RS is your global business partner, who you can truly rely on to supply more than just great products.
So, our ever-expanding range of 700,000+ in-stock industrial and electronics products – from over 2,500 partner suppliers – is just the start.
We’re a partner that shares inspiration, imagination and innovation. A partner that works side-by-side with you to save you time and money.
A partner that helps make your job easier, whether you design, build, maintain or protect industrial equipment and operations.
Because we also solve your problems with insights and end-to-end solutions for inventory, maintenance, integrated supply, safety, purchasing, design and manufacturing and for custom ordering.
OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is 'Making Amazing Happen for a Better World'
So at RS, we’re also a partner who is committed to being ethical, responsible and sustainable in everything we do. That’s why Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) is at our heart – so together with you, our customers and suppliers, we can build a better world.
We also support the minds of today and tomorrow, to realise their full potential, help solve problems and improve lives.
From schools through to universities, our projects help inspire the engineers of the future.
We believe in transforming the impossible to possible – and the ‘what ifs’ into ‘why nots’.
OUR STORY
From humble beginnings to the global company we are today, we’ve been on an incredible journey, but the best is yet to come. In 1937, J H Waring and P M Sebestyen established a company called Radiospares Limited, supplying radio repair shops with spare parts. The business began selling electronic components in 1954 and rebranded as RS Components in 1971.
From humble beginnings to the global company we are today, we’ve been on an incredible journey, but the best is yet to come. In 1937, J H Waring and P M Sebestyen established a company called Radiospares Limited, supplying radio repair shops with spare parts. The business began selling electronic components in 1954 and rebranded as RS Components in 1971.
For over 80 years, we have been providing products and solutions to engineers, making it easy for our customers to do business and saving them time and money.
Today, we are a global omni-channel solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers who are involved in designing, building or maintaining industrial equipment and facilities.
We aim to offer our customers unrivalled choice of product technologies, solve problems with innovative solutions and deliver a world-class customer experience.
We stock more than 700,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers and provide a wide range of value-added solutions to over one million customers.With operations in 32 countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship over 50,000 parcels a day.
Our Services
We’re more than a one-stop show for all of your industrial and electronics product needs; our range of services and solutions is second to none.
From same day delivery to procurement solutions, find a range of helpful services to increase productivity, save you time and money.
Our Own Brand
RS PRO is our own-brand product range of more than 58,000 high-quality, competitively priced industrial product and electronic components.
RS PRO offers customers a choice where the combination of quality, performance and price create exceptional value. All RS PRO products and components are backed by the RS Seal of Approval, representing leading industry standards for audit, inspection, test and certification.