Private company

Premier Farnell

Logo: https://www.farnell.com/ ( https://www.farnell.com/flags-page-2019/images/farnell-logo.svg ), Non-free logo, via Wikipedia⁴

High-service electronics components distributor

Premier Farnell Ltd. is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100.² It is part of Avnet.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1939Founded¹

Industryelectronics, product distribution¹
HeadquartersLeeds¹
Websitewww.farnell.com
Legal formprivate company limited by shares¹
LEI549300RCE0I900B3ER52³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressFARNELL HOUSE, LS12 2NE Leeds, United Kingdom³
Registered withCompanies House, 00876412³

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Corporate structure

Premier Farnell is part of a group headed by Avnet. 165 entities, 44 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Avnet Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Element14 Singapore, Singapore
- Premier Farnell Leeds, United Kingdom
  - CPC Subsidiary · Preston
- Tria Technologies Stutensee, Germany
- ELEMENT14 INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Bangalore, India
- Avnet (Asia Pacific Holdings) Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
- Avnet (Holdings) Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Avnet (NZ) Subsidiary · New Zealand
- AVNET (SHANGHAI) LIMITED (安富利电子（上海）有限公司) Subsidiary · Shanghai, China
- Avnet (Tianjin) Logistics Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- AVNET ASIA PTE LTD Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
  - AVNET ASIA PTE LTD., TAIWAN BRANCH(SINGAPORE) (新加坡商安富利股份有限公司) Branch · Singapore, Singapore
- AVNET ASIC ISRAEL LTD (אבנט אסיק ישראל בע"מ) Subsidiary · Tel Mond, Israel
- AVNET B.V. Subsidiary · Breda, Netherlands
- Avnet Bidco Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- AVNET BUSINESS SERVICES GMBH Subsidiary · Poing, Germany
- AVNET COMPONENTS ISRAEL LTD (אבנט רכיבים ישראל בע"מ) Subsidiary · Tel Mond, Israel
- Avnet de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico
- Avnet do Brasil Ltda. Subsidiary · Brazil
- AVNET DOO Subsidiary · Serbia
- AVNET ELECTRONICS MARKETING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Avnet Electronics Technology (China) Limited Subsidiary · China
- AVNET ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) LIMITED (安富利电子科技（深圳）有限公司) Subsidiary · Shenzhen, China
- Avnet Electronics Turkey İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi Subsidiary · Turkey
- Avnet EM Holdings (Japan) Kabushiki Kaisha Subsidiary · Japan
- Avnet EM Sp. z.o.o. Subsidiary · Poland
- AVNET EM SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
- and 130 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Avnet

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

2009Acquired CadSoft Computer GmbH¹

Timeline

Jan 1, 2020Parent Directly consolidated by Avnet³
1939Founded Founded¹

Sources

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WikidataPremier Farnell on Wikidata
2
WikipediaPremier Farnell on Wikipedia
3
GLEIFPremier Farnell LEI record (549300RCE0I900B3ER52)
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Wikimedia CommonsPremier Farnell logo by https://www.farnell.com/ ( https://www.farnell.com/flags-page-2019/images/farnell-logo.svg ), Non-free logo