Looking to Expand or Where the Opportunity Is?
Recently Graybar has opened a few locations and has announced that more are on the way. Crescent opened its 8th in Montana (I know, surprised you too that Montana had 8 electrical distribution outlets!) and others are opening new locations (think Mayer in Houston) and we’re hearing of Cleveland-based distributors expanding south to be more active in the Utica Shale area. So while there are still opportunities for small acquisitions, sometimes start-ups are preferred. The key is “where”.
A recent study by U-Haul identified the top 30 cities people are moving to (indicating marketplace growth). The top 10 on this report are:
- Pittsburgh
- Henderson, NV
- Austin, TX
- Reno, NV
- San Francisco
- Jersey City, NJ (across the river from New York City)
- Raleigh
- Nashville, TN
- Columbus, OH
- Tacoma, WA
- Austin, TX
- Boston
- Houston
- San Jose, CA
- Portland, OR
- Washington, DC
- San Francisco
- Bridgeport, CT
- Salt Lake City
- Raleigh