Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), commonly "Arrow," is a publicly traded electronics distributor headquartered at 9151 East Panorama Circle, Centennial, Colorado. The company traces its origins to a 1935 New York retail store and was incorporated as Arrow Electronics, Inc. in New York in 1946; it has been NYSE-listed since 1979. It reports roughly 22,000–22,300 full-time employees, revenue of about $30.9 billion for fiscal 2025 (trailing-twelve-month revenue near $36 billion per market data), and a market capitalization in the ~$11 billion range. It is not a subsidiary; it is an independent public company.
Arrow operates two reportable segments. Global Components (roughly 70% of sales) distributes electronic components — semiconductors, interconnect/passive/electromechanical parts, and computing and memory products — to OEMs and contract manufacturers, alongside value-added services such as design engineering, demand creation, supply-chain management, and logistics. Global Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) (roughly 30%) distributes enterprise computing products and services — datacenter, cloud, security, and analytics solutions — to value-added resellers and managed service providers, and operates the ArrowSphere cloud marketplace platform. It serves customers in over 85 countries.
Litigation posture: Arrow is an operating company, not an NPE. The tracked data show zero plaintiff cases and one defendant case — consistent with a large manufacturer/distributor being targeted rather than a patent enforcer. Arrow holds a substantial patent portfolio of its own but does not appear as a frequent offensive litigant.
Notable case: Daedalus Prime LLC v. Arrow Electronics, Inc. et al, No. 1:22-cv-01107 (D. Del., filed Aug. 23, 2022, Judge Richard G. Andrews; terminated March 1, 2023). Plaintiff Daedalus Prime LLC (a subsidiary of Daedalus Group, LLC, Bronxville, NY) is characterized as a patent assertion entity asserting a portfolio acquired from Intel. The Delaware suit named Arrow alongside other distributors (Avnet, Digi-Key, Mouser, Future, Rochester, Newark), automakers (Mazda, Mercedes-Benz), NXP, and Visteon, asserting six patents covering semiconductor/automotive infotainment technology. Parallel E.D. Tex. actions and ITC investigation 337-TA-1335 targeted the same portfolio's semiconductors, printed circuit boards, and automotive products.