EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, David R. Little, the Chief Executive Officer of DXP Enterprises, Inc.,
certify that:

       1.   I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of DXP Enterprises, Inc.;

       2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
            necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
            under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
            to the period covered by this report;

       3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
            information included in this report, fairly present in all material
            respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
            flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
            this report;

       4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
            establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
            defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a -15(e) and 15d -15(e))and internal
            control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
            13a -15(f) and 15d -15(f)) for the registrant and have:

                  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                     such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                     under our supervision, to ensure that material information
                     relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
                     subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                     entities, particularly during the period in which this
                     report is being prepared;

                  b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
                     caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
                     designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
                     assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
                     and the preparation of financial statements for external
                     purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
                     principles;

                  c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                     controls and presented in this report our conclusions about
                     the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
                     procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                     report based on such evaluation; and

                  d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                     internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                     during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                     registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                     report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                     likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
                     control over financial reporting; and

       5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
            based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
            financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
            committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
            performing the equivalent functions):

                  a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                     design or operation of internal control over financial
                     reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                     the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                     report financial information; and

                  b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                     management or other employees who have a significant role
                     in the registrant's internal control over financial
                     reporting.


August 12, 2003


                               /s/ David R. Little
                                 David R. Little
                             Chief Executive Officer