Hermann Muller Elektrogrosshandel

What Hermann Muller Elektrogrosshandel does

Hermann Müller Elektrogrosshandel GmbH is a privately held, mid-sized German electrical wholesale company headquartered in Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg. Operating under the EGHM brand, it functions as a full-range electrical wholesaler (Vollsortimenter) serving electrical trade professionals — including electricians, contractors, and electrical installation companies — across a defined regional market in southwestern Germany. The company is organized into four business divisions supported by well-trained sales advisors with both commercial and technical expertise.

The company's core offering is the wholesale distribution of a broad and deep assortment of electrical engineering products, delivered through a dual-channel model combining physical branch locations with an online e-commerce shop (eghm.elektro-online.de). It also offers educational seminars for trade customers, with a 2026 program scheduled. Its value proposition centers on regional customer proximity, competent technical consultation, high delivery capability, and efficient logistics. The company is a member of Fegime, a German purchasing cooperative for electrical wholesalers, which provides collective purchasing power and shared resources.

Hermann Müller is a family-owned Mittelstand business with a longstanding company history. It invests in internal training and apprenticeship programs, with most employees having been developed in-house. Revenue, headcount, and founding date are not publicly disclosed. The company has no external investors, parent company, or public listing, and its operating footprint is confined to the regional German market.

Name

Hermann Muller Elektrogrosshandel

Legal name

Hermann Müller Elektrogrosshandel GmbH

Website

https://eghm.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hermann Müller Elektrogrosshandel GmbH is a privately held, mid-sized German electrical wholesale company (Vollsortimenter) headquartered in Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, serving electricians, contractors, and electrical trade professionals through physical branches and an online shop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (4234), Other Commercial Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42344), Hardware Merchant Wholesalers (423710)

SIC

Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040), Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (5080)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Supplies, Batteries & Charging Components Retail (CRACAKAD)

Keywords

• Electrical wholesale distribution
• Electrical engineering products
• Electrical components supply
• Electrical trade supplies
• Electrical installation materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Weingarten

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electrical Products Wholesale: As a full-range electrical wholesale supplier (Vollsortimenter), the company generates revenue through the sale of electrical technology products to trade customers including electricians, contractors, and electrical businesses. Sales occur through both physical branch locations and an online shop platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hermann Müller Elektrogrosshandel GmbH is a full-range electrical wholesale distributor (Vollsortimenter) selling electrical engineering products, components, and installation supplies to trade customers such as electricians, contractors, and electrical businesses. The company operates through four business divisions supported by well-trained technical and commercial sales advisors, and supplements its physical branch operations with an online shop (eghm.elektro-online.de) and customer education seminars.

Product overview

Hermann Müller Elektrogrosshandel GmbH is a full-range electrical wholesale supplier ("Vollsortiment") offering a broad and deep product assortment in electrical engineering. The company operates four business areas organized around well-trained sales consultants with commercial and technical expertise. The core offerings include an online shop for e-commerce purchasing and seminars for customer education. Services emphasize proximity to customers, reliable partnership, competent consulting, high delivery capability, and efficient logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Shop (eghm.elektro-online.de) An e-commerce platform for purchasing electrical wholesale products with customer login functionality, accessible at eghm.elektro-online.de. Designed for trade customers who prefer digital procurement of electrical components and installation materials.
• Seminare (Seminars) Customer education seminars and training programs covering electrical technology topics, offered to customers and industry professionals to deepen technical knowledge. The 2026 seminars are promoted on the company website.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FegimecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFegime is a purchasing cooperative or buying group for electrical wholesalers in Germany. Hermann Müller participates in the Fegime network, likely providing access to enhanced purchasing power, shared logistics, and collective marketing resources typical of such wholesale purchasing alliances.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Fegime Deutschland: Fegime is the purchasing cooperative of which Hermann Müller is a core member. It is not a direct competitor but provides the procurement alliance, shared logistics, and joint marketing that shape Hermann Müller's competitive positioning against larger national distributors.

Broad incumbents

• Sonepar Deutschland: Sonepar is a leading global B2B electrical distributor with a substantial German footprint. It overlaps directly with Hermann Müller's full-range electrical wholesale offering but at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic reach across multiple federal states.
• Rexel Germany: Rexel is one of the largest global electrical distribution groups and operates a national branch and digital platform across Germany. It competes broadly with Hermann Müller in electrical wholesale but serves customers at national and pan-European scale rather than as a regional Vollsortimenter.
• Phoenix Contact Deutschland: Phoenix Contact is a leading German manufacturer of electrical connectivity, automation, and interface products. It competes indirectly by selling through — and increasingly alongside — regional electrical wholesalers like Hermann Müller, influencing assortment and pricing dynamics.
• WAGO Kontakttechnik: WAGO is a major German manufacturer of electrical interconnection and automation products sold through electrical wholesalers like Hermann Müller. While not a direct channel competitor, it shapes the supplier side of the market Hermann Müller operates in.

Emerging players

• HellermannTyton (Aptiv): HellermannTyton supplies cable management and electrical installation products through distribution channels including German electrical wholesalers. It is comparable to suppliers in Hermann Müller's assortment and to alternative procurement channels for the same end customers.

Direct peers

• EFG Elektro-Fachgroßhandel: EFG is a German electrical wholesale cooperative serving trade professionals with a comparable Vollsortimenter model, regional branches, and digital procurement tools. It is one of the most direct comparables for Hermann Müller's regional full-range electrical wholesale proposition.
• Alexander Bürkle GmbH & Co. KG: Alexander Bürkle is a mid-sized southern German electrical wholesaler with regional branches, an e-commerce shop, and a comparable customer base of electricians and contractors. It competes head-to-head with Hermann Müller for trade customers in the Baden-Württemberg/southern Germany corridor.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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