LOWBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
15%
MSC exclusive brands SKUs
“10-K Item 1: 'SKUs sold under MSC exclusive brands represented approximately 15% of net sales in fiscal year 2026'”
MSM · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
MSC Industrial Direct Company (MSM) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration MSC Industrial Direct Company discloses is MSC exclusive brands SKUs at 15%, classified LOW by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: MSC Industrial Direct Company’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 2 disclosed concentrations
HIGH0
MEDIUM0
LOW2
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
LOWOutside partyCustomer
9%
U.S. government and public sector
“10-K Item 1A: 'As a supplier to the U.S. government and public sector, which represented approximately 9% of the Company's total revenue in fiscal year 2026'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-10-25MSC Industrial's disclosed concentrations are small, which is itself the main takeaway. SKUs sold under MSC exclusive brands represented approximately 15% of net sales in fiscal year 2026, a low-share, structural exposure. It reflects a deliberate private-label strategy rather than a vulnerability, though it does tie a slice of sales and margin to the company's own sourcing and brand execution. The customer-side exposure is the U.S. government and public sector, which represented approximately 9% of total revenue in fiscal year 2026. This is a low-share dependency. Its character is policy and budget driven rather than commercial, so changes in government procurement, funding or contracting rules could affect that slice independent of the industrial economy. Taken together, neither exposure is large enough to move the overall verdict on its own. The first is a structural choice that can be managed internally, while the second is a modest external dependency tied to public spending. No supplier, geographic or single-customer concentration is flagged in the sources, so the revenue base appears broadly diversified.
For the engine’s reasoning on MSM’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Industrial Distribution
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNM | Core & Main, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| BXC | Bluelinx Holdings Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| AIT | Applied Industrial Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DNOW | DNOW Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MSM● | MSC Industrial Direct Company, | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| DSGR | Distribution Solutions Group, I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.