The company began on Stone Way, north of Lake Union, between the neighborhood of Wallingford and Fremont, hence the name Stoneway. The contractors in North Seattle liked our service and we have been growing ever since.

  Stoneway is an employee-owned, full line, stocking electrical wholesale distributor, with sixteen conveniently located offices and warehouses located in the Pacific Northwest. We have customers in Washington, North Idaho, Northeastern Oregon and Western Montana. 

  Ed Ralph, Stoneway’s co-founder, initiated the transition to an employee-owned company in 1994. Today, Stoneway Electric has over 230 employee-owners. Some of the benefits of employee ownership include improved employee commitment to customers, a greater sense of job ownership and accountability, increased quality of job performance, and greater incentive for improvement.

  Early in its history, Stoneway recognized the importance of investing in state-of-the-art hardware and software. We have realized excellent returns on this investment in terms of customer benefits and in managing the inventory and operations of a multi-branch organization. Our Inventory and Purchasing driven system is constantly updated to ensure peak performance and continuous service to our customers.

  Stoneway Electric is a long time member of the National Association of Electrical Distributors and fully supports its initiatives

  The cornerstone of every Stoneway Service Center is our counter and display area. The purpose of the display area is to highlight our suppliers' products and ensure maximum exposure. Stoneway makes regular investments in new display equipment, and is always receptive to vendor support and suggestions on how to best use our showrooms and counters. 

  Stoneway regularly makes use of tools, programs, and opportunities provided by IMARK, an international marketing organization, to promote the products of participating vendors. Our Industrial Sales group consists of highly trained, experienced sales persons knowledgeable in automation systems and components, motor control, variable speed drives and operator interface stations. For customer convenience, they work out of our S. Seattle, Richland and Spokane branch offices.

  We maintain Project Sales teams in Seattle, Spokane and Richland who are skilled in both bid preparation and design/build situations. They have the tools and the knowledge to prepare bids, setup, manage and make changes to your ordered material schedules so that on time delivery is assured. 

  In short, the employee-owners of Stoneway Electric Supply are eager to follow three maxims:

"Listen to the customer"     "Make commitments that can be met"

"Make it easy to do business"