Hutch & Son

What Hutch & Son does

Hutch & Son is a privately held, family-owned industrial electronics and components distributor headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, operating continuously since 1953. The company maintains a brick-and-mortar retail store serving the Indiana-Kentucky-Illinois tri-state area and runs a transactional e-commerce storefront at hutch-and-son.com. Its catalog spans 15 product categories — audio/video/security, chemicals, computer accessories and cables, connectors, cooling fans, networking equipment, optoelectronics, passive components, power supplies and protection, project boxes/kits, relays/switches/sensors, test and measurement equipment, tools and hardware, wire and cable, and wire management — sourced from leading manufacturers including 3M, Belden, Fluke, Hammond Manufacturing, Honeywell, Molex, and Tripp Lite.

The business operates as a pure product distribution platform without proprietary technology, APIs, mobile apps, or disclosed AI/ML capabilities. Revenue is generated almost entirely through one-time unit-priced sales of electronic components, hardware, and tools, with publicly listed product prices ranging from under $1 (e.g., batteries) to over $2,000 (e.g., 42U server cabinets), with most SKUs priced between $5 and $100. The customer base is segmented across industrial, healthcare, educational, government, commercial, and retail end markets, served through SMB/individual buyers via the e-commerce site and walk-in retail traffic.

The company has no disclosed funding, no investor base, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no named management team, and no M&A or restructuring activity in the source data. Headcount is reported in the 1-10 range, consistent with a small family-operated regional distributor. Operating status is active, and the company remains an independent entity after 70+ years.

Name

Hutch & Son

Legal name

Hutch & Son

Website

https://hutch-and-son.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Electronics Distribution

NAICS

Electronics and Appliance Retailers (4492)

SIC

Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, Nec (5065)

akta.pro primary industry

Semiconductors, ICs & Microcontrollers Retail (CRACAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electronic Components (Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors) Retail (CRACAKAA), Computer Accessories & Consumables Retail (Cables, Adapters, Ink/Toner) (CRACABAH)

Keywords

• Industrial electronics distribution
• Electronic components supply
• Telecom hardware retail
• Wire and cable products
• Test measurement equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Evansville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electronics Component Sales: Revenue generated from selling industrial electronics and components including audio/video equipment, security products, computer cables, connectors, power supplies, test equipment, tools, and wire/cable products directly to customers through their e-commerce storefront and physical Evansville store.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

Hutch & Son distributes industrial electronics, telecom hardware, and electronic components and accessories through an e-commerce storefront and a physical retail store in Evansville, IN. The company stocks thousands of products from leading manufacturers across 15 categories including audio/video/security equipment, connectors, fans, networking, passive components, power supplies, relays, switches, sensors, test equipment, tools, and wire/cable products.

Product overview

Hutch & Son is a family-owned industrial electronics and components distributor serving the tri-state area since 1953. The company operates as a single product platform—a comprehensive e-commerce catalog—offering thousands of electronic components across 15 major product categories. Their portfolio includes audio/video/security equipment, chemicals, computer accessories and cables, connectors, cooling fans, networking equipment, optoelectronics, passive components (capacitors, resistors, semiconductors), power supplies and protection, project boxes and kits, relays/switches/sensors, test and measurement equipment, tools and hardware, wire and cable, and wire management products. The company distributes products from over 70+ manufacturers including 3M, Belden, Fluke, Hammond Manufacturing, Honeywell, Molex, and Tripp Lite, serving government, industrial, hospital, educational, commercial, and retail customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audio, Video, Security
• Chemicals
• Computer Accessories & Cables
• Connectors
• Fans
• Networking
• Optoelectronics
• Passive Components
• Power
• Project Boxes and Kits
• Relays, Switches, Sensors
• Test & Measurement
• Tools & Hardware
• Wire and Cable
• Wire & Cable Management

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mouser Electronics: Mouser is a leading worldwide authorized distributor of electronic components and semiconductors, supplying designers, buyers, and manufacturers across industrial and commercial segments — directly comparable to Hutch & Son's broad-line electronics parts distribution.
• Newark / Element14: Newark/Element14 distributes semiconductors, passives, connectors, test equipment, and industrial electronics globally — overlapping directly with Hutch & Son's industrial electronics components offering.
• Master Electronics: Master Electronics is an authorized distributor of electronic components with broad inventory across connectors, passives, and electromechanical parts, comparable in catalog breadth and customer mix to Hutch & Son.
• Bisco Industries: Bisco Industries distributes electronic components, fasteners, and hardware to industrial customers with regional stocking locations — a comparable model to Hutch & Son's regional inventory-based distribution business.
• Allied Electronics & Automation: Allied distributes electronic and electromechanical components, connectors, wire/cable, and industrial automation supplies, mirroring Hutch & Son's mix of industrial electronic components, networking gear, and tools.
• Digi-Key Electronics: Digi-Key is one of the largest global distributors of electronic components, semiconductors, and related accessories, serving industrial and maker customers with a deep catalog and rapid shipping — the same electronic-parts distribution model Hutch & Son operates at regional scale.
• Heilind Electronics: Heilind is a specialized authorized distributor of connectors, relays, switches, and wire/cable — categories that form a meaningful portion of Hutch & Son's catalog.
• Onlinecomponents.com: Onlinecomponents.com operates as an online distributor of electronic components and electromechanical products, similar in e-commerce-first distribution model and broad-line components focus to Hutch & Son.

Broad incumbents

• Arrow Electronics: Arrow is a Fortune 500 global broad-line distributor of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, serving industrial and commercial customers — a much larger incumbent operating in the same space as Hutch & Son.
• RS Components / RS America: RS Components (including Allied Electronics) is a large global industrial and electronic components distributor offering broad product catalogs to industrial and commercial buyers, overlapping with most of Hutch & Son's product breadth at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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