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July 31, 2019
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High-rise condo towers in Miami highlight and plans for a 230-mile high speed rail that would connect Orlando to the southern part of the state are two of the biggest construction projects underway and on the drawing boards for the Sunshine State.
High-rise condo towers in Miami highlight and plans for a 230-mile high speed rail that would connect Orlando to the southern part of the state are two of the biggest construction projects underway and on the drawing boards for the Sunshine State.
High-rise condo towers in Miami highlight and plans for a 230-mile high speed rail that would connect Orlando to the southern part of the state are two of the biggest construction projects underway and on the drawing boards for the Sunshine State.
High-rise condo towers in Miami highlight and plans for a 230-mile high speed rail that would connect Orlando to the southern part of the state are two of the biggest construction projects underway and on the drawing boards for the Sunshine State.
High-rise condo towers in Miami highlight and plans for a 230-mile high speed rail that would connect Orlando to the southern part of the state are two of the biggest construction projects underway and on the drawing boards for the Sunshine State.

2014 South Atlantic Region Forecast

Nov. 15, 2013
The region's diversity is its strength - from ultra-high-end residential in the Dezer-Porsche Tower in Miami to a new 600,000-sq-ft data center for the NSA. Residential markets in Atlanta, Raleigh and Washington, D.C., are recovering at last Overall, the region's electrical sales should grow 2.7% in 2014.

No other region in the United States will offer such a diverse mix of construction projects over the next few years. You have jaw-dropping residential projects like Miami’s Dezer-Porsch Design Residences, a 60-story tower with residences from 4,200 to 17,000 square feet and priced from $4.5 to $25 million; recovering residential markets in Atlanta, Raleigh, N.C. and the D.C. metros; mass transit projects like All Aboard Florida, a privately financed $1.5 billion, 230-mile rail link that would connect the Orlando metro to South Florida; commuter transit projects in Charlotte, N.C.,  and suburban Virginia; and commercial construction projects including a new $861 million, 600,000-sq-ft. data center for the National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Md.; Baltimore’s Harbor Point project,  which will offer a new Exelon headquarters; and the planned CityCentre and Airport City projects in Miami, which would attract billions in construction spending.

 TOP 200 ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS
WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION

This region's mix of large regional distributors and independents have branches in everything from the smallest mountain hamlets to some of the busiest electrical market in the country, including the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metro, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Miami. Click here  for more information on this region's Top 200 companies.

Rank Company Name:   Town/City: State:
7 HD Supply Atlanta GA
11 City Electric Orlando FL
19 State Electric Supply Co. Huntington WV
35 Shealy Electrical Wholesalers Inc. West Columbia SC
36 Eck Supply Co. (Eck Enterprises Inc.) Richmond VA
37 Dominion Electric Supply Arlington VA
43 Shepherd Electric Supply Baltimore MD
49 United Electric Supply New Castle DE
52 Gresco Utility Supply Inc. Forsyth GA
70 Electrical Equipment Co. Raleigh NC
85 Electric Supply Inc. Tampa FL
89 Tri-State Utility Products Inc. Marietta GA
95 Cooperative Energy Electric Utility Supply (CEE-US) West Columbia SC
101 Womack Electric Supply Danville VA
116 International Electrical Sales Corp. Miami FL
121 Electric Supply & Equipment Co. Greensboro NC
136 Lowe Electric Supply Co. Macon GA
137 E. Sam Jones Distributor Inc. Atlanta GA
138 Atlanta Electrical Distributors Duluth GA
144 Peninsular Electric Distributors West Palm Beach FL
171 Electrical Supplies Inc. Miami FL
174 Williams Supply Roanoke VA
178 West Virginia Electric Supply Co. Huntington WV
181 Southeastern Electrical Distributors Inc.  Greenville SC
187 Hunt Electric Supply Burlington NC
200 VEC Supply Charlottesville VA

ACQUISITION ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION - 2008-2013

In a region that's seen dozens of acquisitions over the past few decades, it's been a pretty quiet M&A climate over the past five years, with the biggest deal being Shealy Electrical Wholesalers' purchase of Electrical Distributors Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Details

RECENT NEW BRANCH OPENINGS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION

Compared to some other regions of the United States, it's been pretty quiet on the branch expansion front in this 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 Graybar Electric Co. Charleston SC 2012 Mayer Electric Supply Charlottesville VA 2012

SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR SALES DATA

Electrical Wholesaling forecasts more than $7.2 billion in combined 2014 electrical sales for Florida and Georgia.

EMPLOYMENT IN KEY CUSTOMER GROUPS

IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC 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."