The Top 50 Electrical Distributors Among EW’s Top 200
Rank Company Headquarters 2005 Revenue Employees LocationsSenior Executive
1 WESCO Distribution Pittsburgh 4,421,000,000 6,000 370 R. Haley 2 Graybar Electric Co. Inc. Clayton, Mo. 4,304,187,000 7,800 250 R. Reynolds Jr. 3 Anixter Inc. (Anixter International) Glenview, Ill. 3,800,000,000 6,800 e 197 R. Grubbs 4 GE Supply Co. (General Electric Co.) Shelton, Conn. NA 2,500 + 150 + J. Schaper 5 Sonepar USA Philadelphia 2,363,240,000 ** 3,650 ** 239** T. Burr 6 Rexel Inc. Dallas 2,315,926,000 4,498 295 D. Waterman 7 Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc. Westlake Village, Calif. NA 5,000 e 500 e H.D. Bursch 8 Hughes Supply Inc./Electrical Division* Orlando, Fla. 1,411,500,000 e 2,522 e 100 e J. DeAngelo 9 W.W. Grainger Inc. Lake Forest, Ill. 1,030,000,000 e NA 422** R. Keyser 10 Crescent Electric Supply Co. East Dubuque, Ill. 821,600,000 1,400 e 119 J. Etheredge 11 Scott Electric Co. Greensburg, Pa. NA 1,026 e 13 e S. Scott 12 Border States Industries Inc. Fargo, N.D. 601,500,000 1,007 44 T. Miller 13 McNaughton McKay Electric Co. Madison Heights, Mich. 511,000,000 801 22 D. Slominski Jr. 14 Communications Supply Corp. Carol Stream, Ill. 510,000,000 669 29 S. Riordan 15 Mayer Electric Supply Co. Inc. Birmingham, Ala. 507,186,698 890 53 J. Summerlin 16 Hagemeyer North America Charleston, S.C. 453,000,000 ** NA NA D. Gabriel 17 Independent Electric Supply Inc. San Carlos, Calif. 351,000,000 490 25 R. Snow 18 City Electric Supply Co. (CES) Orlando, Fla. NA 932 e 233 e L. Dobon 19 Kirby Risk Electrical Supply Lafayette, Ind. NA 789 e 36 J. Risk III/J. Burke 20 Dealers Electrical Supply Co. Waco, Texas NA 720 57 S. Bracey 21 North Coast Electric Co. Seattle, Wash. 283,615,000 600 30 P. Lemman 22 Reynolds Co., The Fort Worth, Texas 278,000,000 340 18 W. Reynolds 23 Summit Electric Supply Co. Inc. Albuquerque, N.M. 267,695,889 525 19 V. Jury Jr. 24 Reed City Power Line Supply Co. Reed City, Mich. 254,000,000 114 7 M. Bigford 25 Kendall Electric Inc. Battle Creek, Mich. 250,000,000 + 600 + 30 M. Ranly 26 Walters Wholesale Electric Co. Signal Hill, Calif. 245,820,000 413 19 J. Walter 27 CLS* Hartford, Conn. 235,000,000 420 22 B. Compagna 28 Winlectric/Noland Co. Dayton, Ohio 235,000,000 NA 63 R. Schwartz/R. Hoctor 29 Turtle & Hughes Inc. Linden, N.J. 222,100,000 320 e 8 S. Millard 30 Houston Wire & Cable Co. Houston 214,000,000 268 11 C. Sorrentino 31 Wholesale Electric Supply Co. of Houston L.P. Houston 214,000,000 314 9 M. Rutland 32 Elliott Electric Supply Nacogdoches, Texas 213,480,500 597 63 B. Elliott 33 Steiner Electric Co. Elk Grove Village, Ill. NA 495 6 H. Kerman 34 State Electric Supply Co. Inc. Huntington, W.Va. NA 577 33 A. Weisberg 35 OneSource Distributors Inc. Oceanside, Calif. 175,069,777 280 11 R. Zamarripa 36 Crawford Electric Supply Co. (CESCO) Dallas 175,000,000 186 4 C. Levering 37 Standard Electric Wilmington, Mass. NA NA 19 D. Miller 38 Van Meter Industrial Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 155,000,000 285 13 B. Boyer 39 Electrical Wholesalers Inc.* Hartford, Conn. 150,000,000 350 21 A. Namerow 40 Eck Supply Co. Richmond, Va. NA 250 19 E.C. Eck III 41 Dominion Electric Supply Co. Inc. Arlington, Va. 147,000,000 270 8 R. Sharlin 42 Platt Electrical Supply Inc. Beaverton, Ore. NA 890 88 H. Platt/J. Platt 43 Codale Electric Supply Inc. Salt Lake City 143,470,000 207 8 D. Holt 44 A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. Arlington, Texas 142,000,000 185 e 8 G. Davidson 45 Edson Electric Supply Phoenix 137,000,000 172 11 S. Liles 46 United Electric Supply Co. Inc. Wilmington, Del. 136,602,813 293 12 T. Cloud 47 Revere Electric Supply Co. Chicago NA 170 e 3 P. McCool 48 Werner Electric Supply Co. (Wisconsin) Neenah, Wis. 136,000,000 315 11 L. MacDonald 49 Maurice Electrical Supply Washington, D.C. 135,000,000 200 3 B. Kogod 50 Stoneway Electric Supply Spokane, Wash. 132,583,050 260 15 C. Kelly
NA - not available e - estimate *acquired in 2006 **Numbers for North America
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