Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.
Leidy Engineering Sales is a North Canton, Ohio-based manufacturers' representative organization with ~10 employees that represents 23+ electrical utility equipment manufacturers and serves investor-owned utilities, public power, and industrial customers across the Great Lakes region.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded-
- HeadquartersNorth Canton, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. does
The firm earns revenue through manufacturer representative commissions, taking a percentage of sales its principals generate through the firm's territory coverage, with pricing determined via direct B2B consultation and quote-based transactions that are not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market relies on territory-aligned account managers (Michael J. Leidy, Ralph K. Leidy, Daniel J. Ritchey, Ben Williams, Matthew S. Rybalt), application engineers (Andy McCabe for relaying/SCADA/automation), metering sales specialists (John Jennings), metering consultants (Richard L. Laster, Michael D. Patena), and utility/industrial consultants (Mark J. Fuller, Steve G. Schaefer). Customer segments are split across Investor-Owned Utilities, Public Power utilities, and Commercial & Industrial companies. The firm is privately held, family-owned (with two Leidy family members as manufacturers' representatives and Joanie M. Leidy handling finance), has approximately 10 employees, and shows no signs of external investment, M&A, or institutional ownership.
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.
- Legal name
- Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.
- Website
- https://leidysales.com
- Company type
- Private
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Leidy Engineering Sales is a North Canton, Ohio-based manufacturers' representative organization with ~10 employees that represents 23+ electrical utility equipment manufacturers and serves investor-owned utilities, public power, and industrial customers across the Great Lakes region.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- North Canton
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others
Revenue model
- Manufacturer Representative Commissions: As a manufacturers' representative organization, Leidy Engineering Sales earns commissions from the manufacturers they represent by facilitating sales of electrical utility equipment to their customer base. They represent manufacturers of substation equipment, testing equipment, metering products, and related solutions.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels2 records
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Leidy Engineering Sales is a manufacturers' representative organization that sells electrical utility equipment on behalf of 23+ manufacturer partners to investor-owned utilities, public power utilities, and industrial companies across the Great Lakes region. The company earns commissions by facilitating sales of substation power equipment, testing and diagnostic solutions, relaying, substation automation, control, and metering products.
Product overview
Leidy Engineering Sales is a manufacturers' representative organization serving electrical utilities and industrial companies for over 30 years in the Great Lakes region. The company offers an integrated portfolio of substation power equipment, metering solutions, and transmission products. The core product categories include: Substation Products (switchgear across high/medium/low voltage, power factor correction capacitors, reactors, power transformers, instrument transformers, mobilized & turnkey substations, SCADA systems, substation protection & control, test & diagnostic equipment, and connectors); Metering Products (revenue meters, power quality meters, meter cabinets/mounts/accessories, test equipment, security devices, relays, and software solutions); and Transmission Products (transmission hardware). The company represents numerous manufacturer partners including GE Grid Solutions, Schneider Electric, OMICRON Electronics, Arbiter Systems, Elgin Power Solutions, Beta Engineering, and others to provide comprehensive solutions for utility power delivery, metering, and substation automation needs.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Substation Equipment Representation Manufacturers' representation services for substation products including switchgear (high, medium, low voltage), power factor correction capacitors, reactors, power transformers, instrument transformers, mobilized and turnkey substations, substation protection and control, SCADA systems, substation test and diagnostic equipment, and substation connectors. Sold to investor-owned utilities, public power utilities, and industrial companies in the Great Lakes region.
- Metering Equipment Representation Manufacturers' representation services for metering products including revenue meters, power quality meters, meter cabinets/mounts/accessories, meter test equipment, meter security devices, meter relays, and meter software solutions. Sold to electrical utilities and industrial customers for accurate energy measurement, billing, and metering data management.
- Transmission Hardware Representation Manufacturers' representation services for transmission hardware including transmission assemblies, compression dead ends, hi-temp conductor hardware, suspension/AGS clamps, transmission connectors, yoke plates, armor rod, counter weights, spacer dampers, stockbridge dampers, OPGW accessories, and shield wire accessories. Sold to electrical utilities for transmission line applications.
