| Westcoast Limited | |
| Type: | Limited |
| Foundation: | 1984 |
| Location: | Theale, Reading, United Kingdom[1] |
| Founder: | Joe Hemani |
| Industry: | Computing |
| Revenue: | £2.5bn |
| Num Employees: | 1600[2] |
Westcoast Limited, also known as Westcoast Group, provides IT products and services, including storage systems, servers and workstations.[3] It provides goods and services business to business and to the education sector.[4] [5] In 2021, Westcoast became the largest IT distributor in the United Kingdom.[6]
Established in 1984, the Westcoast Group remains privately held with its distributor arm, Westcoast Limited, distributing leading IT brands such as HP, HPE, Microsoft, Lenovo, Apple, and many others to a broad range of resellers, retailers and office product dealers in the UK and beyond.[7]
Westcoast Limited has grown to become the number one UK distributor for many vendors and customers. The Westcoast Group employs more than 1,600 people across a number of locations in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Westcoast Limited was the largest privately owned company in the Thames Valley before being a merger with European distributor ALSO group was announced in July 2024
The company was founded in 1984 in Reading, United Kingdom.[8]
Orion Media Marketing, printer consumables distributor was acquired in 2005.[9]
In 2006, the company bought Irish IT distributors Clarity.
Westcoast merged with XMA, a printer consumables distributor, in 2008. However, no operations were consolidated and XMA continued as a distinct brand and entity.[10] XMA also had a distribution centre in Milton Keynes.[11]
The XMA operation was merged with Viglen in 2014.[12] [13]
Westcoast bought Nottingham, UK based ArtSystems in 2016. The company supply 3d printing equipment.[14] [15]
By 2017, XMA had a turnover of £350m.[16]
Westcoast distributes to the UK and Ireland from its centres in Reading, Nottingham, Andover, Milton Keynes and Europe. It has a data centre in Wales.[17]