The Top 200
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM,
By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor, and Doug Chandler, Executive Editor
Electrical Wholesaling's ranking of the largest electrical distributors always proves to be a fascinating snapshot of the state of the electrical market....
The Top 200 Electrical Distributors
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Rank Company Headquarters 2009 Revenue Electrical employees No. of U.S. Locations Senior Executive 1 International Electrical Supply Corp. (IESC/Rexel/Gexpro)*...
Rank
Company
Headquarters
2009 Revenue
1
International Electrical Supply Corp. (IESC/Rexel/Gexpro)*
2009-2010 Distributor Acquisitions in the Electrical Market
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM
With capital in short supply for small businesses from lending institutions, there's been very little activity in the acquisition market during the past two years....
Top 25 as Ranked by Sales Per Employee
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM
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 Five Largest Electrical Distributors
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM
In 2009, the five largest electrical distributors had an estimated $21.7 billion in revenue and operated 2,352 branches.
Overall, the number of branches run by the five largest distributors probably declined over 2008, but Sonepar’s data
this year included the Hagemeyer North American branches....
What's New?
Jun 1, 2010 12:00 PM
In a recession of epic proportions, much of the
news in the electrical market was about layoffs, branch
closings and cutbacks. But a strong current of investment
ran through the Top 200 companies...
