New York-based Arrow Electronics Inc. is one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and enterprise computing products. Arrow provides one of the broadest product ranges in the electronic components and enterprise computing solutions distribution industries. Along with these, the company provides a wide range of value-added services to help customers reduce their marketing time, lower the total cost of ownership, introduce innovative products through demand creation opportunities and enhance their overall competitiveness.

The company serves over 150,000 customers — original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract manufactures (CMs) and commercial customers — through 300 sales facilities and 45 distribution centers in over 80 countries. The company’s customer base comprises OEMs, CMs, value-added resellers (VARs) and other commercial users. The company’s products primarily target the industrial sector (companies manufacturing machine tools, factory automation equipment or robotics equipment).
Arrow’s offerings can be broadly divided into two categories:

1) Global Components (72% of 2020 revenues): Arrow distributes electronic components to OEMs and CMs through its global components business segment. This segment deals in semiconductor products and related services; passive, electro-mechanical and interconnect products such as capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches and connectors; and computing and memory. Within this segment, semiconductor products and related services contributed nearly 72% of total Global Components sales in 2020.

2) Global Enterprise Computing Solutions (28%): Arrow provides enterprise computing solutions to VARs through its global ECS business segment. The computing segment includes products like servers, workstations, storage products, microcomputer boards and systems, design systems, desktop computer systems, software, monitors, printers, flat panel displays, system chassis and enclosures, controllers and communication control equipment.

Total adjusted revenues generated in 2020 were $28.7 billion, slightly down from 2019 sales of $28.8 billion. Moreover, 60% of the revenues came from its operations outside the United States, reflecting the influence of foreign exchange rate on its revenues.