- Home Depot is the largest home-improvement retailer by net sales.
- Business Insider reviewed the company's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to get a better sense of its scale.
- From the size of its workforce to the number of its stores, here are several mind-blowing facts about Home Depot.
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Home Depot is big.
By its own estimation, the company is the biggest home-improvement retailer in the world. To get a better sense of the company's impact, Business Insider recently examined the company's most recent annual filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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We were able to pick out some interesting numbers and stats from the financial filings that highlight the company's scale.
Here are a few stats that provide a clearer glimpse of just how big Home Depot truly is: