Best States: The Biggest Solution Provider In Each State

CRN breaks out which solution providers in each state bring in the most revenue.

State Of The Channel

As solution providers and strategic service providers look for qualified people to fill technical, sales and management job vacancies, they are competing for talent with other businesses, the public sector—and even other solution providers.

Based on the 2021 CRN Solution Provider 500—our annual ranking of the largest solution providers in North America by revenue—we can see which companies hold the distinction of being the largest channel companies in each state.

The 2021 SP500 also provides insight about which states are home to the largest number of solution providers, a statistic that gives solution providers an idea of the degree of competition they face for new employees.

Despite all the stories about companies leaving California, the Golden State is No. 1 with 51 solution providers on the SP500 based there. Virginia, with 46 SP500 companies, isn’t far behind. They are followed by New York (39), Illinois (28) and Texas (23).

Eight states, meanwhile, have no SP500 channel companies within their borders this year: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Montana, Nebraska, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Here’s a look at the largest SP500 company in each state.

Alabama

Information Transport Solutionss

2021 SP500 Rank: 326

Location: Wetumpka, Ala.

Top Executive: Quincy Minor, President, COO

Alabama is home to two SP500 companies.

Alaska

There are no SP500 companies based in Alaska.

Arizona

Insight Enterprises

2021 SP500 Rank: 14

Location: Tempe, Ariz.

Top Executive: Ken Lamneck, President, CEO

Arizona is home to 11 SP500 companies.

Arkansas

Edafio Technology Partners

2021 SP500 Rank: 463

Location: Little Rock, Ark.

Top Executive: Kenny Kinley, President, CEO

Arkansas is home to one SP500 company.

California

Trace3

2021 SP500 Rank: 41

Location: Irvine, Calif.

Top Executive: Rich Fennessy, CEO

California is home to 51 SP500 companies.

Colorado

Optiv

2021 SP500 Rank: 25

Location: Denver

Top Executive: Kevin Lynch, CEO

Colorado is home to 11 SP500 companies.

Connecticut

Kelser Corp.

2021 SP500 Rank: 198

Location: Glastonbury, Conn.

Top Executive: Barry Kelly, President, CEO

Connecticut is home to four SP500 companies.

Delaware

There are no SP500 companies based in Delaware.

Florida

UDT

2021 SP500 Rank: 122

Location: Miramar, Fla.

Top Executive: Henry Fleches, CEO

Florida is home to 13 SP500 companies.

Georgia

ProSys Information Systems

2021 SP500 Rank: 57

Location: Norcross, Ga.

Top Executive: Elaine Bellock, President

Georgia is home to 11 SP500 companies.

Hawaii

There are no SP500 companies based in Hawaii.

Idaho

CompuNet

2021 SP500 Rank: 120

Location: Meridian, Idaho

Top Executive: Nolan Schoo, Owner, President

Idaho is home to two SP500 companies.

Illinois

Accenture

2021 SP500 Rank: 1

Location: Chicago

Top Executive: Julie Sweet, CEO

Illinois is home to 29 SP500 companies.

Indiana

Core BTS

2021 SP500 Rank: 155

Location: Indianapolis

Top Executive: Paul Lidsky, CEO

Indiana is home to five SP500 companies.

Iowa

Involta

2021 SP500 Rank: 255

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Top Executive: Bruce Lehrman, CEO

Iowa is home to five SP500 companies.

Kansas

Quality Technology Services

2021 SP500 Rank: 64

Location: Overland Park, Kan.

Top Executive: Chad Williams, CEO

Kansas is home to five SP500 companies.

Kentucky

Pomeroy Technologies

2021 SP500 Rank: 73

Location: Hebron, Ky.

Top Executive: Christopher Froman, CEO

Kentucky is home to five SP500 companies.

Louisiana

CMA Technology Solutions

2021 SP500 Rank: 387

Location: Baton Rouge, La.

Top Executive: Chad LeMaire, President, CEO

Louisiana is home to three SP500 companies.

Maine

GreenPages

2021 SP500 Rank: 191

Location: Kittery, Maine

Top Executive: Ron Dupler, CEO

Maine is home to three SP500 companies.

Maryland

T-Rex Solutions

2021 SP500 Rank: 99

Location: Greenbelt, Md.

Top Executive: Seth Moore, President, CEO

Maryland is home to 19 SP500 companies.

Massachusetts

Computacenter

2021 SP500 Rank: 27

Location: Westwood, Mass.

Top Executive: Kevin Shank, President, Computacenter North America

Massachusetts is home to 21 SP500 companies.

Michigan

HTC Global Services

2021 SP500 Rank: 47

Location: Troy, Mich.

Top Executive: Madhava Reddy, President, CEO

Michigan is home to 13 SP500 companies.

Minnesota

ConvergeOne

2021 SP500 Rank: 34

Location: Bloomington, Minn.

Top Executive: John McKenna Jr., CEO

Minnesota is home to 12 SP500 companies.

Mississippi

C Spire Business

2021 SP500 Rank: 113

Location: Ridgeland, Miss.

Top Executive: Allen McIntosh, General Manager

Mississippi is home to two SP500 companies.

Missouri

World Wide Technology

2021 SP500 Rank: 9

Location: Maryland Heights, Mo.

Top Executive: James Kavanaugh, CEO

Missouri is home to eight SP500 companies.

Montana

There are no SP500 companies based in Montana.

Nebraska

There are no SP500 companies based in Nebraska.

Nevada

Summit Partners

2021 SP500 Rank: 310

Location: Las Vegas

Top Executive: Jon Lankert, Principal Partner

Nevada is home to one SP500 company.

New Hampshire

Connection

2021 SP500 Rank: 26

Location: Merrimack, N.H.

Top Executive: Timothy McGrath, President, CEO

New Hampshire is home to five SP500 companies.

New Jersey

Cognizant

2021 SP500 Rank: 6

Location: Teaneck, N.J.

Top Executive: Brian Humphries, CEO

New Jersey is home to 28 SP500 companies.

New Mexico

ANM

2021 SP500 Rank: 140

Location: Albuquerque, N.M.

Top Executive: Raminder Mann, CEO

New Mexico is home to one SP500 company.

New York

IBM Global Services

2021 SP500 Rank: 2

Location: Armonk, N.Y.

Top Executive: Arvind Krishna, CEO

New York is home to 39 SP500 companies.

North Carolina

Curvature

2021 SP500 Rank: 69

Location: Charlotte, N.C.

Top Executive: Peter Weber, CEO

North Carolina is home to five SP500 companies.

North Dakota

High Point Networks

2021 SP500 Rank: 279

Location: West Fargo, N.D.

Top Executive: Tom McDougall, CEO

North Dakota is home to two SP500 companies.

Ohio

CBTS

2021 SP500 Rank: 40

Location: Cincinnati

Top Executive: Leigh Fox, President, CEO

Ohio is home to 10 SP500 companies.

Oklahoma

InterWorks

2021 SP500 Rank: 298

Location: Stillwater, Okla.

Top Executive: Behfar Jahanshahi, CEO

Oklahoma is home to three SP500 companies.

Oregon

Pacific Star Communications

2021 SP500 Rank: 169

Location: Portland

Top Executive: Peggy Miller, CEO

Oregon is home to five SP500 companies.

Pennsylvania

Capgemini

2021 SP500 Rank: 7

Location: Wayne, Pa.

Top Executive: Aiman Ezzat, CEO

Pennsylvania is home to 17 SP500 companies.

Rhode Island

NWN Carousel

2021 SP500 Rank: 63

Location: Exeter, R.I.

Top Executive: Jeff Gardner, CEO

Rhode Island is home to one SP500 company.

South Carolina

CompuCom

2021 SP500 Rank: 46

Location: Fort Mill, S.C.

Top Executive: Mick Slattery, President

South Carolina is home to five SP500 companies.

South Dakota

Sterling

2021 SP500 Rank: 50

Location: North Sioux City

Top Executive: Brad Moore, President, CEO

South Dakota is home to two SP500 companies.

Tennessee

Education Networks of America

2021 SP500 Rank: 186

Location: Nashville

Top Executive: David Pierce, CEO

Tennessee is home to seven SP500 companies.

Texas

NTT Data Services

2021 SP500 Rank: 8

Location: Plano, Texas

Top Executive: Yo Honma, President, CEO

Texas is home to 23 SP500 companies.

Utah

VLCM

2021 SP500 Rank: 206

Location: Salt Lake City

Top Executive: Mike Linton, CEO

Utah is home to two SP500 companies.

Vermont

There are no SP500 companies based in Vermont.

Virginia

DXC Technology

2021 SP500 Rank: 4

Location: Tysons, Va.

Top Executive: Mike Salvino, President, CEO

Virginia is home to 46 SP500 companies.

Washington

Zones

2021 SP500 Rank: 30

Location: Auburn, Wash.

Top Executive: Firoz Lalji, CEO

Washington is home to 10 SP500 companies.

West Virginia

There are no SP500 companies based in West Virginia.

Wisconsin

SoftwareONE North America

2021 SP500 Rank: 17

Location: Waukesha, Wisc.

Top Executive: Dieter Schlosser, CEO

Wisconsin is home to 10 SP500 companies.

Wyoming

There are no SP500 companies based in Wyoming.