The Top 200 Electrical Distributors

June 1, 2009
PLEASE NOTE: The list as it appears here is slightly revised from the one that appeared in the print magazine. Wildcat Electric Supply, Houston, was left off the published list but has been added here at No. 146 and the rest of the list adjusted accordingly.
Rank Company Headquarters 2008 Revenue Electrical employees Locations Senior Executive 1 International Electric Supply Corp. (IESC/Gexpro/Rexel)* Dallas 6,469,000,000 8,818 635 C. Hartmann 2 WESCO Distribution Inc.* Pittsburgh 5,970,280,000 6,300 397 R. Haley 3 Graybar Electric Co. Inc.* St. Louis 5,400,000,000 8,100 222 R. Reynolds Jr. 4 Anixter Inc. (Anixter International) Skokie, IL 3,742,960,000 8,645** 159 R. Eck 5 Sonepar USA* Philadelphia 3,300,000,000 4,400 240 P. Klasing 6 Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc. Westlake Village, CA NA 6,160 562e D. Bursch 7 W.W. Grainger Inc. Lake Forest, IL NA NA 430 J. Ryan 8 Crescent Electric Supply Co. East Dubuque, IL 1,034,432,340 1,600 125 M. Burbridge 9 HD Supply Atlanta NA NA 63e J. DeAngelo 10 Border States Industries Inc. Fargo, ND 965,276,371 1,390 56 T. Miller 11 Mayer Electric Supply Co. Inc. Birmingham, AL 678,240,000 904 57 W. Smith 12 Platt Electrical Supply Inc. Beaverton, OR NA NA 99 H. Platt 13 Independent Electric Supply Inc. San Carlos, CA 532,000,000 570 26 R. Snow 14 McNaughton McKay Electric Co. Madison Heights, MI 507,000,000 785 21 D. Slominski Jr. 15 City Electric Supply (CES) Orlando NA NA 478e L. Dobon 16 State Electric Supply Co. Inc. Huntington, WV NA 705 40 A. Weisberg 17 Reynolds Co. , The Fort Worth, TX 470,000,000 374 17 W. Reynolds 18 Dealers Electrical Supply Co. Waco, TX NA 710 59 S. Bracey 19 Wholesale Electric Supply Co. of Houston Inc.* Houston 444,000,000 430 10 M. Rutland 20 North Coast Electric Co. Seattle 417,000,000 644 35 R. Lemman 21 Kendall Electric Supply Co. Battle Creek, MI 400,000,000 700 45 M. Ranly 22 Summit Electric Supply* Albuquerque, NM 384,100,000 560 21 V. Jury Jr. 23 Kirby Risk Electrical Supply Lafayette, IN NA 486 38 J. Risk III/J. Burke 24 Elliott Electric Supply Nacogdoches, TX 382,232,398 850 96 B. Elliott 25 Houston Wire & Cable Houston 360,939,000 317 11 C. Sorrentino 26 Turtle & Hughes Linden, NJ 355,376,348 350 9 S. Millard 27 WinWholesale Dayton, OH NA 4,120 551 R. Schwartz 28 Walters Wholesale Electric Signal Hill, CA 295,500,000 470 23 J. Walter 29 OneSource Distributors LLC* Oceanside, CA 289,000,000 290 13 R. Zamarripa 30 Steiner Electric Co. Elk Grove, IL NA 475 8 H. Kerman 31 Codale Electric Supply Inc. Salt Lake City 235,485,000 254 11 D. Holt 32 Omni Cable Corp. West Chester, PA 233,840,000 196 10 J. Siegfried 33 Van Meter Industrial Cedar Rapids, IA 212,000,000 340 14 B. Boyer 34 Priority Wire & Cable Inc. North Little Rock, AR 206,199,205 96 6 J. Newman 35 Industrial Electric Wire & Cable New Berlin, WI 198,000,000 256 7 D. Nestingen 36 