2011 Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports: Industrial Distributors

Sectors included in this report:

• Aircraft and Aeronautical Equipment and Supplies
• Construction Machinery and Equipment
• Custodial and Janitorial Equipment and Supplies
• Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
• Fluid Power Machinery, Equipment and Parts
• Food Processing Machinery, Equipment and Parts
• General Line Industrial MRO Supplies
• General Purpose Industrial Machinery and Equipment
• Industrial Containers and Supplies
• Industrial Valves and Fittings (except fluid power)
• Marine Machinery, Equipment and Supplies
• Materials Handling Machinery, Equipment and Parts
• Mechanical Power Transmission (Bearings) Supplies
• Metalworking Machinery, Equipment and Supplies
• Oil Well, Refinery, and Pipeline Equipment and Supplies
• Other Industrial Machinery and Equipment
• Other Transportation Equipment and Supplies
• Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies
• Welding Supplies

This report includes:

• Revenue and employment growth trends
• Share of revenue by end customer market 
• The number and size distribution of companies
• Gross margins and other operation statistics
• Inventory and inventory-to-sales ratio trends
• Wages and revenues per employee
• Expert commentary to help you interpret the sector data in light of current macroeconomic trends
• Key trends in the wholesale distribution industry

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This report allows you to:

• Plan strategically for the year ahead with accurate current and forward-looking data on your wholesale distribution line of trade.
• Benchmark your performance. Learn how much sales and sales per employee have changed in your line of trade; how much weekly earnings have changed; which distribution niches are producing the highest (and lowest) gross margins; and how many companies are competing in each of these niches. You'll see how sales, employment, and inventories have fared in your line, quarter-by-quarter.
• Gain an advantage over your competitors by better understanding where higher-margin opportunities exist in your line of wholesale distribution.

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"The Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports provide very valuable information for application to our strategic planning process. While much of this information is available in the public domain, finding the information and then relating it in a meaningful format would be an impractical task. This is a great resource!"
- Chase D. Knight, Chairman, S&K Distributors Inc., dba Johnstone Supply

"These reports are the best source of information I've seen to get a quick snapshot of where a particular wholesaler-distributor stands relative to peers and to other wholesaler-distributors in other sub-sectors."
- Jim Miller, Managing Director, Supply Chain Equity Partners