<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated   financial   statements  of  IKON  Office   Solutions,   Inc.  and
subsidiaries  and is qualified  in its  entirety by reference to such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK>     0000003370
<NAME> IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000

                                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                               SEP-30-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                    MAR-31-2000
<CASH>                                               51,345
<SECURITIES>                                              0
<RECEIVABLES>                                       733,349
<ALLOWANCES>                                         44,837
<INVENTORY>                                         379,124
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                  2,451,399
<PP&E>                                              781,525<F1>
<DEPRECIATION>                                      453,435<F2>
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                    6,172,539
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                             2,486,123
<BONDS>                                           1,696,185
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                     0
<PREFERRED>                                               0
<COMMON>                                          1,016,039
<OTHER-SE>                                          415,886
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                      6,172,539
<SALES>                                           1,396,411
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                  2,712,828
<CGS>                                               935,166
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                     1,713,395<F3>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                    968,122<F4>
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     15,421
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                   33,620
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                      (2,309)
<INCOME-TAX>                                         18,474
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                 (20,783)
<DISCONTINUED>                                            0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                           0
<CHANGES>                                                 0
<NET-INCOME>                                        (20,783)
<EPS-BASIC>                                           (0.14)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                         (0.14)
<FN>
<F1> Includes  equipment on operating  leases, at cost, of $233,016
<F2> Includes  accumulated  depreciation  for  equipment on operating  leases of
$152,062
<F3> Includes Finance Subsidiaries interest of $78,960
<F4> Represents selling,  general and administrative  expenses and restructuring
and asset impairment charge.
</FN>