- Manufacturer Linecard Representation Local manufacturers' representative services on behalf of 23+ manufacturer partners in the Great Lakes region including GE Grid Solutions, Schneider Electric, OMICRON Electronics, Arbiter Systems, Elgin Power Solutions, Beta Engineering, The Durham Company, Gamma Insulators, G.E.C Durham Industries, Inner-Tite Corp., Kobrex, Marwell Corp., Myers Power Products, Probewell, Polesaver, RFL, Stancor Pump & Control Solutions, SubProTech, SUSI Adapters, Togami, American Superconductor Corporation, and ARRUTI GROUP. Provides utilities and industrial customers with a single local point of contact for a broad range of electrical utility equipment.
Companies that use Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
22 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- American Superconductor CorporationcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. AMSC provides distributed generation solutions, power quality solutions, reactive power solutions, and superconductor cable systems. Located in Ayer, MA.
- Arbiter Systems, Inc.coreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Arbiter Systems provides precise-time and metrology GPS clocks, power system analyzers, and total combustible gas meters. Located in Paso Robles, CA.
- ARRUTI GROUPcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. ARRUTI GROUP provides substation connectors, transmission hardware, compression dead ends, spacer/stockbridge dampers, and grounding connectors. Based in Bilbao, Spain.
- Beta EngineeringcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Beta Engineering provides high voltage project solutions for power delivery customers across the U.S. Located in Pineville, LA.
- The Durham CompanycoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Durham Company provides meter sockets, enclosures, test switches and accessories, pad mount primary metering cabinets, and metering racks and connectors. Located in Lebanon, MO.
- Elgin Power SolutionscoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Elgin Power Solutions provides mobile and skid mounted substations, metal enclosed capacitor banks, reactors, harmonic filters, and modular substations. Located in Beckley, WV.
- Gamma InsulatorscoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Gamma Insulators is a manufacturer and distributor of porcelain and polymer insulators for substations, distribution and transmission lines. Located in Coral Gables, FL.
- G.E.C Durham Industries, Inc.coreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. G.E.C Durham provides 600V instrument transformers for revenue metering applications. Located in New Bedford, MA.
- GE Grid SolutionscoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. GE Grid Solutions provides high voltage substation equipment including dead tank circuit breakers up to 550kV, live tank circuit breakers up to 800kV, circuit switchers, instrument transformers, transformers, disconnect switches, and protection & control solutions. Located in Philadelphia, PA.
- Inner-Tite Corp.coreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Inner-Tite Corp. provides electric meter locking and security devices, meter seals (Twist-Tite, Kingseal, and Clearseal), and tamper-resistant/tamper-evident meter seals. Located in Holden, MA.
- KobrexcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Kobrex provides copper and aluminum wire cable products, MV insulated cable, and transmission and distribution bare conductor cable.
- Marwell Corp.coreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Marwell Corp. provides UL Listed meter socket adapters. Located in Mentone, CA.
- Myers Power Products, Inc.coreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Myers Power Products provides the FVR family of outdoor substation medium voltage 15kV-38kV circuit breakers. Located in North Canton, OH (same city as Leidy headquarters).
- OMICRON Electronics CorpcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. OMICRON provides electric utility test equipment including primary test sets for power transformers, circuit breakers, current transformers, voltage transformers, and secondary test sets for relay, recloser control, and metering. Located in Houston, TX.
- ProbewellcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Probewell provides high accuracy on-site field meter testing products. Located in Quebec City, Canada.
- PolesavercoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Polesaver provides products that increase the life of wooden utility poles by protecting them from rot, termites, and fires.
- RFLcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. RFL designs and manufactures mission-critical communications and protection solutions for electric utility, transportation, oil and gas markets, and government agencies. Located in Boonton Township, NJ.
- Schneider ElectriccoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Schneider Electric provides ION meters, metal clad arc resistant MV switchgear, GIS switchgear, MV circuit breakers, and switchgear services. Located in Nashville, TN.
- Stancor Pump & Control SolutionscoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Stancor designs and manufactures pump-and-control systems to help utilities meet SPCC requirements (40 CFR Part 112.7). Located in Monroe, CT.
- SubProTechcoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. SubProTech provides wildlife and wildfire substation mitigation solutions. Located in North Canton, OH (same city as Leidy headquarters).
- SUSI AdapterscoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. SUSI Adapters provides meter socket and panel adapter products, portable load boxes, and RS232/RS485 communication boards. Located in Norcross, GA.
