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Electrical Wholesaling has ranked the electrical industry's largest electrical distributors since the 1970s.
Studying the listings of the largest electrical distributors over the past 34 years can teach you quite a bit about the electrical industry. Here's a look at the most recent lists.
(NOTE: The most recent complete Top 200 listings, including contact information for all the companies listed, are available for purchase. Just follow the "Resources" link at the top of the page.)
The Top 200
Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM,
By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor; Doug Chandler, Executive Editor; and Dale Funk, Contributing Editor
With sales soaring and acquisitions at an all-time high, the electrical industry's largest distributors grabbed an even bigger piece of the electrical market....
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2006's TOP 200
Jun 8, 2006 2:32 PM,
By Sarah Tobaben Dolash, Managing Editor
After more than 35 years in the No. 1 spot, Graybar Electric Co., Clayton, Mo., fell to the No. 2 spot as WESCO Distribution, Pittsburgh, inched ahead with $4.4 billion in 2005 sales, an 18.2 percent upswing. WESCO attributed the increase to market-share growth and acquisitions. Although Graybar declined to disclose revenue in its Top 200 survey, employee-owned Graybar’s 2005 annual report lists sales of $4.3 billion, a 5.5 percent increase over the $4.1 billion in 2004 sales Graybar reported in last year’s Top 200 survey. ...
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2005's Top 200
A little inflation is a good thing. For 2004, sales were up a healthy 14.9 percent among the Top 200 electrical distributors that reported revenues for...
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2004's TOP 200
After a couple of shaky sales years for the electrical industry's 200 largest electrical distributors, 2003 proved to be a stabilizing year. Those electrical...
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The Tale of the Top 200
If you need a historical perspective on how consolidation is reshaping the business, look no further than the differences between the companies listed in the first ranking ever published, “The Industry's Biggest 100,” which appeared in EW's March 1970 issue, and this year's listing. Less than two dozen companies are still operating under the same names....
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