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No other region in the United States will offer such a diverse mix of construction projects over the next few years. You have jaw-dropping residential projects like Miami’s Dezer-Porsch Design Residences, a 60-story tower with residences from 4,200 to 17,000 square feet and priced from $4.5 to $25 million; recovering residential markets in Atlanta, Raleigh, N.C. and the D.C. metros; mass transit projects like All Aboard Florida, a privately financed $1.5 billion, 230-mile rail link that would connect the Orlando metro to South Florida; commuter transit projects in Charlotte, N.C., and suburban Virginia; and commercial construction projects including a new $861 million, 600,000-sq-ft. data center for the National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Md.; Baltimore’s Harbor Point project, which will offer a new Exelon headquarters; and the planned CityCentre and Airport City projects in Miami, which would attract billions in construction spending.
TOP 200 ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS
WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
This region's mix of large regional distributors and independents have branches in everything from the smallest mountain hamlets to some of the busiest electrical market in the country, including the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metro, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Miami. Click here for more information on this region's Top 200 companies.
| Rank | Company Name: | Town/City: | State: |
| 7 | HD Supply | Atlanta | GA |
| 11 | City Electric | Orlando | FL |
| 19 | State Electric Supply Co. | Huntington | WV |
| 35 | Shealy Electrical Wholesalers Inc. | West Columbia | SC |
| 36 | Eck Supply Co. (Eck Enterprises Inc.) | Richmond | VA |
| 37 | Dominion Electric Supply | Arlington | VA |
| 43 | Shepherd Electric Supply | Baltimore | MD |
| 49 | United Electric Supply | New Castle | DE |
| 52 | Gresco Utility Supply Inc. | Forsyth | GA |
| 70 | Electrical Equipment Co. | Raleigh | NC |
| 85 | Electric Supply Inc. | Tampa | FL |
| 89 | Tri-State Utility Products Inc. | Marietta | GA |
| 95 | Cooperative Energy Electric Utility Supply (CEE-US) | West Columbia | SC |
| 101 | Womack Electric Supply | Danville | VA |
| 116 | International Electrical Sales Corp. | Miami | FL |
| 121 | Electric Supply & Equipment Co. | Greensboro | NC |
| 136 | Lowe Electric Supply Co. | Macon | GA |
| 137 | E. Sam Jones Distributor Inc. | Atlanta | GA |
| 138 | Atlanta Electrical Distributors | Duluth | GA |
| 144 | Peninsular Electric Distributors | West Palm Beach | FL |
| 171 | Electrical Supplies Inc. | Miami | FL |
| 174 | Williams Supply | Roanoke | VA |
| 178 | West Virginia Electric Supply Co. | Huntington | WV |
| 181 | Southeastern Electrical Distributors Inc. | Greenville | SC |
| 187 | Hunt Electric Supply | Burlington | NC |
| 200 | VEC Supply | Charlottesville | VA |
ACQUISITION ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION - 2008-2013
In a region that's seen dozens of acquisitions over the past few decades, it's been a pretty quiet M&A climate over the past five years, with the biggest deal being Shealy Electrical Wholesalers' purchase of Electrical Distributors Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Details
RECENT NEW BRANCH OPENINGS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
Compared to some other regions of the United States, it's been pretty quiet on the branch expansion front in this region. If your company has opened a new branch and would like it publicized in Electrical Wholesaling's print edition or on www.ewweb.com, please send the information (and a high-resolution photo if possible to Jim Lucy, EW's chief editor, at [email protected]
SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR SALES DATA
Electrical Wholesaling forecasts more than $7.2 billion in combined 2014 electrical sales for Florida and Georgia.
EMPLOYMENT IN KEY CUSTOMER GROUPS
IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
You can use the employment data below to calculate sales potential for key customer groups by region, state and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) by using this data and Electrical Wholesaling's 2014 Sales Multipliers. To get these multipliers and to learn how to use them, click here to get to Electrical Wholesaling 2014 Market Planning Guide. Just scroll down and search for "multipliers."
