As in the past, specialty distributors, which tend to have fewer customers and employees than full-line electrical distributors, dominate the list of distributors as ranked by sales per employee. The companies here were among those respondents that provided both a 2007 sales number and an employee count for publication in this year's listing.
Rank
Company
Sales per employee
1
Western United Electric Supply Corp., Brighton, Colo.
4,120,000
2
Tri State Utility Products Inc., Marietta, Ga.
3,524,242
3
Rural Electric Supply Cooperative (RESCO), Middleton, Wis.
2,800,000
4
General Pacific Inc., Portland, Ore.
2,800,000
5
United Utility Supply, Louisville, Ky.
2,430,000
6
Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
2,242,857
7
Priority Wire & Cable Inc., North Little Rock, Ark.
1,959,093
8
Utility Supply & Service (Texas Electric Cooperatives Inc.), Georgetown, Texas
1,923,076
9
Power Line Supply/Utility Supply and Construction Co., Reed City, Mich.
1,894,736
10
Argo International Corp., New York
1,599,106
11
International Electrical Sales Corp., Miami
1,500,000
12
NEDCO Supply, Las Vegas
1,237,333
13
Houston Wire & Cable Co., Houston
1,181,250
14
The Reynolds Co., Fort Worth, Texas
1,174,444
15
Villa Lighting Supply, St. Louis
1,144,705
16
Omni Cable, West Chester, Pa.
1,109,375
17
I.G. Federal Electrical Supply Corp., Long Island City, N.Y.
1,021,276
18
Caniff Electric Supply, Hamtramck, Mich.
1,018,028
19
World Class Wire & Cable, Waukesha, Wis.
1,005,585
20
Codale Electric Supply Inc., Salt Lake City
939,130
21
PEPCO (Professional Electric Products Co.), Eastlake, Ohio
925,925
22
Lasalle Electric Supply, Livonia, Mich.
921,739
23
Independent Electric Supply Inc., San Carlos, Calif.
