One pandemic-year later and it’s time again for the annual Supply House Times Premier 150 distributors list. The list is based on a survey conducted by Supply House Times and BNP Media Market Research. BNP Media is the parent company of Supply House Times. The Premier 150 list ranks the top PHCP-PVF distributors by their reported sales for the past year. This year’s survey is based on sales for fiscal 2020. Individual company sales are never disclosed, and in some cases, editor estimates are used if companies did not respond to the survey, which is made readily available through a number of different industry channels and partners at the beginning of each year, including via the American Supply Association, PHCP-PVF buying groups, regional distributor associations and via Supply House Times’ various digital platforms.
With good reason, surveyors had mixed reviews when speaking on 2020 sales and performance; some finding silver linings and some stressing the impact COVID-19 had on business. No matter which end of that spectrum a distributor is on, it is safe to say everyone would agree that as one industry source put it, “It was a wild ride!”