# RS Group

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## Overview

RS Group is a global industrial distributor supplying products and service solutions for customers’ maintenance, repair and operations needs. Its broad offering spans industrial and specialist products, including automation and control, electrification, cables and connectors, mechanical and fluid power, and facilities and maintenance; it serves customers through digital channels and a global distribution network. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P28503465)[2](https://www.rsgroup.com/about-us/what-we-do/)

The company’s stated purpose is “Making Amazing Happen for a Better World.” In FY2025/26, the year ended 31 March 2026, RS Group reported revenue of £2,881 million, around 8,500 employees and operations in 33 countries. [3](https://www.rsgroup.com/about-us/)[4](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/oyxhkuz1/rs-group-2025-26-results.pdf)[5](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/oxpb3pl4/at_a_glance_2026.pdf)
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## Products & services

RS Group offers industrial products across Automation & Control and Electrification; Cables & Connectors; Mechanical & Fluid Power; Semiconductors & Passives; Test & Measurement; PPE & Site Safety; and Facilities & Maintenance. Its RS PRO own-brand range covers professional-quality products, while its Better World range identifies products with sustainability-related claims. The company reported that its offer spanned 30,000 products across 345 product families in 30 countries in its FY2025/26 half-year materials. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P19425675)[7](https://www.rsgroup.com/our-differentiators/extensive-product-offer/)

Services and solutions support customers in design, procurement, inventory and maintenance. Offerings include digital procurement and eProcurement, ControlStock automated inventory management, customized production kits, calibration, predictive maintenance and energy optimisation, and outsourced procurement and storeroom management through RS Integrated Supply. Product information includes specifications, CAD files and datasheets. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P19425675)[8](https://www.rsgroup.com/our-differentiators/solving-our-customers-problems/)

For FY2025/26, RS PRO represented more than 14% of Group revenue at year-end and grew 5%; services and solutions grew 6% like-for-like, while eProcurement grew 9% like-for-like. The latter figures are growth rates, not shares of revenue. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P19425675)[9](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/px0oahff/rs_group_annual_report_2026.pdf)[4](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/oyxhkuz1/rs-group-2025-26-results.pdf)
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## Geographic presence

RS Group operates across 33 countries, grouped into EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific. In FY2025/26, revenue was £2,881 million: EMEA £1,803 million (62%), the Americas £855 million (30%), and Asia Pacific £223 million (8%). The company identifies the UK, Germany, Italy and France as its major EMEA markets; the available full-year figures do not provide revenue totals by individual country. [5](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/oxpb3pl4/at_a_glance_2026.pdf)[10](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/driou1ix/rs-group-2025-26-results-presentation.pdf)
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## Business segments

RS Group reports three geographic operating segments: EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific. Segment performance is assessed using revenue and adjusted operating profit. [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P105019121)

For FY2024/25 (year ended 31 March 2025), EMEA generated £1,777.3m, or approximately 61.2% of Group revenue; its key markets include the UK & Ireland, France, DACH, Italy and the rest of EMEA. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T7532898)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P42807705) Americas generated £907.4m, approximately 31.3%, with the US & Canada and Latin America identified as key markets. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T7532898)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P26482851) Asia Pacific generated £218.8m, approximately 7.5%, with ANZ, South East Asia, Greater China, and Japan & Korea identified as key markets. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T7532898)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P45845049) Percentages are calculated from regional revenue of £2,903.5m total. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T7532898)

The company describes products and services—including industrial MRO, Better World offerings and low-carbon-industry solutions—at Group level, but does not report these as product operating segments or provide product-line revenue shares. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14058006) The H1 2025/26 results presentation continues to report the same three regions. [17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T5584528)
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## Company history

RS Group began in 1937 as Radiospares, founded by J. H. Waring and P. M. Sebestyen to supply spare parts to radio repair shops. It expanded into electronic components in 1954, became a publicly listed company as Electrocomponents plc in 1967, and adopted the RS Components name in 1971. [18](https://www.rsgroup.com/about-us/our-history/)

A major step in its international expansion came in 1999 with the acquisition of North American distributor Allied Electronics. Later acquisitions broadened the company’s services and reach: IESA added outsourced maintenance, repair and operations services in 2018, while the 2021 acquisition of Synovos expanded procurement and inventory-management capabilities. [19](https://www.rsgroup.com/newshub/news/allied-electronics-announces-company-name-change/)[20](https://www.rsgroup.com/newshub/news/electrocomponents-completes-acquisition-of-iesa/)[21](https://www.rsgroup.com/newshub/news/electrocomponents-completes-acquisition-of-synovos/)

In 2022, Electrocomponents plc changed its corporate name to RS Group plc. It subsequently expanded through acquisitions including Risoul in Mexico and Distrelec in Europe in 2023, and Trident Australia in 2024; in 2026 it acquired UK and Ireland automation-and-control specialist BPX. Simon Pryce became chief executive in April 2023. [22](https://www.rsgroup.com/newshub/news/company-name-change/)[23](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/uaag5ti0/rns-risoul-completion.pdf)[24](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/xuanl5s0/rns-distrelec-completion.pdf)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P109635181)[26](https://www.rsgroup.com/media/3lzjucmp/rs-group-acquires-bpx-group.pdf)[27](https://www.rsgroup.com/newshub/news/appointment-of-simon-pryce-as-chief-executive-officer/)
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