Revenues from contracts with customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

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 each of the three years ended December 31, 2022 (in millions). 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.

2022	Manufacturing		McLane		Service and Retailing		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	24,566	$	—	$	199	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	24,765
Building products		22,762		—		—		—		—		—		22,762
Consumer products		19,912		—		—		—		—		—		19,912
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		32,599		—		—		—		—		32,599
Food and beverage distribution		—		19,388		—		—		—		—		19,388
Auto sales		—		—		10,486		—		—		—		10,486
Other retail and wholesale distribution		3,195		—		16,931		—		—		—		20,126
Service		1,199		1,103		4,439		25,742		4,933		—		37,416
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		20,317		—		20,317
Total		71,634		53,090		32,055		25,742		25,250		—		207,771
Other revenues		4,016		119		6,154		60		1,097		82,872		94,318
	$	75,650	$	53,209	$	38,209	$	25,802	$	26,347	$	82,872	$	302,089
2021
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	22,184	$	—	$	159	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	22,343
Building products		19,604		—		—		—		—		—		19,604
Consumer products		18,540		—		—		—		—		—		18,540
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		31,245		—		—		—		—		31,245
Food and beverage distribution		—		17,332		—		—		—		—		17,332
Auto sales		—		—		9,966		—		—		—		9,966
Other retail and wholesale distribution		2,997		—		15,898		—		—		—		18,895
Service		1,486		751		4,123		23,120		5,583		—		35,063
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		18,264		—		18,264
Total		64,811		49,328		30,146		23,120		23,847		—		191,252
Other revenues		3,766		122		4,601		57		1,205		75,200		84,951
	$	68,577	$	49,450	$	34,747	$	23,177	$	25,052	$	75,200	$	276,203
2020
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	20,772	$	—	$	192	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	20,964
Building products		15,943		—		—		—		—		—		15,943
Consumer products		14,757		—		—		—		—		—		14,757
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		30,795		—		—		—		—		30,795
Food and beverage distribution		—		15,368		—		—		—		—		15,368
Auto sales		—		—		8,258		—		—		—		8,258
Other retail and wholesale distribution		2,452		—		12,470		—		—		—		14,922
Service		1,456		584		3,332		20,693		4,595		—		30,660
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		15,066		—		15,066
Total		55,380		46,747		24,252		20,693		19,661		—		166,733
Other revenues		3,598		93		3,859		57		1,422		69,817		78,846
	$	58,978	$	46,840	$	28,111	$	20,750	$	21,083	$	69,817	$	245,579

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 in excess of one year as of December 31, 2022 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 and natural gas	$	3,514	$	20,619	$	24,133
Other sales and service contracts		1,856		3,176		5,032