Nu Horizons led the pack in sales growth
By James Carbone -- Purchasing, 6/14/2007 2:00:00 AM
The top 75 electronics distributors grew 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 had $4 billion in chip sales, which accounted for 56% of its total revenue. Arrow sold $3.6 billion of semiconductors. That was about 53% of its overall revenue. Arrow was also the leader in passives and electromechanical sales. It sold $1.16 billion of passives and electromechanical devices. TTI was second with $469 million of passives/electromechanical revenue.
Avnet was the top connector distributor with $360 million in interconnect revenue in 2006 and DAC was second with $353.5 million.
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Active component sales ($mil.) | % total sales | 2006 calendar year ($millions) |
| 1 | Avnet, Inc. (1) | $4,032.0 | 56% | $7,200.0 |
| 2 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) | 3,562.0 | 52% | 6,850.0 |
| 3 | Nu Horizons (8) | 487.5 | 88% | 554.0 |
| 4 | All American (10) | 410.3 | 92% | 446.0 |
| 5 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 268.9 | 38% | 707.6 |
| 6 | Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15) | 84.2 | 55% | 153.0 |
| 7 | Newark InOne (7) | 66.8 | 11% | 607.6 |
| 8 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (14) | 46.0 | 25% | 184.0 |
| 9 | ACI Electronics (35) | 40.0 | 100% | 40.0 |
| 10 | Universal Semiconductor Inc. (38T) | 26.9 | 80% | 33.6 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Computer sales ($mil.) | % total sales | 2006 calendar year ($mil.) |
| 1 | Avnet, Inc. (1) | $2,160.0 | 30% | $7,200.0 |
| 2 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) | 2,123.5 | 31% | 6,850.0 |
| 3 | Bell Microproducts (4) | 1,490.0 | 100% | 1,490.0 |
| 4 | Newark InOne (7) | 30.4 | 5% | 607.6 |
| 5 | Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15) | 6.1 | 4% | 153.0 |
| 6 | Genie Group Inc. (28) | 2.3 | 4% | 56.9 |
| 7 | Simple Technologies/Worldwide (69) | 1.9 | 25% | 7.7 |
| 8 | Wes-Garde Components Group Inc. (24) | 1.4 | 2% | 71.1 |
| 9 | RS Electronics (25) | 1.4 | 2% | 70.0 |
| 10 | Steven Engineering, Inc. (34) | 1.3 | 3% | 42.5 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Sales per employee | 2006 calendar year ($mil.) | Total N. American employees |
| 1 | Genie Group Inc. (28) | $4,376,923.1 | $56.9 | 13 |
| 2 | Dependable Component Supply (17) | 3,631,578.9 | 138.0 | 38 |
| 3 | Flame Enterprises Inc. (26) | 1,437,500.0 | 69.0 | 48 |
| 4 | Avnet, Inc. (1) | 1,179,941.0 | 7,200.0 | 6,102 |
| 5 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) | 1,161,016.9 | 6,850.0 | 5,900 |
| 6 | Bell Microproducts (4) | 1,128,787.9 | 1,490.0 | 1,320 |
| 7 | Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) | 1,092,702.2 | 554.0 | 507 |
| 8 | JRH Electronics LLC (71) | 1,071,428.6 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 9 | Chip-Tech Ltd. (37) | 905,000.0 | 36.2 | 40 |
| 10 | ACI Electronics (35) | 888,888.9 | 40.0 | 45 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Passive/ EM sales ($mil.) | % total sales | 2006 calendar year ($mil.) |
| 1 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) | $1,164.5 | 17% | $6,850.0 |
| 2 | TTI, Inc. (6) | 469.2 | 69% | 680.0 |
| 3 | Avnet, Inc. (1) | 360.0 | 5% | 7,200.0 |
| 4 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 297.2 | 42% | 707.6 |
| 5 | Newark InOne (7) | 237.0 | 39% | 607.6 |
| 6 | DAC (9) | 124.2 | 26% | 477.7 |
| 7 | Allied Electronics Inc. (12) | 87.7 | 31% | 283.0 |
| 8 | Master Distributors (18) | 77.0 | 76% | 101.3 |
| 9 | Flame Enterprises Inc. (26) | 69.0 | 100% | 69.0 |
| 10 | Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) | 66.5 | 12% | 554.0 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | Interconnect sales ($mil.) | % total sales | 2006 calendar year ($mil.) |
| 1 | Avnet, Inc. (1) | $360.0 | 5% | 7,200.0 |
| 2 | DAC (9) | 353.5 | 74% | 7,200.0 |
| 3 | TTI, Inc. (6) | 210.8 | 31% | 680.0 |
| 4 | A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. (16) | 143.0 | 100% | 143.0 |
| 5 | Newark InOne (7) | 109.4 | 18% | 607.6 |
| 6 | Digi-Key Corp. (5) | 99.1 | 14% | 707.6 |
| 7 | PEI-Genesis (19) | 91.7 | 95% | 96.5 |
| 8 | Allied Electronics Inc. (12) | 73.6 | 26% | 283.0 |
| 9 | Powell Electronics, Inc. (23) | 67.5 | 90% | 75.0 |
| 10 | Mouser Electronics Inc. (14) | 46.0 | 25% | 184.0 |
| Rank | Company (Top 75 Rank) | % change from 2005 | 2006 calendar year ($mil.) | Total employees |
| 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 |
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