Latest from Market Planning Guide

104750065 / Sashkinw / DreamsTime
104750065 / ashkinw / DreamsTime
Hero Image
Hero Image
Hero Image
Hero Image
Hero Image
Downtown San Diego construction project / Metro Market Data
San Diego Construction1024
San Diego Construction1024
San Diego Construction1024
San Diego Construction1024
San Diego Construction1024
scanrail/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Ewweb 6268 2019 Ew Market Planning Guide Pr
Ewweb 6268 2019 Ew Market Planning Guide Pr
Ewweb 6268 2019 Ew Market Planning Guide Pr
Ewweb 6268 2019 Ew Market Planning Guide Pr
Ewweb 6268 2019 Ew Market Planning Guide Pr

Measuring Your Metros

July 31, 2019
Photo courtesy of www.flyreagan.com
Ewweb 5086 Market Planning 2018 Pr 20
Ewweb 5086 Market Planning 2018 Pr 20
Ewweb 5086 Market Planning 2018 Pr 20
Ewweb 5086 Market Planning 2018 Pr 20
Ewweb 5086 Market Planning 2018 Pr 20
Nashville is the region's largest city and usually boasts a healthy housing market, but so far this year residential construction is below the national rate. / Wikimedia Commons
Ewweb 575 Nashvilleskylinev2
Ewweb 575 Nashvilleskylinev2
Ewweb 575 Nashvilleskylinev2
Ewweb 575 Nashvilleskylinev2
Ewweb 575 Nashvilleskylinev2

2014 East South Central Region Forecast

Nov. 7, 2013
A big tire plant in Mississippi is the largest project in the region. Unemployment is higher than the national average. Mississippi added 6,300 new construction jobs through the first eight months of 2013.  
Only one large construction project broke ground in this region during 2013, a $300 million Yokohama Tire Corp. plant that will manufacture commercial truck tires in West Point, Miss. However, two fairly large projects are on the drawing boards – a $725 million natural gas-fired power plant and solar facility that Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities plan to build in Muhlenberg County, Ky., that’s in the approval stage. There’s also a $700 million mixed-used project on 145 acres scheduled to break ground in 2014. Nashville’s Tennessean newspaper says the Ovation by developers SouthStar LLC and Highwoods Properties will include over 1 million square feet of office buildings, a 300-room hotel, and 350,000 sq. ft. of retail and dining space.

At 7.9%, unemployment in the East South Central region is higher than the national average, with Kentucky (8.4%), Mississippi (8.5%); and Tennessee (8.5%) lagging the most. There’s at least one indicator that construction may be picking up in some parts of this region -- construction employment is up 13% year-over-year in Mississippi, which had added 6,300 new construction jobs YTY in August.

Acquisition activity in the East South Central Region. The Border States Electric acquisition of Utilcor earlier this year adds to the foothold the company first established in this region with its 2008 acquisition of Harris Electric Supply. Details

 ELECTRICAL WHOLESALING TOP 200 DISTRIBUTORS
WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THIS REGION

Although this region is smaller than many others in terms of sales, it's home to two of the biggest regional distributors in the United States - Mayer Electric Supply and Sonepar's Stuart C. Irby Co .  Details

Rank Company Name Town/City State
13 Mayer Electric Supply Co. Inc. Birmingham AL
111 Inline Electric Supply Co. Inc. Huntsville AL
194 Lewis Electric Supply Co. Inc. Muscle Shoals AL
80 United Utility Supply Cooperative Corp. Louisville KY
182 Hannan Supply Co. Paducah KY
109 Sequel Electric Supply LLC Meridian MS
169 Robinson Electric Supply Co. Meridian MS
147 Electric Motor Sales & Supply Co. Chattanooga TN
199 Wholesale Supply Group Inc. Cleveland TN

 RECENT NEW BRANCH OPENINGS

IN THE EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 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]... 

Company Town/City State Year Cape Electrical Supply Bowling Green KY 2013

EAST SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR SALES DATA

Birmingham, Ala.; Louisville, Ky.; Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn.; and Jackson, Miss. are the largest electrical markets in this region.

EMPLOYMENT DATA FOR THE EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 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."

Related

Kaldari, public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ewweb 1381 511ewrfbescnashville595
Ewweb 1381 511ewrfbescnashville595
Ewweb 1381 511ewrfbescnashville595
Ewweb 1381 511ewrfbescnashville595
Ewweb 1381 511ewrfbescnashville595
Jason Davis, Getty Images Entertainment
The renovation of Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium is not the highest-dollar-value project in the region, but its reopening reflects the optimism that comes with being a Top 25 market for residential construction.
The renovation of Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium is not the highest-dollar-value project in the region, but its reopening reflects the optimism that comes with being a Top 25 market for residential construction.
The renovation of Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium is not the highest-dollar-value project in the region, but its reopening reflects the optimism that comes with being a Top 25 market for residential construction.
The renovation of Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium is not the highest-dollar-value project in the region, but its reopening reflects the optimism that comes with being a Top 25 market for residential construction.
The renovation of Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium is not the highest-dollar-value project in the region, but its reopening reflects the optimism that comes with being a Top 25 market for residential construction.