It's been quiet on the merger and acquisition front in 2009, especially compared to 2008, when Electrical Marketing newsletter reported on 27 distributor acquisitions.
| Sante Electric Supply,* Florence, S.C. | Shealy Electrical Wholesalers, Columbia, S.C. |
| Berkeley Engineering Inc.,* Honolulu, Hawaii | OneSource Distributors, Oceanside, Calif. |
| Delmo Electric Supply,* Fisk, Mo. | Cape Electrical Supply, Cape Girardeau, Mo. |
| (Merger) Richardson Electric Inc.,* Chattanooga, Tenn. | Creswell Industrial Supply, Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Light Bulb Supply Co., Denver | American Light/ Facility Solutions Group, Austin, Texas |
| QSN Industries, Wood Dale, Il. | Anixter International Inc., Glenview, Ill. |
| Quality Screw de Mexico SA, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Anixter International Inc., Glenview, Ill. |
| World Class Wire & Cable, Waukesha, Wis. | Anixter International Inc., Glenview, Ill. |
| Harris Electric Supply, Clarksville, Tenn. | Border States Electric, Fargo, N.D. |
| White Electrical Supply, McAlester, Okla. | Broken Arrow Electric Supply, Broken Arrow, Okla. |
| Electrical Sales Engineering, Bowling Green, Ky. | Cape Girardeau Electrical Supply, Cape Girardeau, Mo. |
| Owen Electric Supply, Houston | Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc., Westlake Village, Calif. |
| Project Lighting Co., Houston | Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc., Westlake Village, Calif. |
| Davidson Electric Wholesale Supply Inc., Mocksville, N.C. | DESCO Inc., Salisbury, N.C. |
| Electric Fixture and Supply, Omaha, Neb. | Electrical Engineering & Equipment (3E), Windsor Heights, Iowa |
| Mountain Vista Supply, Sierra Vista, Ariz. | ESSCO Wholesale Electric/Sonepar USA, Chandler, Ariz. |
| Robson Electric Supply, Johnson City, N.Y. | Friedman Electric/Sonepar USA |
| Beacon Electric Supply, San Diego | Gexpro/Rexel, Dallas |
| Current Electrical Sales, Camden, N.J. | High Road Capital Partners, New York |
| Lighting Resource Management (LRM), Newburyport, Mass. | Horizon Solutions, Rochester, N.Y. |
| Electric Supply of Macon, Macon, Ga. | Mayer Electric Supply, Birmingham, Ala. |
| Walsh Electric Supply (Rutland, Vt. branch) | Needham Electric Supply (NESCO), Canton, Mass. |
| Atlantic Lighting and Supply, Atlanta | Servidyne Inc., Atlanta |
| Royalite Lighting, Amherst, N.Y. | Shanor Electric Supply, Buffalo, N.Y. |
| ESSCO Wholesale Electric, Chandler, Ariz. | Sonepar USA, Philadelphia |
| Hagemeyer North American operations, Charleston, S.C. | Sonepar USA, Philadelphia |
| Equity Utility Service Co. Inc., Marietta, Ga. | Stuart C. Irby/Sonepar USA, Jackson, Miss. |
| Tennesco, Chattanooga, Tenn. | Stuart C. Irby/Sonepar USA, Jackson, Miss. |
| Maurice Electrical Supply, Washington, D.C. | USESI/Consolidate Electrical Distributors Inc., Westlake Village, Calif. |
| Excel Industriel, Granby, Quebec | W.W. Grainger, Chicago |
| North-West Electric Supply, Willow Grove, Pa. | Yale Electric Supply, Lebanon, Pa. |
| *2009 acquisition |