Rapid Electronics
Sourcing and distributing electronic parts and workshop materials with ease
Rapid Electronics drops electronic elements, test kit arrays, hand tools, education science kits, and connector blocks directly to tech institutions and manufacturing firms.
- Type
- Distributor
- Location
- Colchester, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1979
- Website
- rapidonline.com
- Categories
- Consumer Electronics, Electrical & Power Equipment, Office Supplies & Equipment
- Markets
- United Kingdom, Ireland
Verified facts
- certificate-page-on-site (amber), checked 2026-08-11 Company's own certification page
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-02 Domain registry record
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-08-24 Environment Agency public registers (England)
- directors-on-file (green), checked 2026-06-20 Companies House
- registered-since (green), checked 1980-07-28 Companies House free company data product (UK)
- registered-trade-role (green), checked 2026-08-01 Companies House free company data product (UK)
- ch-active (green), checked 2026-06-20 Companies House
- registered-trade-only (amber), checked 2026-06-20 Companies House
Claimed certifications
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)
- If the goods are paper, board or printed products, EU imports fall under the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due-diligence regime; packaging machinery itself does not. European Commission (EUDR)