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
