The Top 200 distributors that provided figures for the number of employees and locations (or where we could provide a solid estimate) employ at least 80,738 employees and operate 5,355 U.S. branches. Electrical Wholesaling estimated that the Top 200 electrical distributors had $54.08 billion in 2007 sales.

At least 35 of these companies are product specialists, including 12 utility specialists, 10 wire and cable specialists and eight lighting specialists. For the 109 full-line electrical distributors that provided both their 2007 sales figures and an employee count, sales per employee were $519,215.

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