Dealer and Direct Branch Counts

I'd be interested in seeing the numbers, can anyone else help- with this?

Usually the GSA Catalogs for the various manufacturers have a listing of "current" (at time of publication) authorized dealers and direct outlets which GSA qualified customer can purchase from - I'd say this is the best bet.

Thanks Chuck,

I came up with 114 RBS locations based on Ricoh's July GSA, but it doesn't seem to adding up in terms of authorized dealers (just 143). I tracked down a count from Vision 2007 and Ricoh, L & S had 664. Considering the number of authorized dealers probably didn't expand too much, I'm going with that as a rough estimate for now.

still open to suggestions and clarifications though....

Surely that 143 does not count IKON locations and your numbers may be suspect due to a dealers having multiple locations etc., etc. Also are you looking for JUST Ricoh or are you considering RFG locations/dealers. I also know that IKON uses a Phone Number/Home address of individuals as a "location" ergo, that throws off your count too.

Agreed,

This info is hard to track down. Even harder if you want to be exact.

For IKON I used the "400" figure that was published at the time of Ricoh's acquisition

I pulled the 664 figure from a report on Vision 2007 Ricoh dealer meeting. That did include all RFG dealers. Interestingly, the report said that Ricoh had over 1,300 dealers in 1999.

I took your suggestion and converted Xerox' GSA to excel and did the math. Agents added up to 540, but I assume that some of those are actually Global acquirees. Direct added up to 115. Some of those may be service locations etc. I've seen a separate report that suggested that Xerox had roughly 500 agents so 500-520 may be a good estimate. But for these purposes thats fine.

One of those occasions where research is more an art than a science.

Thanks for

Anyone have an idea of how many sales people there are in the industry??

Art;

WAAAAAAY TOO MANY where I am!

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Originally posted by Chuck:
Art;

WAAAAAAY TOO MANY where I am!

lol