The invention relates to a distributor unit (1) for use in telecommunications and data engineering, comprising a housing (2) and connection contacts for wires, said distributor unit (1) having a front side (5) and a rear side (6), connection contacts being accessible from both the front side (5) and the rear side (6), the connection contacts of the front side (5) being electrically connected to the connection contacts of the rear side (6), at least the connection contacts of the front side (5) being designed as wire connection contacts (11), and said front side (5) wire connection contacts (11) being arranged to be offset laterally in relation to a side surface (7, 8) of the housing (2) and extending no further than to the half width (B) of the front side (5). The invention also relates to a distributor block (50) comprising at least two distributor units (1) that are fixed to a carrier system (60).