Top 25 Distributors
-- EDN, April 1, 2004
TOP 25 NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT DISTRIBUTORS
| Rank | Company name | North America revenue (millions of $) | Total revenue (millions of $) | Total revenue change 2002-2003 |
Public/ private |
Independent/ franchised |
North America | Europe | Asia | Rest of world | Revenue per employee (thousands of $) | % of Revenue from VA services '03 | Active components | Passive, electromechanical interconnect | Computer products/systems | Contact manufacturing | Other | Web addresses |
| Calendar year 2003 | % of revenue 2003 | % of distribution revenue 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Avnet (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 5,124.6 | 9,490.0 | 7% | P | F | 54% | 33% | 13% | 0% | 998.9 | 50% | 53% | 9% | 38% | 0% | 0% | www.avnet.com |
| 2 | Arrow Electronics (Melville, N.Y.) | 4,947.2 | 8,679.3 | 17% | P | F | 57% | 32% | 10% | 1% | 741.8 | NA | 60% | 15% | 25% | 0% | 0% | www.arrow.com |
| 3 | Future Electronics (Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada)1 | 1,961.2 | 2,801.7 | NA | PR | F | 70% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | www.FutureElectronics.com |
| 4 | Bell Microproducts (San Jose, Calif.) | 1,003.6 | 2,230.3 | 6% | P | F | 45% | 45% | 0% | 10% | 1,784.2 | 50% | 20% | 5% | 75% | 0% | 0% | www.bellmicro.com |
| 5 | The Memec Group (San Diego, Calif.) | 792.0 | 1,800.0 | 13% | PR | F | 44% | 24% | 25% | 7% | 720.0 | 60% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.memec.com |
| 6 | TTI (Fort Worth, Texas) | 515.1 | 652.0 | 3% | PR | F | 79% | 17% | 4% | 0% | 397.3 | 40% | 6% | 92% | 0% | 0% | 2% | www.ttiinc.com |
| 7 | Newark InOne (Chicago, Ill.) 2, 5 | 455.7 | 465.0 | NA | P | F | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 232.5 | 25% | 10% | 57% | 4% | 0% | 29% | www.newarkinone.com |
| 8 | Digi-Key (Thief River Falls, Minn.) | 380.2 | 400.2 | 9% | PR | F | 95% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 349.8 | 10% | 28% | 65% | 0% | 0% | 7% | www.digikey.com |
| 9 | Smith & Associates (Houston, Texas) | 319.2 | 319.2 | 8% | PR | I | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1,057.0 | NA | 66% | 32% | 2% | 0% | 0% | www.smithweb.com |
| 10 | All American (Miami, Fla.) | 315.0 | 315.0 | -6% | P | F | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 543.1 | 60% | 90% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.allamerican.com |
| 11 | Richardson Electronics (LaFox, Ill.) | 270.8 | 483.6 | 6% | P | F | 56% | 22% | 16% | 6% | 436.1 | 50% | 47% | 11% | 11% | 0% | 31% | www.rell.com |
| 12 | Nu Horizons Electronics (Melville, N.Y.) | 269.9 | 324.0 | 8% | P | F | 83.3% | 1.5% | 15.2% | 0% | 613.6 | 50% | 85% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.nuhorizons.com |
| 13 | DAC (Wilmington, Mass.) | 268.9 | 274.4 | 11% | PR | F | 98% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 415.8 | 40% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.heilind.com |
| 14 | Dependable Component Supply (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) | 206.7 | 232.2 | 30% | PR | I/F | 89% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 2,393.8 | 4% | 63% | 37% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.dependonus.com |
| 15 | Jaco Electronics (Hauppauge, N.Y.) | 205.6 | 253.8 | 24% | P | F | 81% | 12% | 7% | 0% | 626.7 | 50% | 67% | 26% | 0% | 7% | 0% | www.jacoelectronics.com |
| 16 | Sager Electronics (Weymouth, Mass.) 3 | 196.0 | 198.0 | NA | PR | F | 99% | 1% | 0% | 0% | NA | NA | 5% | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.sager.com |
| 17 | Converge (Peabody, Mass.) | 177.5 | 317.0 | 4% | PR | I | 56% | 17% | 26% | 1% | 1,253.0 | NA | 73% | 11% | 16% | 0% | 0% | www.converge.com |
| 18 | Allied Electronics (Fort Worth, Texas) 3, 4 | 162.4 | 164.0 | 3% | PR | F | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 328.0 | 0% | 8.5% | 45% | 0% | 0% | 46.5% | www.alliedelec.com |
| 19 | America II Electronics (St. Petersburg, Fla.) | 140.0 | 200.0 | 14% | PR | I | 70% | 15% | 15% | 0% | 333.3 | 10% | 75% | 24% | 1% | 0% | 0% | www.americaii.com |
| 20 | Classic Components (Torrance, Calif.) | 129.4 | 227.0 | -13% | PR | I | 57% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 648.6 | 3.3% | 70.4% | 25% | 1.3% | 0% | 3.3% | www.class-ic.com |
| 21 | Consumer Electronics/SND Electronics (Greenwich, Conn.)2, 6 | 128.0 | 320.0 | NA | P | I/F | 40% | 40% | 18% | 2% | 1,066.7 | 4% | 60% | 28% | 12% | 0% | 0% | www.snd.com |
| 22 | Master Distributors (Santa Monica, Calif.) | 73.6 | 81.8 | 14% | PR | F | 90% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 470.1 | 11% | 5% | 83% | 1% | 10% | 1% | www.masterdistributors.com |
| 23 | A.E. Petsche (Arlington, Texas) | 71.4 | 85.0 | 8% | PR | F | 84% | 13% | 2% | 1% | 708.3 | 3% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | www.aepetsche.com |
| 24 | Electro Sonic (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | 69.0 | 69.0 | 1% | PR | F | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 306.7 | 20% | 5% | 78% | 1% | 0% | 16% | www.e-sonic.com |
| 25 | RS Electronics (Livonia, Mich.) | 65.7 | 65.7 | -5% | PR | F | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 398.2 | NA | 1.5% | 70% | 2.5% | 0% | 26% | www.rselectronics.com |
| Distributors are ranked by Calendar Year 2003 North American revenue. N/A=Not available SOURCE: REED BUSINESS RESEARCH Revenue figures are gathered from financial filings, company provided information, and Reed Research estimates. 1 Future Electronics's revenue figures and percentages by region are Reed Research Group estimates. 2 Total Revenue figures are estimates. 3 Reed Research Group estimates of revenues and percentages. 4 Allied is owned by Electrocomponents plc. 5 Newark InOne is parent company Premier Farnell's (West Yorkshire, England) main North American presence in electronic component distribution. Premier Farnell's estimated 2003 total revenue is $1.2 billion. 6 SND became a wholly owned subsidiary of CE in 2002. |
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