Westcoast takes over German outfit KOMSA

By Stephen Emerson

28 October 2022

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Westcoast has merged with German firm KOMSA in a move to create a united entity that generates €5.5bn of revenue a year.

The Reading-based distributor said the move would hand it access to the German market with the merger being announced as a "strategic partnership" which will eventually see Westcoast take over the shares from KOMSA's founders.

Westcoast, which is the UK's largest distributor by CRN's estimates, already operates in France and Ireland but currently has no significant presence in Europe's largest IT market, Germany. It has in the past attempted to boost its European coverage through the European Wholesale Group, an alliance with several other distributors that was disbanded in 2008.

The merger creates an outfit with revenues of more than €5.5bn, 2,200 employees and which brings together more than 400 technology partners with 30,000 retail partners.

Joe Hemani, chairman and founder of Westcoast, said: "We will bring our know-how from the highly competitive IT market to the world of telecommunications, which will improve the customer experience and range of available services. With access to the German growth market, where we have not been significantly active to date, we are also strategically expanding our market position."

Westcoast is the largest independently owned company in the Thames Valley with revenues of £3.6bn in 2021.

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By Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset.

Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users.

He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.