As credit markets loosen up, you will see more acquisition activity. Electrical Wholesaling reported on 18 M&As in the last 18 months. In big M&A years, it's not unusual to see 20 or more acquisitions.
| Central Wholesale Electrical Inc., Livermore, Calif. | Alameda Electrical Distributors, Hayward, Calif. |
| Howe Electric Supply, Jacksonville, Ill. | Butler Supply Inc., Fenton, Mo. |
| Cumberland Electric Supply, Somerset, Ky.* | Cape Electrical Supply, Cape Girardeau, Mo. |
| Broken Arrow Supply (Missouri branches only)* | Crescent Electric Supply, East Dubuque, Ill. |
| Springdale and Fort Smith, Ark., branches, Treadway Electric Co. Little Rock, Ark. | Elliott Electric Supply, Nacogdoches, Texas |
| Key Electrical Supply, Houston | Elliott Electric Supply, Nacogdoches, Texas |
| Columbia Electric Supply Co., Brockton, Mass.* | Granite City Electric Supply Co., Quincy, Mass. |
| AVAD Industrial Sales Inc., Sudbury, Ontario* | Graybar Canada/Graybar Electric Co., St. Louis |
| Southwest Wire Rope and Southern Wire/Teleflex Corp., Limerick, Pa.* | Houston Wire & Cable Co., Houston |
| Minarik Corp., Glendale, Calif.* | Kaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn. |
| Automation Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho | Minarik Corp./Kaman, Glendale, Calif. |
| Midstate Electric Supply, Berlin, Vt. | Needham Electric Supply (NESCO), Canton, Mass. |
| Densmore Electrical Supply, Rutland, Vt.* | Needham Electric Supply (NESCO) , Canton, Mass. |
| D&D Tool and Supply, Vista, Calif. | OneSource Distributors, Oceanside, Calif. |
| SESCO/QUESCO (HD Supply), Toronto, Ontario | Sonepar SA, Paris |
| TVC Communications, Annville, Pa.* | WESCO Distribution Inc., Pittsburgh |
| Potelcom Supply Inc., Anchorage Alaska* | WESCO Distribution Inc., Pittsburgh |
| RECO, Cincinnati | WESCO International Inc., Pittsburgh |
| Electro Mechanical Supply Co. Fuquay Varina, N.C. | Shealy Electrical Wholesalers, West Columbia, S.C. |
| *2010 acquisition |