Eck Supply Co. Richmond, VA 197,000,000 330 23 E. Eck III 37 ECHO Electric Supply Council Bluffs, IA NA 300 16 M. Lane/J. Franken 38 Werner Electric Supply Co. Neenah, WI 192,950,000 346 11 L. MacDonald 39 Gresco Utility Supply Inc. Forsyth, GA NA NA 5 J. Thorne 40 A. E. Petsche Co. Inc. Arlington, TX 185,000,000 225 7 G. Davidson 41 United Electric Supply Co. Inc. Wilmington, DE 180,948,044 302 16 T. Cloud 42 Rumsey Electric Co. Conshohocken, PA 178,000,000 265 11 G. Lihota 43 Colonial Electric Supply King of Prussia, PA 175,000,000 300 16 S. Bellwoar 44 3e Electrical Engineering & Equipment Co. Windsor Heights, IA NA NA 8 J. Stroud 45 QED Inc. Las Vegas, NV 171,214,031 214 12 D. Stauffer 46 Dominion Electric Supply Co. Arlington, VA 170,000,000 260 8 R. Sharlin 47 Stoneway Electric Supply Spokane, WA 169,498,679 237 15 C. Kelly 48 Dakota Supply Group Inc. Fargo, ND NA NA 16 T. Kumm 49 Kriz-Davis Co. Grand Island, NE 167,661,127 218 13 D. Cornette 50 Shepherd Electric Supply Baltimore 166,131,483 208 4 C. Vogel 51 Rural Electric Supply Cooperative (RESCO) Middleton, WI NA NA 6 V. Graybill 52 Standard Electric Co. Saginaw, MI NA NA 21 L. Weber 53 Butler Supply Inc. Fenton, MO NA 215 29 J. Duda 54 Wholesale Electric Supply Co. Inc. Texarkana, TX NA NA 22 B. McCulloch 55 Springfield Electric Supply Co. Springfield, IL 132,442,063 240 12 M. Barker 56 Teche Electric Supply LLC Lafayette, LA NA NA 17 B. Hays 57 Werner Electric Supply (of Minnesota) Cottage Grove, MN 125,500,000 200 7 K. Powell 58 Minarik Corp. Glendale, CA NA 30 16 J. Hegel 59 NEDCO Supply Las Vegas 125,000,000 NA 1 M. Winard 60 Horizon Solutions Rochester, NY 123,995,175 218 7 J. Newton 61 Hite Co. , The Altoona, PA 120,864,000 250 21 T. Lawhead/ L. Hite 62 Billows Electric Philadelphia 120,000,000 230 15 J. Billow 63 French Gerleman Maryland Heights, MO 119,943,000 220 5 W. French 64 Western Extralite Kansas City, MO 118,000,000 240 17 T. Isenberg 65 Utility Supply & Service (Texas Electric Cooperatives Inc. ) Georgetown, TX 115,000,000 55 12 J. Andrews 66 Cooperative Electric Energy Utility Supply (CEE-US) West Columbia, SC NA NA 1 D. McCord 67 Stanion Wholesale Electric Co. Inc. Pratt, KS 114,088,997 221 17 W. Keller 68 Revere Electric Supply Co. Chicago NA NA 2 P. McCool 69 Electric Supply Inc. Tampa, FL 107,500,000 132 1 G. Adams Jr. 70 United Utility Supply Louisville, KY 105,000,000 46 6 R. Sheets 71 NESCO/Needham Electric Supply Canton, MA 103,000,000 180 19 G. Wilson 72 Central Supply Co. Indianapolis NA NA 4 G. Burt 73 Electrical Equipment Co. Raleigh, NC 101,184,000 229 11 T. Lawson 74 Main Electric Supply Co. Irvine, CA 101,000,000 140 5 S. Germann 75 Granite City Electric Quincy, MA 100,241,000 165 21 S. Helle 76 Becker Electric Supply Dayton, OH 100,000,000 230 12 T. Becker 77 Benfield Electric Supply Co. Inc. White Plains, NY 100,000,000 150 4 D. McLaughlin 78 Broken Arrow Electric Supply Broken Arrow, OK 