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                             LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES





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                        GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.


                              List of Subsidiaries
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Graybar Foreign Sales Corporation, a Barbados corporation.

Graybar International, Inc., a Missouri corporation doing
      business in the territory of Puerto Rico.

Graybar Financial Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation.

Graybar Electric de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation.

Graybar Electric Limited, a Canadian corporation.

Graybar Foundation, Inc., a Missouri corporation.

Graybar Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation.

Distribution Associates, Inc., a Missouri corporation.

Graybar Electric (Ontario) Limited, a Canadian corporation

Graybar Holdings Limited, a Canadian corporation.

Graybar-P&M International PTE LTD, a Singapore corporation.