Coakley Boyd and Abbett

What Coakley Boyd and Abbett does

Coakley Boyd and Abbett (CBA) is a privately held electronics manufacturers' representative firm founded in 1939 and headquartered at 60 Worcester Rd, 2nd Floor, Framingham, Massachusetts. The company acts as a sales intermediary between approximately 15 electronics component manufacturers (principals)—including Littelfuse, Harwin, u-blox, Melexis, TT Electronics, ZF, Zettler, Knowles/CDE, Abracon, Azoteq, Trasna, e-con Systems, Futaba, General Devices, and nVent SCHROFF—and OEMs, design engineers, and distributors across the Northeast United States. CBA operates through three regional divisions—CBA New England (six New England states), CBA Empire (Metro NY/NJ), and LD Allen (Upstate NY)—each with dedicated field-based OEM sales teams and inside sales support. The firm serves six vertical markets: medical, military/aerospace, industrial, consumer electronics, instrumentation, and security.

CBA does not develop, hold inventory of, or resell products; its product is the sales representation service itself, delivered through relationship-driven enterprise field sales, regional inside-sales lead routing via a website contact form, and application-engineering support. Revenue is generated entirely on a commission basis: the principals pay CBA a percentage of sales or per-transaction fee on business CBA drives through its regional coverage. The firm does not set end-customer pricing and is not disclosed as having any proprietary technology platform; its differentiators are 80+ years of Northeast brand presence, dedicated regional sales coverage across three territories, and a broad multi-category line card spanning semiconductors, sensors, connectors, power, passives, RF/wireless, and electromechanical components.

Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales and channel-partner representation, with marketing anchored on the cbane.com website (refreshed in 2025 with a new logo and layout), direct account management by named OEM sales reps (Henry Hribar, Mike Walsh, John Coakley, Steve Straka in New England; James Moore and Zack O'Brien in Metro NY/NJ; John (JP) Masucci, Marissa Bell, and Connor Hamilton in Upstate NY), and a recently formalized digital marketing function. The firm is led by President John O'Brien, with Lynn Mills as Financial Manager and Kristine Gallatin as Sales Operations Manager. CBA is privately held with no disclosed external investors, parent company, M&A activity, or funding rounds.

Name

Coakley Boyd and Abbett

Legal name

Coakley, Boyd & Abbett, Inc.

Website

https://cbane.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coakley Boyd and Abbett (CBA) is a Northeast U.S. electronics manufacturers' representative firm that connects roughly 15 component manufacturers—including Littelfuse, Harwin, u-blox, and Melexis—with OEMs, design engineers, and distributors across New England, Metro NY/NJ, and Upstate NY through three regional sales divisions on a commission basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Framingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commission-based representation: CBA generates revenue through commissions paid by the electronics manufacturers (principals) it represents. As a manufacturer's rep firm, CBA earns a percentage of sales or a per-transaction fee for promoting its principals' components to OEMs, design engineers, and distributors across the Northeast. The revenue model is wholly dependent on the sales volume of its represented manufacturers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Coakley Boyd and Abbett (CBA) is a manufacturers' representative firm that acts as an intermediary between electronics component manufacturers (principals) and OEMs, design engineers, and distributors across the Northeast US. The firm provides sales representation, technical application support, and market access through three regional divisions: CBA New England, CBA Empire (Metro NY/NJ), and LD Allen (Upstate NY). Revenue is generated through commissions paid by the manufacturers CBA represents.

Product overview

Coakley Boyd and Abbett (CBA) is a Manufacturers' Representative firm that operates as a portfolio of regional sales teams rather than a unified software platform. CBA represents electronics component manufacturers (principals) across three distinct regional operations: CBA New England (covering New England states), CBA Empire (covering Metro NY/NJ), and LD Allen (covering Upstate NY). The company connects manufacturers of electronic components with OEMs, design engineers, and distributors through dedicated sales representatives who provide technical application support. CBA's principals include Abracon, Azoteq, e-con Systems, Futaba, General Devices, Harwin, Knowles/CDE, Littelfuse, Melexis, Trasna, TT Electronics, u-Blox, Zettler, ZF, and nVent SCHROFF, representing component categories spanning semiconductors, sensors, displays, connectors, power components, and interconnect solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CBA New England: Regional division serving New England states
• CBA Empire
• LD Allen

