TOP 25 by Sales Per Employee

As one might expect, specialty distributors dominate the list of the Top 25 electrical distributors among the nation's largest as ranked by sales per employee. For the second consecutive year, Western United Electric Supply Corp., Brighton, Colo., takes the No. 1 slot. With 23 employees and one location, Western United Electric Supply lists its primary market as rural electric co-ops.

This ranking is based on the companies that provided both a 2002 dollar sales number and an employee count for publication in Electrical Wholesaling's June 2003 Top 200 listing of the largest electrical distributors. Based on the 139 companies that furnished both, the average sales per employee came in at $472,167.

Top 25 by Sales Per Employee

Rank Company Sales Dollars Per Employee1 Western United Electric Supply Corp., Brighton, Colo. 2,400,0002 Reed City Power Line, Reed City, Mich. 1,929,8253 Yale Electrical Supply Co. Inc., Boston 1,909,0914 Tri-State Utility Products Inc., Marietta, Ga. 1,851,8525 United Utility Supply, Louisville, Ken. 1,608,6966 Equity Utility Service, Marietta, Ga. 1,483,1057 Resco (Rural Electric Supply Co.), Madison, Wis. 1,367,3478 International Electrical Sales Corp. (IESCO), Miami 903,2269 Crawford Electric Supply, Dallas 833,33310 Valley Lighting LLC, Linthicum, Md. 794,11811 Key Electrical Supply (of IES), Houston 683,33312 TVESCO Inc. (Tennessee Valley Electric Supply Co.), Memphis, Tenn. 647,36813 Priority Wire & Cable, Little Rock, Ark. 636,53814 Communications Supply Corp., Carol Stream, Ill. 636,36415 City Lighting Products, St. Louis 634,92116 WESCO Distribution, Pittsburgh, Pa. 612,93417 Independent Electric Supply Inc., San Carlos, Calif. 594,28618 Maurice Electrical Supply, Washington, D.C. 593,75019 Tacoma Electric Supply Inc., Tacoma, Wash. 577,50020 Professional Electric Products Co. aka PEPCO, Eastlake, Ohio 566,08721 Codale Electric Supply Inc., Salt Lake City 554,54522 I.G. Federal Electrical Supply Corp., Long Island City, N.Y. 546,29623 Turtle & Hughes Inc., Linden, N.J. 536,11124 Windy City Wire, Hillside, Ill. 527,10425 Border States Electrical Supply, Fargo, N.D. 524,010Based on the companies that provided both a 2002 dollar sales figure and electrical employee count for publication in this June's ranking of the Top 200 electrical distributors in Electrical Wholesaling.

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