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Top 75 Electronics Distributors: 2006 North American Rankings

By Staff -- Purchasing, 5/17/2007 6:00:00 AM

Click here for Top 75 electronics distributors The top 75 electronics distributors grew North American sales by about 9% in 2006, but some distributors did better than others. For instance, Nu Horizons of Melville, N.Y., grew revenue 39.2% as its sales reached $554 million. Other distributors that posted more than 30% revenue growth over 2005 include Wise Components, which grew revenue 38.1% to $14.5 million; Mouser, which boosted sales 33.3% to $184 million and Simple Technologies, with 32.1% growth as sales increased to $7.7 million. Avnet and Arrow dominated semiconductor sales in 2006. Avnet’s semiconductor revenue totaled $4 billion and Arrow had nearly $3.6 billion in chip sales, which accounted for 58% of Arrow’s total revenue. Arrow was the leader in passives and electromechanical sales. It sold $1.16 billion of passives and electromechanical devices. Passives and connector specialist TTI was second with $469 million of passives/electromechanical revenue. Avnet was the top connector distributor with $360 million in interconnect revenue in 2006.


Leaders in active components

Rank

Company (Top 75 Rank)

Activecomponent sales ($mil.)

%total sales

2006calendar year ($millions)

1

Avnet, Inc. (1)

$4,032.0

56%

$7,200.0

2

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2)

3,562.0

52%

6,850.0

3

Nu Horizons (8)

487.5

88%

554.0

4

All American (10)

410.3

92%

446.0

5

Digi-Key Corp. (5)

268.9

38%

707.6

6

Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15)

84.2

55%

153.0

7

Newark InOne (7)

66.8

11%

607.6

8

Mouser Electronics Inc. (14)

46.0

25%

184.0

9

ACI Electronics (35)

40.0

100%

40.0

10

Universal Semiconductor Inc. (38T)

26.9

80%

33.6

Leaders in computer product sales

Rank  

Company (Top 75 Rank)   

Computersales ($mil.)

%total sales

2006calendar year ($mil.)

1

Avnet, Inc. (1)

$2,160.0

30%

$7,200.0

2

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2)

2,123.5

31%

6,850.0

3

Bell Microproducts (4)

1,490.0

100%

1,490.0

4

Newark InOne (7)

30.4

5%

607.6

5

Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15)

6.1

4%

153.0

6

Genie Group Inc. (28)

2.3

4%

56.9

7

Simple Technologies/Worldwide (69)

1.9

25%

7.7

8

Wes-Garde Components Group Inc. (24)

1.4

2%

71.1

9

RS Electronics (25)

1.4

2%

70.0

10

Steven Engineering, Inc. (34)

1.3

3%

42.5

Top distributors by sales per employee

Rank

Company (Top 75 Rank) 

Sales peremployee

2006 calendar year ($mil.)

Total N. Americanemployees

1

Genie Group Inc. (28)

$4,376,923.1

$56.9

13

2

Dependable Component Supply (17)

3,631,578.9

138.0

38

3

Flame Enterprises Inc. (26)

1,437,500.0

69.0

48

4

Avnet, Inc. (1)

1,179,941.0

7,200.0

6,102

5

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2)

1,161,016.9

6,850.0

5,900

6

Bell Microproducts (4)

1,128,787.9

1,490.0

1,320

7

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8)

1,092,702.2

554.0

507

8

JRH Electronics LLC (71)

1,071,428.6

7.5

7

9

Chip-Tech Ltd. (37)

905,000.0

36.2

40

10

ACI Electronics (35)

888,888.9

40.0

45

Leaders in passive/EM sales

Rank

Company (Top 75 Rank)

Passive/EM sales($mil.)

%total sales

2006calendar year ($mil.)

1

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2)

$1,164.5

17%

$6,850.0

2

TTI, Inc. (6)

469.2

69%

680.0

3

Avnet, Inc. (1)

360.0

5%

7,200.0

4

Digi-Key Corp. (5)

297.2

42%

707.6

5

Newark InOne (7)

237.0

39%

607.6

6

DAC (9)

124.2

26%

477.7

7

Allied Electronics Inc. (12)

87.7

31%

283.0

8

Master Distributors (18)

77.0

76%

101.3

9

Flame Enterprises Inc. (26)

69.0

100%

69.0

10

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8)

66.5

12%

554.0

Leaders in interconnect sales

Rank

Company (Top 75 Rank)

Interconnectsales ($mil.)

% total sales

2006calendar year ($mil.)

1

Avnet, Inc. (1)

360.0

5%

$7,200.0

2
DAC (9)
$353.5

74%

477.7

3

TTI, Inc. (6)

210.8

31%

680.0

4

A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. (16)

143.0

100%

143.0

5

Newark InOne (7)

109.4

8%

607.6

6

Digi-Key Corp. (5)

99.1

14%

707.6

7

PEI-Genesis (19)

91.7

95%

96.5

8

Allied Electronics Inc. (12)

73.6

26%

283.0

9

Powell Electronics, Inc. (23)

67.5

90%

75.0

10

Mouser Electronics Inc. (14)

46.0

25%

184.0

Top distributors by sales growth

Rank

Company (Top 75 Rank)

% change from 2005

2006calendar year ($mil.)

Totalemployees

1

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8)

39.2%

$554.0

507

2

Wise Components, Inc. (60)

38.1%

14.5

21

3

Mouser Electronics Inc. (14)

33.3%

184.0

547

4

Simple Technologies/Worldwide (69)

32.1%

7.7

10

5

Electro Enterprises Inc. (40)

29.5%

30.3

70

6

CDM Electronics (67)

29.3%

9.7

44

7

Airtechnics Inc. (21)

29.0%

84.5

138

8

SMD Inc. (49)

26.1%

20.3

45

9

DAC (9)

25.2%

477.7

760

10

Digi-Key Corp. (5)

25.2%

707.6

1756

Also read: 

New markets on the horizon

Catalog distributors draw big imitators

Trends in distribution

2006 North American Rankings

Top 75 Electronics Distributors Alphabetical listing

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