Building

The Group supports customers in the building market across an array of construction and renovation projects, regardless the type or size, offering logistical strength, technical expertise with an emphasis on clean-energy solutions.

We have a vast product range available via an omnichannel platform, with everything from cabling, alarms and security, to wiring devices, automation and control, indoor and outdoor lighting, photovoltaic energy, wires and cables, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), protection, networks, hand and power tools, personal protective equipment, Voice-Data-Image (VDI), and more.

As Sonepar increases investment in logistics, covering 25 automated distribution centers, it means that customers get exactly what they need, when they need to. Customers can order the packages they need online—cutting the time to order, and time to site. In fact, €11bn of Sonepar's sales already happen this way. 

It’s not just excellence when supplying our customers with the equipment and systems they need, Sonepar also provides an essential service in offering the technologies and know-how that go with ever-more complex solutions, like integrated systems.

One way that Sonepar accelerates this transformation is by our policy of strategic acquisitions. These cover the entire building ecosystem ,from renewables to energy efficiency, infrastructure to computing.

• On the software side, in 2021, we took a majority shareholding in Factory Systemes Groupe, a major player in the distribution of software solutions, edge computing, and industrial IoT. 
• In terms of hardware, Sonepar has acquired Australian company Electrical Supply Solutions, which specializes in major energy infrastructure, making the Group an important player in the pressing need for major grid investments.
• In 2022, we purchased French distributor CD-Sud, enhancing our expertise in energy efficiency solutions. The following year saw the Group secure a controlling interest in Swedish company Aprilice, which specializes in PV but also brings significant know-how in the associated areas of inverters, energy storage, and software. That same year we acquired Alliantz, a privately owned distributor of photovoltaics and energy efficiency solutions.