Top 75 Electronics Distributors: 2006 North American Rankings
By Staff -- Purchasing, 5/17/2007
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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 $360 million in interconnect revenue in 2006.
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Leaders in active components |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
Activecomponent sales ($mil.) |
%total sales |
2006calendar year ($millions) |
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1 |
Avnet, Inc. (1) |
$4,032.0 |
56% |
$7,200.0 |
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2 |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) |
3,562.0 |
52% |
6,850.0 |
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3 |
Nu Horizons (8) |
487.5 |
88% |
554.0 |
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4 |
All American (10) |
410.3 |
92% |
446.0 |
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5 |
Digi-Key Corp. (5) |
268.9 |
38% |
707.6 |
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6 |
Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15) |
84.2 |
55% |
153.0 |
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7 |
Newark InOne (7) |
66.8 |
11% |
607.6 |
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8 |
Mouser Electronics Inc. (14) |
46.0 |
25% |
184.0 |
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9 |
ACI Electronics (35) |
40.0 |
100% |
40.0 |
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10 |
Universal Semiconductor Inc. (38T) |
26.9 |
80% |
33.6 |
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Leaders in computer product sales |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
Computersales ($mil.) |
%total sales |
2006calendar year ($mil.) |
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1 |
Avnet, Inc. (1) |
$2,160.0 |
30% |
$7,200.0 |
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2 |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) |
2,123.5 |
31% |
6,850.0 |
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3 |
Bell Microproducts (4) |
1,490.0 |
100% |
1,490.0 |
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4 |
Newark InOne (7) |
30.4 |
5% |
607.6 |
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5 |
Jaco Electronics, Inc. (15) |
6.1 |
4% |
153.0 |
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6 |
Genie Group Inc. (28) |
2.3 |
4% |
56.9 |
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7 |
Simple Technologies/Worldwide (69) |
1.9 |
25% |
7.7 |
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8 |
Wes-Garde Components Group Inc. (24) |
1.4 |
2% |
71.1 |
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9 |
RS Electronics (25) |
1.4 |
2% |
70.0 |
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10 |
Steven Engineering, Inc. (34) |
1.3 |
3% |
42.5 |
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Top distributors by sales per employee |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
Sales peremployee |
2006 calendar year ($mil.) |
Total N. Americanemployees |
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1 |
Genie Group Inc. (28) |
$4,376,923.1 |
$56.9 |
13 |
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2 |
Dependable Component Supply (17) |
3,631,578.9 |
138.0 |
38 |
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3 |
Flame Enterprises Inc. (26) |
1,437,500.0 |
69.0 |
48 |
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4 |
Avnet, Inc. (1) |
1,179,941.0 |
7,200.0 |
6,102 |
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5 |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) |
1,161,016.9 |
6,850.0 |
5,900 |
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6 |
Bell Microproducts (4) |
1,128,787.9 |
1,490.0 |
1,320 |
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7 |
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) |
1,092,702.2 |
554.0 |
507 |
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8 |
JRH Electronics LLC (71) |
1,071,428.6 |
7.5 |
7 |
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9 |
Chip-Tech Ltd. (37) |
905,000.0 |
36.2 |
40 |
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10 |
ACI Electronics (35) |
888,888.9 |
40.0 |
45 |
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Leaders in passive/EM sales |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
Passive/EM sales($mil.) |
%total sales |
2006calendar year ($mil.) |
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1 |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (2) |
$1,164.5 |
17% |
$6,850.0 |
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2 |
TTI, Inc. (6) |
469.2 |
69% |
680.0 |
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3 |
Avnet, Inc. (1) |
360.0 |
5% |
7,200.0 |
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4 |
Digi-Key Corp. (5) |
297.2 |
42% |
707.6 |
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5 |
Newark InOne (7) |
237.0 |
39% |
607.6 |
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6 |
DAC (9) |
124.2 |
26% |
477.7 |
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7 |
Allied Electronics Inc. (12) |
87.7 |
31% |
283.0 |
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8 |
Master Distributors (18) |
77.0 |
76% |
101.3 |
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9 |
Flame Enterprises Inc. (26) |
69.0 |
100% |
69.0 |
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10 |
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) |
66.5 |
12% |
554.0 |
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Leaders in interconnect sales |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
Interconnectsales ($mil.) |
% total sales |
2006calendar year ($mil.) |
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1 |
Avnet, Inc. (1) |
360.0 |
5% |
$7,200.0 |
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2 |
DAC (9) |
$353.5 |
74% |
477.7 |
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3 |
TTI, Inc. (6) |
210.8 |
31% |
680.0 |
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4 |
A.E. Petsche Co. Inc. (16) |
143.0 |
100% |
143.0 |
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5 |
Newark InOne (7) |
109.4 |
8% |
607.6 |
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6 |
Digi-Key Corp. (5) |
99.1 |
14% |
707.6 |
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7 |
PEI-Genesis (19) |
91.7 |
95% |
96.5 |
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8 |
Allied Electronics Inc. (12) |
73.6 |
26% |
283.0 |
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9 |
Powell Electronics, Inc. (23) |
67.5 |
90% |
75.0 |
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10 |
Mouser Electronics Inc. (14) |
46.0 |
25% |
184.0 |
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Top distributors by sales growth |
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Rank |
Company (Top 75 Rank) |
% change from 2005 |
2006calendar year ($mil.) |
Totalemployees |
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1 |
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (8) |
39.2% |
$554.0 |
507 |
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2 |
Wise Components, Inc. (60) |
38.1% |
14.5 |
21 |
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3 |
Mouser Electronics Inc. (14) |
33.3% |
184.0 |
547 |
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4 |
Simple Technologies/Worldwide (69) |
32.1% |
7.7 |
10 |
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5 |
Electro Enterprises Inc. (40) |
29.5% |
30.3 |
70 |
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6 |
CDM Electronics (67) |
29.3% |
9.7 |
44 |
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7 |
Airtechnics Inc. (21) |
29.0% |
84.5 |
138 |
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8 |
SMD Inc. (49) |
26.1% |
20.3 |
45 |
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9 |
DAC (9) |
25.2% |
477.7 |
760 |
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10 |
Digi-Key Corp. (5) |
25.2% |
707.6 |
1756 |
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