Top 75 Electronics Distributors: Smaller distributors post sales growth
By Purchasing Staff -- Purchasing, 4/30/2009 2:00:00 AM
While large electronics distributors such as Arrow and Avnet dominate component sales, smaller distributors were the leaders in sales per employee and overall sales growth in 2008. Genie Group, Sager and Flame had the highest sales per employee. Interstate Connecting Components, CDM Electronics and Symmetry had the highest sales growth of the Top 75 electronics distributors.
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Active component sales ($ millions) | % total sales | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) |
| 1 Purchasing estimate 2 Sales from 11/07 to 10/08 |
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| 1 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (1) | $3,430.1 | 41%1 | $8,366.1 |
| 2 | Avnet, Inc. (2) | 3,144.0 | 38% | 8,276.01 |
| 3 | Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) | 433.5 | 85% | 510.0 |
| 4 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 296.6 | 38% | 780.4 |
| 5 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (12) | 85.1 | 33% | 258.0 |
| 6 | Newark (7) | 81.5 | 12% | 679.22 |
| 7 | USI Electronics (28) | 46.8 | 85% | 55.0 |
| 8 | Symmetry Electronics Corp. (37) | 35.8 | 98% | 36.5 |
| 9 | Edge Electronics Inc. (30) | 34.0 | 68% | 50.0 |
| 10 | All American (29) | 32.2 | 60% | 53.6 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Computer sales ($ millions) | % total sales | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) |
| 1 Purchasing estimate | ||||
| 1 | Avnet, Inc. (2) | 4,386.3 | 53% | $8,276.01 |
| 2 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (1) | 3,932.1 | 47%1 | 8,366.1 |
| 3 | Bell Microproducts (4) | 1,300.0 | 100% | 1,300.0 |
| 4 | Allied Electronics Inc. (10) | 142.8 | 42% | 340.0 |
| 5 | Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) | 40.8 | 8% | 510.0 |
| 6 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 7.8 | 1% | 780.4 |
| 7 | Genie Group Inc. (23) | 7.0 | 10% | 70.2 |
| 8 | Electronics Supply Co., Inc. (56) | 5.0 | 30% | 16.6 |
| 9 | RS Electronics (26) | 4.4 | 7% | 63.3 |
| 10 | Fedco Electronics Inc. (66) | 1.5 | 14% | 10.5 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Sales per employee ($ thous.) | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) | Total employees |
| 1 Purchasing estimate | ||||
| 1 | Genie Group Inc. (23) | $5,841,666.7 | $70.2 | 12 |
| 2 | Sager Electronics (11) | 3,493,333.3 | 262.0 (1) | 75 |
| 3 | Flame Enterprises Inc. (22) | 1,705,882.4 | 87.0 | 51 |
| 4 | JRH Electronics LLC (65) | 1,628,571.4 | 11.4 | 7 |
| 5 | Edge Electronics Inc. (30) | 1,470,588.2 | 50.0 | 34 |
| 6 | Avnet, Inc. (2) | 1,379,333.3 | 8,276.0 (1)(2) | 6,000 |
| 7 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (1) | 1,349,354.8 | 8,366.1 | 6,2001 |
| 8 | Bell Microproducts (4) | 1,162,790.7 | 1,300.0 | 1,118 |
| 9 | Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) | 1,106,290.7 | 510.0 | 461 |
| 10 | USI Electronics (28) | 1,078,431.4 | 55.0 | 51 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Passives/EM sales ($ millions) | % total sales | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) |
| 1 Purchasing estimate 2 Sales from 11/07 to 10/08 |
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| 1 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (1) | $1,003.1 | 12%1 | $8,366.1 |
| 2 | TTI, Inc. (6) | 471.2 | 62% | 760.0 |
| 3 | Avnet, Inc. (2) | 413.8 | 5% | 8,276.0 |
| 4 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 320.0 | 41% | 780.4 |
| 5 | Newark (7) | 210.6 | 31% | 679.22 |
| 6 | DAC (9) | 128.3 | 26% | 493.4 |
| 7 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (12) | 87.7 | 34% | 258.0 |
| 8 | Flame Enterprises Inc. (22) | 87.0 | 100% | 87.0 |
| 9 | Allied Electronics Inc. (10) | 81.6 | 24% | 340.0 |
| 10 | Master Distributors (17) | 75.3 | 65% | 115.9 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Interconnect sales ($ millions) | % total sales | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) |
| 1 Sales from 11/07 to 10/08 2 Purchasing estimate |
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| 1 | DAC (9) | $365.1 | 74% | $493.4 |
| 2 | Avnet, Inc. (2) | 331.0 | 4% | 8,276.02 |
| 3 | TTI, Inc. (6) | 288.8 | 38% | 760.0 |
| 4 | A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. (14) | 185.0 | 100% | 185.0 |
| 5 | PEI-Genesis (15) | 131.8 | 95% | 138.7 |
| 6 | Newark (7) | 115.5 | 17% | 679.21 |
| 7 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 109.3 | 14% | 780.4 |
| 8 | Allied Electronics Inc. (10) | 102.0 | 30% | 340.0 |
| 9 | Powell Electronics, Inc. (18T) | 96.3 | 90% | 107.0 |
| 10 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (12) | 64.5 | 25% | 258.0 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | % change from 2007 | 2008 calendar year ($ millions) | Total N. American employees |
| 1 | Interstate Connecting Components, Inc. (41) | 32.4% | $29.4 | 85 |
| 2 | CDM Electronics (63) | 31.0% | 13.1 | 67 |
| 3 | Symmetry Electronics Corp. (37) | 30.4% | 36.5 | 56 |
| 4 | Hughes Peters Inc. (31) | 30.0% | 49.8 | 100 |
| 5 | USI Electronics (28) | 27.9% | 55.0 | 51 |
| 6 | JRH Electronics LLC (65) | 25.3% | 11.4 | 7 |
| 7 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (12) | 23.4% | 258.0 | 630 |
| 8 | Electro Enterprises Inc. (32) | 19.2% | 48.4 | 101 |
| 9 | Genie Group Inc. (23) | 11.8% | 70.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Powell Electronics, Inc. (18T) | 11.5% | 107.0 | 220 |
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