Main Electric Supply Co. continues its expansion, opening offices in Phoenix and in Layton, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City, this year.
Last year, Main Electric owner and CEO Scott Germann received a Business Journal Family-Owned Business Award in the large business category.
“Later this year, we plan to open up new facilities in San Jose and Santa Maria,” Germann said on May 6.
He says much of the company’s success is “attributable to attracting great employees.”
“Main continues to find success in the family culture that we’ve created and belief in empowering our people,” he says. “Despite many challenges in the market and economy, we are optimistic about the future.”
Runs Company with 2 Sons, Daughter
While Scott Germann is the owner and chief executive, his son Derek is the company president. Another son, Ryan, handles pricing and vendor relations, while daughter Kelsey is a switchgear project manager.
“I never try to be dogmatic or absolute in my decision-making,” Germann says of the family links. That goes for listening to his employees as well.
The Santa Ana-based electrical distributor supplies a vast array of products, ranging from lighting for commercial buildings and hospitals, to switches, wiring, heating components, lubricants and even batteries, with plenty in between, according to the company’s website.
Disneyland, SoFi
The company has worked on some of the best-known local projects, including a ride at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland, SoFi Stadium, Resorts World Las Vegas, expansions at John Wayne Airport and LAX, and UCI/CHOC medical center off Jamboree Road in Irvine.
Main Electric also supplies products for EV chargers, battery storage and solar power renewables.
“We sell to electrical contractors,” the CEO says. “We get involved in very large projects.”
The company also has a retail side for contractors, including those that are a “one-man shop.”
