<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>                                          9-mos
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                Sep-30-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                     Jun-30-2000
<CASH>                                                49,213
<SECURITIES>                                               0
<RECEIVABLES>                                        759,718
<ALLOWANCES>                                          43,613
<INVENTORY>                                          387,423
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                   2,561,746
<PP&E>                                               759,346 <F1>
<DEPRECIATION>                                      (445,636)<F2>
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                     6,375,598
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                              2,621,812
<BONDS>                                            1,717,334
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                      0
<PREFERRED>                                                0
<COMMON>                                           1,015,702
<OTHER-SE>                                           429,257
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                       6,375,598
<SALES>                                            2,137,370
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                   4,130,233
<CGS>                                              1,438,975
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                      2,610,531 <F3>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     687,053 <F4>
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                      20,007
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                    51,934
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                       51,137
<INCOME-TAX>                                          41,999
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                    9,138
<DISCONTINUED>                                             0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                        1,707
<CHANGES>                                                  0
<NET-INCOME>                                          10,845
<EPS-BASIC>                                             0.07
<EPS-DILUTED>                                           0.07
<FN>
<F1> Includes equipment on operating leases, at cost, of $224,177
<F2> Includes accumulated depreciation for equipment on operating leases of $150,190
<F3> Includes Finance Subsidiaries interest of $122,849
<F4> Represents selling expense and restructuring and asset impairment charges.
</FN>