38 warehouses across North America and other foreign countries, and five manufacturing locations. The company employs 7,284 associates worldwide as of August 30, 2025, with approximately 88 percent based in the United States.

MSC's product portfolio encompasses cutting tools, abrasives, machining fluids, measuring instruments, machinery and accessories, tooling components, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components, and electrical supplies. The company purchases substantially all products from more than 3,000 suppliers, with no single supplier accounting for more than five percent of total purchases. Products sold under MSC exclusive brands represent approximately fifteen percent of net sales.

The company differentiates itself through technical expertise, inventory management solutions including vendor-managed inventory and customer-managed inventory programs, same-day shipping of core products, and next-day delivery nationwide for qualifying orders. MSC's value proposition centers on helping customers reduce total costs through supply chain optimization, technical support from over 160 metalworking, safety, and fluid connector specialists, and proprietary tools such as Application Optimization software and MSC MillMax service. During fiscal year 2025, approximately 63.8 percent of customer orders were submitted digitally through e-commerce platforms.