Does W.W. Grainger, Inc. sponsor green cards?

W.W. Grainger, Inc. has filed 108 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does W.W. Grainger, Inc. sponsor?

W.W. Grainger, Inc. has filed 325 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s government approval rate?

Across 108 PERM filings, W.W. Grainger, Inc. has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 100.0% (denial rate 0.0%).

How long has W.W. Grainger, Inc. been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for W.W. Grainger, Inc. cover fiscal years 2008 through 2026.

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

108 Green card sponsorships · 325 Temporary work filings · Other Services · FY2008–FY2026

Filing volume Top 1% of 330,651 US employers by PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the jobI-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume

15,572 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

108 Green-card filings PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the jobI-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record

325 Work-visa filings LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Other Services · est. 15,572 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
1% Green-card filings denied 1 of 108 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

1 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

39% Green-card filings certified 42 of 108 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026

42 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026

Jun 2026 Last filing

2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 433 filings · Top 1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2026

#2 of 13,152 Green-card + work-visa filings, Other Services 433 filings · #2 of 13,152 in Other Services · FY2008–FY2026

#3,021 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

433 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

2.8% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 433 filings / 15,572 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 96% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Other Services 433 filings / 15,572 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 96% of 6,248 in Other Services reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

75% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 325 of this employer's 433 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#3 of 1,748 Work-visa filings rank · Other Services FY2008–FY2026 filings

#3,456 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

325 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026

2.1% Work-visa filings per employee 325 filings / 15,572 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 89% Work-visa filings per employee, Other Services 325 filings / 15,572 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 89% of 923 in Other Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

25% Green-card filings, share of all filings 108 of this employer's 433 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#1 of 13,151 Green-card filings rank · Other Services FY2008–FY2026 filings

#1,646 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

108 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026

0.7% Green-card filings per employee 108 filings / 15,572 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, Other Services 108 filings / 15,572 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 98% of 6,248 in Other Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Public record data. PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

42 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026

58 Expired 58.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026

1 Denied 0.9% rate · FY2008–FY2026

7 Withdrawn 6.5% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications W.W. Grainger, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

W.W. Grainger, Inc. applied to sponsor 108 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

W.W. Grainger, Inc. has filed 2 WARN WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

8.8%

29 decisions / 330 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

25 initial approvals, 4 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.14:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2009-FY2023

71.4% initial approval rate (3yr)

LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ realization rate

8.8% of this employer's 330 certified LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ applications resulted in USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition decisions.

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	0	0	4	0	4
2022	3	0	24	0	27
2021	2	2	9	1	14
2020	1	0	11	0	12
2019	2	0	8	0	10
2018	0	0	6	0	6
2017	0	0	8	0	8
2016	4	0	5	0	9
2015	1	0	11	0	12
2014	1	0	4	0	5
2013	2	0	9	0	11
2012	3	0	7	0	10
2011	4	1	10	0	15
2010	1	0	5	0	6
2009	1	1	6	0	8

15 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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