Bishop and Associates has just released a new ten chapter research report providing a complete analysis of The World’s Top 100 Electronic Connector Manufacturers. This new report furnishes detailed statistics that benchmark the leading connector manufacturers by 2009/2010 total sales, sales by end-use equipment market, sales by product category, and many other key industry measurements. All manufacturers are exhibited by 2010 sales, and are ranked by region of the world with percent year-to-year change. This report provides all the key data needed to analyze each of the top 100 worldwide electronic connector suppliers.

The world’s top 100 connector manufacturers recorded 2010 shipments of $39.527 billion. This represented 87.2 percent of the worldwide connector market. The balance of the connector industry had 2010 shipments of $5.815 billion, and represented 12.8 percent of the total market.

We have identified over 825 connector manufacturers. Many are small with a highly focused product offering, while others support niche markets or specific regions. We continue to discover additional connector companies, especially in China and other developing countries.

The following table shows percent of sales for the top 100 connector manufacturers, and all other connector manufacturers by geographic region.

Top 100 by Geographic Region - 2010 Sales