Products and services

• Manufacturers' Representative Services Sales representation, technical support, and market access services provided to electronics component manufacturers (principals). CBA acts as an intermediary between manufacturers and OEMs, design engineers, and distributors throughout the Northeast US.
• CBA New England Regional sales representation covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine territories for CBA's portfolio of electronics component manufacturers.
• CBA Empire Regional sales representation covering Metro NY/NJ territory including New York City, Long Island, Northern NJ, Westchester, and Rockland counties for CBA's portfolio of electronics component manufacturers.
• LD Allen Regional sales representation covering Upstate NY territory including Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and surrounding areas for CBA's portfolio of electronics component manufacturers.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AbraconcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAbracon is a trusted supplier of leading-edge electronic components including Frequency Control, Timing, Power, Magnetics, RF, and Antenna solutions. CBA represents Abracon across New England, Metro NY/NJ, and Upstate NY territories.
• AzoteqcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAzoteq is an IP-rich fabless semiconductor design house that pioneered multi-sensor technology on a single chip. CBA represents Azoteq in New England and Metro NY/NJ territories.
• e-con SystemsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributore-con Systems has been addressing embedded camera needs across multiple markets since 2003, accelerating product development for world-class industry experiences.
• FutabaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFutaba is an innovative manufacturer of display products including VFD and OLED displays, offering integration and contract manufacturing solutions.
• General DevicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWorld-wide provider of high quality, highly customizable Telescoping Slides and Custom Metal Fabrication solutions.
• HarwincoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHarwin is a world-leading specialist in reliable and high-performance interconnection technologies including PCB Connectors, High-Reliability Connectors, and EMC Shielding. CBA represents Harwin in the New England territory.
• Knowles/CDEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKnowles Precision Devices (including CDE) offers Multilayer, Single Layer, High Reliability and Precision Variable Capacitors, EMI filters, Aluminum Electrolytic, Film, Mica, and Super Capacitors.
• LittelfusecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLittelfuse is a world-class manufacturer of Circuit Protection, Position and Temp Sensing, Power Semiconductor & Control, Switches, Passives and Power Products. CBA represents Littelfuse in New England and Upstate NY territories.
• MelexiscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMelexis offers a wide range of semiconductor integrated circuits covering various sensor technologies, drivers, and transceivers for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
• TrasnaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrasna is a proven technology-driven partner delivering powerful, end-to-end IoT Cellular Connectivity Hardware, Software Solutions, and E-SIMS.
• TT ElectronicscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTT Electronics engineers and manufactures solutions including Precision Sensors, Resistors, Optoelectronics, Variables, and Power Conversion for OEMs in regulated markets worldwide.
• u-bloxcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributoru-blox is a global leader in automotive, industrial, and consumer markets, driving innovation through cutting-edge positioning (GNSS) and short-range communication (BLE, Wi-Fi, Multi Radio) technologies.
• ZettlercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorZETTLER GROUP is a world-class enterprise engaged in design, manufacturing, sales, and distribution of Electronic Components. The group includes American Zettler Relays, Zettler Displays (TFT, LCD & Modules), and Zettler Magnetics (Transformers, Toroids, Chokes and Controls).
• ZFcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorZF is a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and industrial technology. Its product portfolio includes Switches (Microswitches, Interlock & Limit) and Sensors (Angular Position, Speed & Direction, & Proximity).
• nVent SCHROFFminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributornVent SCHROFF helps organizations bring critical systems to market with cabinets, chassis, power and cooling solutions that connect, power and protect technology. Products include Cabinets, Electronic Enclosures & Components, Embedded Systems, Board Retainer & Extractors, and Cooling & Power Solutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TTI Inc: Specialty electronics distributor (passives, connectors, electromechanical, sensors) owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Comparable because it competes in many of CBA's core component categories and employs field-sales coverage for OEM accounts.
• Arrow Electronics: Global electronics components distributor serving OEMs with a much broader portfolio and geographic reach. Comparable because it competes for the same OEM component-sourcing motion that CBA supports, though at vastly greater scale and as a distributor rather than a rep firm.
• Avnet: One of the world's largest electronics distributors, serving OEMs and design engineers globally. Overlaps with CBA's OEM-focused, component-representation motion; competes for principal relationships and OEM mind-share across overlapping product categories.
• Future Electronics: Major global electronics distributor with a strong field-sales and FAE model analogous to a manufacturer's rep firm at scale. Comparable because it occupies the same OEM-design-in sales channel CBA serves, particularly in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic US.
• Mouser Electronics: Global catalog distributor focused on design engineers and small-to-mid OEM orders. Competes with the rep-firm motion by enabling engineers to source CBA's represented component categories (semiconductors, passives, interconnects) directly online.
• WPG Holdings: Asia-headquartered global electronics distributor with significant US operations. Competes with CBA for principal mandates and OEM customers across overlapping component categories.
• Sager Electronics: Specialty distributor (now a TTI subsidiary) focused on power, interconnect, and electromechanical components serving Northeast and US OEMs. Overlaps with CBA's principal categories and OEM-customer base.
• Digi-Key Electronics: Large catalog distributor serving design engineers and OEMs across CBA's principal categories. Adjacent competitor because engineers can increasingly bypass regional reps and order directly via its digital platform.

Direct peers

• Hughes-Peters: Regional electronics manufacturer's representative and distributor serving OEMs in the US Midwest/Southeast. Most direct analogue to CBA — a regional rep firm representing multiple component principals and earning commissions on OEM design-ins.
• New Yorker Electronics: Long-standing regional electronics distributor/representative based in the US Northeast, serving many of the same OEM and Mil/Aero customers CBA targets. Comparable as a Northeast-rooted multi-line component sales intermediary.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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