October 2026
Largest Wholesale Distribution Public Companies in the UK
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Diploma, Bunzl, RS Group, Travis Perkins and Latham (James).
 | Diploma PLC is a group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services to various industries. The Group is organized into three main reportable business sectors: Controls, Seals and Life Sciences. The company offers consumables, instrumentation, and related services to the healthcare and environmental industries; seals, gaskets, filters, cylinders, components, and kits for heavy mobile machinery and industrial equipment; and specialized wiring, connectors, fasteners, and control devices for various applications. It operates in segments such as Wire & Cable (UK), Industrial Automation, Specialty Adhesives, Windy City Wire, Interconnect and Specialty Fasteners. The company operates in UK, USA, Rest of Europe, and Rest of World. | $103 | +39% | $14B | $14B | 7.1x | 35.7x | ||
| Bunzl is a worldwide distributor of nonfood consumables, including disposable cutlery, cleaning products, and personal protective equipment. The company's geographical segments include North America, continental Europe, the UK and Ireland, and the rest of the world, with North America generating the highest revenues. Bunzl supplies to a broad range of sectors, with the largest being food service and grocery. Its customers include firms such as Sodexo, Walmart, Domino’s Pizza, Hilton, and the UK's National Health Service. | $36 | +18% | $11B | $14B | 0.9x | 9.3x | ||
| RS Group PLC is a distributor of electronics and industrial products. The company provides semiconductors; interconnect, passives, and electromechanical components; automation and control products; and consumables through its two brands: RS and Allied Electronics. The main customer groups are electronic design engineers, machine and panel builders, and maintenance engineers. Electrocomponents' distribution channel is online through e-commerce. Other channels include catalogs, trade counters, and an international field sales network. | $10 | +35% | $4.5B | $5B | 1.3x | 11.9x | ||
| Travis Perkins PLC makes and sells products to the construction and home improvement industries in the United Kingdom. The company organizes itself in two segments: merchanting, which serves large trade customers with specialized needs and Toolstation, which provides power tools, hand tools, and electronic equipment to small trade builders and individuals. The majority of its revenue comes from the merchanting segment, and the majority of company sales are made by delivery. | $7 | -12% | $1.5B | $2.3B | 0.4x | 25.0x | ||
| Latham (James) PLC is an importer and distributor of wood-based sheet materials, joinery quality softwood, and hardwood and hardwood flooring. The firm's only operating segment is timber importing and distribution. Geographically, the company derives the maximum of its revenue from the United Kingdom and has a presence in the Republic of Ireland, and the Rest of Europe. The company's products include Panels, Melamine, Veneered, Laminates, Solid Surface, Door Blanks, and others. | $14 | +3% | $285M | $228M | 0.4x | 6.0x | ||
| Midwich Group PLC provides audio-visual (AV) and document solutions to the trade market. The company's product portfolio includes audiovisual categories such as displays, projectors, digital signage, unified communications, and professional audio. It operates in four segments: UK & Ireland, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), Asia Pacific, and North America. The majority of the revenue is generated from the UK & Ireland. | $2 | +2% | $239M | $449M | 0.3x | 41.9x | ||
| SG Group Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes the Supply of Apparel Products Traditional, the Supply of Apparel Products New Retail, and the Provision of institutional catering. It generates maximum revenue from the Supply of Apparel Products segment, which is engaged in the supply of apparel products with designing and sourcing services to fashion retailers. The company earns maximum revenue from the sale of Womenswear, Childrenswear, and Menswear products. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in the PRC, Germany, the United States of America, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, and other countries. | $1 | +209% | $204M | $200M | 9.5x | (479.1x) | ||
| Flowtech Fluidpower PLC is a supplier of technical fluid power products with modern distribution facilities in the UK and Benelux. The company operates in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Republic of Ireland. It derives the majority of its revenue from Great Britain. | $1 | +15% | $71M | $107M | 0.7x | 21.1x | ||
| Lords Group Trading PLC is a distributor of building, plumbing, heating, and DIY goods. The group principally sells to local tradesmen, small to medium-sized plumbing and heating merchants, and construction companies, and retails directly to the public. Its two operating divisions are the sale and distribution of plumbing and heating goods, and the sale and distribution of all other merchanting services. | $0 | -63% | $26M | $156M | 0.2x | 7.2x | ||
| Median | $7 | +15% | $285M | $449M | 0.7x | 11.9x |
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