98,200,000 131 5 B. Garner 79 J. H. Larson Electrical Co. Plymouth, MN NA NA 8 G. Pahl 80 Facility Solutions Group Lighting Austin, TX 95,000,000 250 14 W. Graham 81 Hill Country Electric Supply Austin, TX 94,000,000 7 S. Schieffer 82 Schaedler Yesco Distribution Inc. Harrisburg, PA 92,900,000 160 11 J. Schaedler 83 Villa Lighting Supply St. Louis 92,000,000 81 1 J. Villa 84 PEPCO (Professional Electric Products Co. ) Eastlake, OH 90,000,000 NA 3 J. Borkey 85 Regency Lighting Van Nuys, CA 88,344,955 270 7 R. Regenstreif 86 Yale Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Lebanon, PA 88,297,662 250 10 M. Bucci 87 Cape Electrical Supply Cape Girardeau, MO NA 160 20 A. Toole 88 Richards Electric Supply Co. Inc. Cincinnati, OH 88,200,000 143 5 I. Misrach 89 Tri State Utility Products Inc. Marietta, GA 87,000,000 31 3 W. Patterson 90 Electrical Wholesale Supply Co. of Utah Inc. Salt Lake City NA NA 8 R. Gardner 91 Key Electrical Supply (of IES) Houston NA NA 2 M. Richardson 92 Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. Little Rock, AR 84,500,000 45 2 G. Voigt 93 Shealy Electrical Wholesalers Inc. Columbia, SC 83,944,000 153 7 W. DeLoache 94 Western United Electric Supply Brighton, CO 82,362,000 27 1 M. Prom 95 Brownstown Electric Supply Co. Inc. Brownstown, IN NA 100 5 G. Deck 96 Electrical Distributors Inc. Charlotte, NC 77,634,000 99 6 B. Spear 97 Windy City Wire Bolingbrook, IL 76,000,000 120 8 R. Galgano 98 Madison Electric Co. Warren, MI 75,801,888 142 10 J. Schneider 99 Schwing Electrical Supply Corp. Farmingdale, NY NA NA 7 P. Schwing 100 Power & Telephone Supply Co. Memphis, TN NA NA 11 J. Pentecost 101 American Electric Supply Inc. Corona, CA 69,415,326 102 1 M. Pratt 102 Stokes Electric Co. Knoxville, TN NA NA 4 D. Frazer 103 Sunrise Electric Supply Addison, IL 68,000,000 67 1 R. Landgren 104 Fromm Electric Supply of Reading Reading, PA 67,000,000 135 12 M. Fromm 105 Standard Electric Supply Co. Milwaukee, WI 66,500,000 133 12 L. Stern 106 Electrical Distributors Co. San Jose, CA 66,455,195 118 5 C. Lehmann III 107 Hunzicker Brothers Inc. Oklahoma City, OK NA 106 6 M. Lockard III 108 Frost Electric Supply Co. Maryland Heights, MO 65,000,000 120 6 J. Frost 109 Central Wholesale Electrical Distributors Inc. Livermore, CA NA NA 8 K. Hansen 110 Alameda Electrical Distributors Inc. Hayward, CA 63,669,000 126 7 R. LaRue 111 Treadway Electric Co. Inc. Little Rock, AR 63,600,000 178 15 T. Rogers 112 Leff Electric Brooklyn Heights, OH 63,281,000 106 10 B. Leff 113 Tacoma Electric Supply Tacoma, WA 63,000,000 79 4 C. Silva 114 JCH Wire & Cable Inc. N. Las Vegas, NV NA NA 1 J. Hinshaw 115 Power Line Supply Reed City, MI NA 95 7 M. Bigford 116 Evergreen Oak Electric Supply and Sales Crestwood, IL NA NA 6 B. Kramer 117 City Lighting Products Co. St. Louis NA NA 4 L. Hohl 118 Granite Electrical Supply Sacramento, CA 60,000,000 75 6 A. Russello 119 Crum Electric Supply