Rexel Gets Top Spot in Electrical Wholesaling Top 200 Ranking

June 8, 2007
With its 2006 acquisitions of GE Supply, Shelton, Conn.; CLS, Hartford, Conn.; and DH Supply, Atlanta; Rexel Inc., Dallas, became the largest electrical distributor in the United States.

With its 2006 acquisitions of GE Supply, Shelton, Conn.; CLS, Hartford, Conn.; and DH Supply, Atlanta; Rexel Inc., Dallas, became the largest electrical distributor in the United States.

According to Electrical Wholesaling’s "The Top 200," which will hit the streets later this month, Rexel posted an estimated $6.14 billion in sales through its North American operations.

Electrical distributors that provided figures for number of employees and locations (or where we could provide a solid estimate) employ at least 74,766 employees at 5,273 locations. At least 29 of these companies are product specialists, including 11 utility specialists, eight wire and cable specialists and six lighting or lamp specialists. For the 139 electrical distributors that provided both annual sales and an employee count, sales-per-employee were $640,910.