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Top 40 Distributors 2018: No. 9 IMS/Group II Communications

Counselor’s exclusive ranking of the distributors with the most revenue in the promo products market.

IMS/Group II Communications (asi/215310)

After reporting declining sales in four of the last five years, IMS/Group II slips again in this year’s rankings. It attributes its 2017 weakness to a “one-time 2016 program cycle and the PR issue of one client.”

Previous rank: 7

2017 Revenue: $209.4 C

Number of employees: 400

Headquarters: Morton Grove, IL

Year founded: 1985

Ownership: Private

Top officer: Josh Tobey

All revenue figures shown in $millions
C = calendar year
F = fiscal year
NR = not ranked
D = did not provide
* = adjusted based on restated sales
** = adjusted based on other distributor movement