- TogamicoreManufacturer represented by Leidy Engineering Sales. Togami provides the FAULT CLEAR pole-ready recloser designed for easy installation including lightning arresters, NEMA pads, and PTs for the controller. Located in Japan.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Eaton: Eaton's Electrical Sector manufactures switchgear, transformers, metering, and power quality products serving utilities and industrial customers. Its substation and metering portfolio is functionally comparable to the breadth Leidy represents, though Eaton sells direct and through its own distributor network rather than via independent reps.
- Hitachi Energy: Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB Grid Integration) manufactures transformers, high-voltage switchgear, HVDC systems, and grid automation solutions for utilities. Its product overlap with Leidy's represented GE, Schneider, and Elgin lines makes it a competing manufacturer chasing the same IOU substation capex dollars in the Great Lakes territory.
- Schneider Electric (Grid & Utility): Schneider Electric is one of Leidy's represented manufacturers, providing ION meters, MV switchgear, GIS switchgear, and grid automation to utilities. As a global manufacturer it competes with other represented lines (GE Grid Solutions, S&C) but is comparable in that it sells into the same investor-owned and public-power utility accounts Leidy covers.
- Wesco / Anixter International: Wesco (post-Anixter acquisition) is one of the largest electrical, utility, and communications distributors in North America, supplying substation, T&D, and metering products to utilities and contractors. It competes with independent utility reps like Leidy on broad-line electrical distribution while operating a much larger sales and logistics footprint.
- Hubbell Power Systems: Hubbell Power Systems manufactures insulators, transmission hardware, connectors, and wildlife/wildfire mitigation products that overlap directly with Leidy's Gamma Insulators, ARRUTI, and SubProTech lines. While Leidy is a rep/distributor and Hubbell a manufacturer, the product portfolios target the same utility substation and T&D buyers.
- S&C Electric Company: S&C Electric manufactures switchgear, capacitor banks, reclosers, and energy storage solutions targeted at investor-owned and public-power utilities. Its product scope directly overlaps with Leidy's GE Grid Solutions, Schneider, Elgin, and Myers Power representation, though as a manufacturer it is one tier upstream of Leidy's rep role.
- GE Grid Solutions: GE Vernova's Grid Solutions business manufactures high-voltage circuit breakers, instrument transformers, disconnect switches, protection & control, and reclosers used in the same substations Leidy serves. It is a direct represented partner and competes with S&C, Hitachi Energy, and Siemens for the same utility bid lists.
Direct peers
- Beta Engineering: Beta Engineering provides high-voltage EPC and substation construction services to U.S. utilities. Although represented by Leidy as a channel partner, Beta operates one step downstream as an EPC contractor buying the same switchgear, transformers, and protection equipment Leidy represents—making it a structurally adjacent peer serving the same customer base.
- Gresco Utility Supply: Gresco is an independent electrical utility distributor and manufacturers' representative serving IOU, public power, and C&I customers across the U.S. with a comparable substation, metering, and T&D product focus. It competes head-to-head with Leidy in similar territory by aggregating utility manufacturer lines and providing field technical sales support.
- Weschler Instruments & Controls: Weschler is an independent manufacturers' representative and distributor focused on electrical measurement, instrumentation, and power quality products serving utilities and industrial customers in the U.S. Midwest. Its focused metering and measurement portfolio, plus its rep-and-value-add distribution model, closely mirrors Leidy's rep business.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. social profiles
Digital presenceLeidy Engineering Sales, Inc. financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles13 records
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.
What does Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. do?
Leidy Engineering Sales is a manufacturers' representative organization that sells electrical utility equipment on behalf of 23+ manufacturer partners to investor-owned utilities, public power utilities, and industrial companies across the Great Lakes region. The company earns commissions by facilitating sales of substation power equipment, testing and diagnostic solutions, relaying, substation automation, control, and metering products.
Is Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. a public or private company?
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. founded?
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. was founded in -1. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. based?
Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. is headquartered in North Canton, United States, in the North America region.
How does Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. make money?
One revenue line is on record: manufacturer Representative Commissions.
Who are Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc.'s main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Eaton, Hitachi Energy, Schneider Electric (Grid & Utility), Wesco / Anixter International, Hubbell Power Systems, S&C Electric Company and GE Grid Solutions. Direct peers are Beta Engineering, Gresco Utility Supply and Weschler Instruments & Controls.
Does Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc. have an API?
No public API is recorded for Leidy Engineering Sales, Inc..