Judging for the 2026 tED magazine “Best of the Best” Marketing Awards has been completed, with 42 NAED-member companies earning awards this year.
In keeping with our policy, the award winners and categories will be announced during a live awards ceremony during the NAED Marketing Summit, which is August 3-5 in Indianapolis, IN.
The NAED Marketing Summit includes sessions on marketing that break through the clutter, Influencer Marketing, and a half-day of sessions on properly using AI to aid your marketing strategies. It will also host networking events and roundtable discussions for attendees. Marketers who want to evolve their approach to content strategy, cross-functional alignment, AI, and building marketing programs that can scale are invited and encouraged to attend. This year’s theme off “Shift. Accelerate. Outpace.” sets the tone for marketers to speed up execution and outperform the competition. You can register for the 2026 NAED Marketing Summit at www.naed.org/marketing-summit. Hotel room space is limited, and you are encouraged to register as soon as possible.
Finalists for the Overall Distributor Award are Agilix Solutions, OneSource Distributors, Parrish-Hare, and Warshauer Electric Supply. Overall Supplier Award finalists are Atkore, Inc., Cooper Lighting Solutions, Intermatic, Light Efficient Design, and nVent.
Judges awarded 90 entries by distributors and suppliers in 11 categories, including Advertisement, Brand Awareness, Digital/Social Media Campaign, Event, Integrated Promotional Campaign, Product Launch, Public Relations/Community Outreach, Public Relations/Corporate, Selling Tool, Video, and Website.
Distributor divisions were divided by annual revenue: $100 million or less, $101 million-$400 million, $401 million-$700 million, and more than $700 million.
Supplier divisions divided by revenue are: less than $250 million, more than $250 million.
Distributor companies that earned the 2026 tED magazine “Best of the Best” awards are:
- Agilix Solutions
- Atlantic Coast Electric Supply
- Border States
- C.N. Robinson Lighting Supply Co.
- Codale Electric Supply
- DSG
- Echo Electric, a Sonepar Company
- Electrical Wholesalers of New England
- Elliott Electric Supply
- Granite City Electric
- Lonestar Electric Supply
- NorthEast Electrical
- OneSource Distributors
- Parrish-Hare
- Schaedler Yesco Distribution, Inc.
- Summit Electric Supply
- United Electric Supply
- Van Meter, Inc.
- Warshauer Electric Supply
- Wesco
Supplier companies that earned the 2026 tED magazine “Best of the Best” awards are:
- ABB Electrification
- Acuity
- Atkore, Inc.
- Classic Wire & Cable
- Cooper Lighting Solutions
- Dialight
- Halco Lighting Technologies
- Intermatic
- Keystone Technologies
- Legrand
- Light Efficient Design
- Lutron Electronics
- nVent
- Robroy Industries
- Siemens
The following companies received Honorable Mentions:
- Atkore
- City Electric Supply
- DSG
- Eaton – Channel Marketing
- Granite City Electric Supply
- Halco Lighting Technologies
- Hammond Power Solutions
- Hubbell Incorporated
- Keystone Technologies
- Legrand
- Lonestar Electric Supply
- Lutron Electronics
- NorthEast Electrical
- nVent
- OneSource Distributors
- Parrish-Hare
- Rexel USA
- Robroy Industries
- SATCO Products, Inc.
- Schneider Electric
- Sonepar USA
- Summit Electric Supply
- Van Meter, Inc.
The 2026 tED magazine Best of the Best Awards will be handed out at the Marketing Summit on Tuesday night, August 4.
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