Revenues from contracts with customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by reportable segment and source of revenue

The following tables summarize customer contract revenues disaggregated by reportable segment and the source of the revenue for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023 and 2022 (in millions). Revenues from PTC in 2023 are for the eight months ending September 30, 2023. Other revenues, which are not considered to be revenues from contracts with customers under GAAP, are primarily insurance premiums earned, interest, dividend and other investment income and leasing revenues.

	Manufacturing		McLane		Service and Retailing		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		PTC		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Three months ending September 30, 2023
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	7,008	$	—	$	53	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,061
Building products		5,211		—		—		—		—		—		—		5,211
Consumer products		4,578		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,578
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		8,212		—		—		—		—		—		8,212
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,775		—		—		—		—		—		4,775
Auto sales		—		—		2,752		—		—		—		—		2,752
Other retail and wholesale distribution		807		—		3,933		—		—		688		—		5,428
Service		385		250		1,390		5,811		1,141		79		—		9,056
Electricity, natural gas and fuel		—		—		—		—		5,804		12,320		—		18,124
Total		17,989		13,237		8,128		5,811		6,945		13,087		—		65,197
Other revenues		1,179		42		1,793		18		324		58		24,599		28,013
	$	19,168	$	13,279	$	9,921	$	5,829	$	7,269	$	13,145	$	24,599	$	93,210
Nine months ending September 30, 2023
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	21,458	$	—	$	172	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	21,630
Building products		15,147		—		—		—		—		—		—		15,147
Consumer products		12,956		—		—		—		—		—		—		12,956
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		23,540		—		—		—		—		—		23,540
Food and beverage distribution		—		14,439		—		—		—		—		—		14,439
Auto sales		—		—		8,106		—		—		—		—		8,106
Other retail and wholesale distribution		2,420		—		12,301		—		—		1,791		—		16,512
Service		1,086		747		4,106		17,587		3,169		188		—		26,883
Electricity, natural gas and fuel		—		—		—		—		15,874		35,238		—		51,112
Total		53,067		38,726		24,685		17,587		19,043		37,217		—		190,325
Other revenues		3,440		131		5,247		51		1,015		157		70,740		80,781
	$	56,507	$	38,857	$	29,932	$	17,638	$	20,058	$	37,374	$	70,740	$	271,106

	Manufacturing		McLane		Service and Retailing		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Three months ending September 30, 2022
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	6,145	$	—	$	51	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,196
Building products		5,928		—		—		—		—		—		5,928
Consumer products		4,753		—		—		—		—		—		4,753
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		8,315		—		—		—		—		8,315
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,946		—		—		—		—		4,946
Auto sales		—		—		2,686		—		—		—		2,686
Other retail and wholesale distribution		803		—		4,189		—		—		—		4,992
Service		328		277		1,006		6,646		1,328		—		9,585
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		5,905		—		5,905
Total		17,957		13,538		7,932		6,646		7,233		—		53,306
Other revenues		1,012		32		1,609		17		320		20,608		23,598
	$	18,969	$	13,570	$	9,541	$	6,663	$	7,553	$	20,608	$	76,904
Nine months ending September 30, 2022
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	18,219	$	—	$	148	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	18,367
Building products		17,317		—		—		—		—		—		17,317
Consumer products		15,355		—		—		—		—		—		15,355
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		24,000		—		—		—		—		24,000
Food and beverage distribution		—		14,510		—		—		—		—		14,510
Auto sales		—		—		7,888		—		—		—		7,888
Other retail and wholesale distribution		2,343		—		12,629		—		—		—		14,972
Service		894		739		3,090		19,173		4,001		—		27,897
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		15,359		—		15,359
Total		54,128		39,249		23,755		19,173		19,360		—		155,665
Other revenues		2,962		97		4,470		46		748		59,960		68,283
	$	57,090	$	39,346	$	28,225	$	19,219	$	20,108	$	59,960	$	223,948

Transaction price allocated to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations and timing of when performance obligations expected to be satisfied

A summary of the transaction price allocated to the significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations relating to contracts with expected durations exceeding one year as of September 30, 2023 and the timing of when the performance obligations are expected to be satisfied follows (in millions).

	Less than 12 months		Greater than 12 months		Total
Electricity, natural gas and fuel	$	3,191	$	20,278	$	23,469
Other sales and service contracts		3,096		5,178		8,274