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Top 25 Industrial distribution companies worldwide

Name: Industrial distribution companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 20,274 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 20,274 industrial distribution companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 599,191 professional contacts across them, including 172,174 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers industrial distribution companies worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026. Country and city lists for industrial distribution companies follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

20,274Companies

599,191Contacts tracked

172,174Verified emails

0Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest industrial distribution companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 20,274 industrial distribution companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to industrial distribution companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ferguson	Partial evidence	Newport News, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	17,845 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 1953, Ferguson has been a leading source of quality supplies for a variety of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Graybar	Partial evidence	St. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,060 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution of high quality electrical, communications and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	REXEL	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	6,399 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rexel, worldwide expert in the multichannel professional distribution of products and services for the energy world, addresses three main markets: residential, commercial, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Motion	Partial evidence	Birmingham, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,006 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Motion serves the industrial marketplace with MRO (maintenance, repair, and operation) replacement parts and services through a network of over 600 locations across North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	MSC Industrial Supply CO	Partial evidence	Davidson, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,510 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MSC Industrial Supply Co.(NYSE:MSM) is a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Ferreyros S.A	Indirect evidence	Lima, PeruHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	5,402 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ferreyros es la empresa líder en la comercialización de bienes de capital en el país y en la provisión de servicios en este ámbito.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Sonepar	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	3,786 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B2B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Mcmaster-Carr	Indirect evidence	Elmhurst, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,593 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce company offering more than half a million products used to keep businesses in motion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Colombiana DE Comercio Corbeta Alkosto S.A	Indirect evidence	Bogota, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,584 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Empresa reconocida a nivel nacional en Distribución de productos de consumo masivo -Ferretería, Hogar y electrónica- y variedades en canales como Tienda a tienda, autoservicios…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Applied Industrial Technologies	Partial evidence	Cleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,477 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1923, Applied Industrial Technologies is a leading value-added distributor and technical solutions provider of industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	City Electric Supply	Indirect evidence	Caledon, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,882 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “City Electric Supply (CES) has been going the extra mile in local communities since 1983.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	BR Distribuidora	Indirect evidence	Rio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,754 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BR Distribuidora is now Vibra!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Johnstone Supply	Indirect evidence	Portland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,664 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Making it easier for HVACR contractors to do business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Poolcorp	Indirect evidence	Covington, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,574 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With more than employees and over 445 locations worldwide, POOLCORP leads the pack as the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Obramat	Indirect evidence	Leganés, SpainHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,538 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OBRAMAT es la empresa de referencia en el mercado de distribución de materiales de Construcción y Reforma orientada principalmente al sector profesional, cuyo objetivo es poner al…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Ahlsell Sverige AB	Partial evidence	Stockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,485 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ahlsell is the leading B2B industrial distributor of technical products in the Nordics serving a broad customer base across industry, infrastructure and installation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	American Tire Distributors	Indirect evidence	Huntersville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,446 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ATD is the leading wholesale tire distributor in the U.S, proudly serving our 80K+ customers since 1935.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Essendant	Partial evidence	Deerfield, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,397 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We Provide a Better Way to Commerce: Essendant is a distribution company that provides wholesale distribution and fulfillment services (3PL) to resellers and manufacturers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Komatsu-Mitsui Maquinarias Peru S.A	Indirect evidence	Lima, PeruHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,362 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, INC	Indirect evidence	Bowling Green, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,244 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “There is power in a trusted brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Lawson Products	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,233 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Before you need it-it’s more than a promise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Advanced Technology Services ATS	Partial evidence	Peoria, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,216 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Advanced Technology Services, Inc.(ATS) is a single source for industrial maintenance, technology and parts, offering a complete solution for support, training, monitoring and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Digikey	Indirect evidence	Thief River Falls, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,201 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DigiKey is the leading global electronic components and automation products distributor, offering unrivaled selection, service, and delivery speed worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Core & Main	Indirect evidence	St. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,165 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Based in St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Intcomex	Indirect evidence	Medley, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,154 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Intcomex is a premiere value-added distributor of IT products focused solely on serving Latin America and the Caribbean.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: industrial distribution companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names industrial distribution companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of industrial distribution companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name industrial distribution companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Industrial distribution companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

28.7%Verified-email coverage

29.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.6%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

7,249

11-50

7,914

51-200

3,241

201-500

1,012

501-1,000

350

1,001-5,000

330

5,001-10,000

10001+

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among industrial distribution companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: 58 countries, largest first: the United States, Brazil, India, Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and 48 more. Country and city lists for industrial distribution companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “industrial distribution companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names industrial distribution companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among industrial distribution companies, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 172,174 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Industrial distribution companies by location

91 lists · largest first

Every Industrial distribution companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names industrial distribution companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many industrial distribution companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 20,274 industrial distribution companies worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ferguson, headquartered in Newport News, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most industrial distribution companies?

The United States leads with 4,106 companies, followed by Brazil (2,058) and India (1,586). Every industrial distribution companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most industrial distribution companies?

Sao Paulo leads with 326 headquartered companies, followed by Dubai (215) and Houston (139).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.