Co. Inc. Casper, WY 59,319,000 101 10 D. Crum 120 Womack Electric & Supply Co. Inc. Danville, VA NA 126 17 B. Herring 121 Warshauer Electric Supply Tinton Falls, NJ 57,500,000 125 5 J. Warshauer 122 International Electrical Sales Corp. Miami 57,000,000 32 1 C. Pino, J. Bravo & R. Bernstein 123 Seattle Lighting Fixture (Dolan Northwest llc) Seattle NA NA 8 D. McKee 124 Fletcher-Reinhardt Co. Bridgeton, MO NA NA 3 J. Reinhardt 125 Ace Wire & Cable Co Inc. Woodside, NY NA NA 2 J. Firestone 126 Inline Electric Supply Co. Huntsville, AL 55,000,000 93 7 B. Summerville 127 Munro Dist Co Inc. Fall River, MA 55,000,000 94 7 S. Munro 128 Voss Lighting Lincoln, NE 55,000,000 200 16 M. Voss 129 South Dade Electrical Supply Miami 54,180,000 88 1 D. Elliott 130 General Pacific Inc. Portland, OR 54,100,000 29 2 R. Hall 131 Denney Electric Supply Ambler, PA 52,400,000 129 8 B. Denney 132 Peninsular Electric Distributors West Palm Beach, FL 52,300,000 66 1 J. Larmoyeux 133 Electro-Matic Products Inc. Farmington Hills, MI NA NA 3 J. Baker 134 Grove-Madsen Industries Reno, NV NA 55 2 M. Madsen 135 Lowe Electric Supply Co. Macon, GA 51,000,000 96 8 J. Kinman 136 Maltby Electric Supply San Francisco 51,000,000 64 4 J. Maltby 137 Buckles-Smith San Jose, CA 50,119,340 90 7 A. Cook 138 Wolff Brothers Supply Inc. Medina, OH 48,423,000 130 10 H. Wolff 139 B & K Electric Wholesale City of Industry, CA 48,000,000 110 9 K. Ellison 140 Electrical Supplies Inc. Miami 47,300,000 80 4 F. Segal 141 Advance Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Chicago 47,222,590 70 3 S. Anixter 142 Mid-Island Electrical Sales Corp. Commack, NY NA 69 3 W. Wesch Jr. 143 I. G. Federal Electrical Supply Corp. Long Island City, NY 46,000,000 51 1 M. Berger 144 Mars Electric Co. Willoughby, OH 45,800,000 94 10 M. Doris 145 CBT Cincinnati 45,000,000 114 2 J. Stahl Jr. 146 Wildcat Electric Supply Ltd. Houston, TX 43,896,000 72 2 K. Hessemer 147 Allied Wire & Cable Inc. Collegeville, PA NA NA 8 D. Flynn 148 Steven Engineering Inc. S. San Francisco, CA NA NA 2 K. Walter 149 Electric Supply & Equipment Co. Greensboro, NC 42,655,000 72 3 J. McCormick 150 Independent Electric Supply Somerville, MA NA NA 4 D. Gray 151 Swift Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Teterboro, NJ 42,500,000 90 4 A. Sodora Jr. 152 K/E Electric Supply Corp Mount Clemens, MI NA NA 4 R. Kuchenmeister 153 Zeller Corp. Rochester, NY NA NA 4 G. Haseley 154 Harry Cooper Supply Springfield, MO 40,000,000 NA 3 S. Reagan 155 Rockingham Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Newington, NH NA NA 10 J. Pender Jr. 156 E. Sam Jones Distributor Inc. Atlanta 39,500,000 110 6 P. Jones 157 BJ Electric Supply Inc. Madison, WI NA NA 3 K. Topp 158 Gaffney-Kroese Electrical Supply Corp. Rahway, NJ NA NA 8 C. Kroese 159 Griffith Electric Supply Co. Inc. Trenton, NJ NA 60 4 B. Goodwin 160 Dickman Supply Inc. Sidney, OH 38,800,000 57 3 T. Geise 161 Argo International Corp. New York 38,516,135 83 9 J. SantaCroce 162 Hunt Electric Supply Burlington, NC 38,000,000 70 8 S. Hunt IV 163 Mid-Coast Electric Supply Inc. Victoria, TX 37,951,830 70 5 T. Barker 164 Tri State Supply Co. Inc. Washington, PA 37,100,000 55 4 J. Vanzandt 165 Idlewood Electric Supply Inc. Highland Park, IL 36,800,000 96 3 B. Lansing 166 Medler Electric Co. Alma, MI 36,537,697 103 14 R. Heine 167 Connexion Buffalo Grove, IL 35,000,000 35 1 D. Rosenstein 168 Robinson Electric Supply Co. Inc. Meridian, MS NA 71 9 B. Robinson 169 Wabash Electric Supply Inc. Wabash, IN NA NA 6 J. Forrester 170 Electro-Wire Inc. Wood Dale, IL NA NA 3 M. Hamano 171 Raymond de Steiger Inc. Sterling Heights, MI NA 64 4 P. de Steiger 172 Active Electrical Supply Co. Chicago NA NA 3 H. Fox 173 Franklin Electric Co. Moorestown, NJ 32,414,000 58 2 W. Walker III 174 Caniff Electric Supply Hamtramck, MI 32,000,000 31 1 D. Bemis 175 Central Electric Supply Ltd North Charleston, SC NA NA 1 N. Grey 176 Diversified Supply Inc. Chattanooga, TN NA NA 4 D. Anderson 177 Mid-West Wholesale Lighting Los Angeles 31,000,000 35 1 A. Frandzel 178 West Virginia Electric Supply Co. Huntington, WV 31,000,000 88 9 M. Colker 179 Nelson Electric Supply Co. Inc. Racine, WI NA NA 3 T. Leuenberger 180 Gallant & Wein Corp. Long Island City, NY 30,000,000 38 2 S. Gruman 181 Hartford Electric Supply Co. Inc. (HESCO) Rocky Hill, CT 30,000,000 58 1 B. DePasquale 182 Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Co. Rochester, NY NA 36 1 A. Kovalksy 183 Allied Wholesale Electrical Supply Inc. Indianapolis 29,464,573 29 3 R. McCurdy 184 Williams Supply Roanoke, VA NA NA 7 T. Moody 185 Hein Electric Supply Brookfield, WI NA NA 9 C. Stoming 186 Nu-Lite Electrical Wholesalers Inc. Harahan, LA NA NA 6 F. Corales 187 City Electric Co. Syracuse, NY NA NA 7 S. Rosencrans 188 KJ Electric Corp. Syracuse, NY NA NA 6 K. Jacobs 189 Advance Electrical and Industrial Supply Norcross, GA 26,660,890 25 1 M. Stovall & D. Purvis 190 Interstate Electrical Supply Inc. Columbus, GA 26,177,011 70 4 J. Tinkler 191 Columbia Electric Supply Inc. Brockton, MA NA NA 4 G. Murphy 192 Candela Corp. Irvine, CA 25,000,000 70 3 M. Tinney 193 Loeb Electric Co. Columbus, OH NA NA 7 C. Loeb 194 Feldman Brothers Electrical Supply Co. Paterson, NJ NA NA 1 E. Feldman 195 Kansas City Electrical Supply Lenexa, KS 24,273,951 43 2 J. Jones 196 Lasalle Electric Supply Livonia, MI 23,850,000 24 1 J. Gatward 197 Midtown Electric Supply Corp. New York 23,841,930 55 1 M. Gold 198 Bell Electrical Supply Santa Clara, CA 23,000,000 40 2 B. Schraga 199 Wholesale Supply Group Inc. Cleveland, TN 22,389,493 300 37 L. Rogers 200 Parrish-Hare Electrical Supply Dallas NA 45 4 P. Hare 201 West-Lite Supply Co. Inc. Cerritos, CA 18,426,393 54 5 G. Haverland NA - not available e - estimate * all data for North America ** worldwide

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