Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every Alabama metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in all 8 metro areas with enough data. Against their share in Alabama as a whole, Ace Hardware stands out in 4 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Birmingham, AL 1.8× · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 0.9× · Mobile, AL 1.6× · Huntsville, AL 2.5×
Not enough tracked stores: Anniston-Oxford, AL · Columbus, GA-AL (AL part) · Decatur, AL · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL · Tuscaloosa, AL
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Auburn-Opelika, AL · Dothan, AL · Gadsden, AL · Montgomery, AL
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in all 8 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Anniston-Oxford, AL · Columbus, GA-AL (AL part) · Decatur, AL · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL · Tuscaloosa, AL
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Alabama compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Alabama as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Alabama and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Alabama is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Alabama. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked hardware store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | ▲1 | +16.9% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +4.5% |
| 3 | Marvin's | - | -11.0% |
| 4 | Russell Do It Centers | ▼1 | -11.5% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -12.3% |
| 6 | Townsend Building Supply | - | -52.8% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Marvin's
- Ace Hardware
- Russell Do It Centers
- Paris Ace
- Andrews Ace Home Centers
- Mobile Lumber & Building Materials
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
311 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 102 of the 311 stores (33%); 200 of the 209 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (33)
- Marvin's (21)
- Ace Hardware (36)
- Russell Do It Centers (8)
- Paris Ace (1)
- Andrews Ace Home Centers (1)
- Mobile Lumber & Building Materials (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 36
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 33
- 3 Marvin's 21
- 4 Russell Do It Centers 8
- 5 True Value 4
- 6 Townsend Building Supply 3
- 7 JBT Power 2
- 8 Bob's Power Equipment 2
- 9 Mobile Lumber & Millwork 2
- 10 Satterfield Inc 1
- 11 Summerlin Hardware and Supply 1
- 12 Brandino Brass company 1
- 13 Thompson Supply Co Inc 1
- 14 Robertsdale al 1
- 15 O'Rear Hardware 1
- 16 Ragland Hardware and Feed Store 1
- 17 Blackbelt Hardware and Outdoors 1
- 18 Evans Hardware 1
- 19 My Supply 1
- 20 Plumbers Wholesale Supply Co. 1
- 21 Powell Hardware 1
- 22 Dowling Lumber Co 1
- 23 Industrial Service & Supply 1
- 24 Southern Outdoor Solutions 1
- 25 Max Snell Farm Equipment 1
- 26 Brackin Paint and Supply 1
- 27 Smith's True Value Of Ashford 1
- 28 Maynard Equipment, Inc. 1
- 29 Ed's Lock & Key 1
- 30 Milligan Farm and Lumber 1
- 31 Rocky Ridge Hardware 1
- 32 Little River Hardware 1
- 33 Central Supply Company 1
- 34 Northport Power Equipment 1
- 35 Cash & Carry Building Supply 1
- 36 Webb's Hardware & Marine Services 1
- 37 Lineville Building Supply 1
- 38 Scottsboro Small Engines 1
- 39 Brookwood Home and Auto 1
- 40 Dozier Hardware Co 1
- 41 Alabama Mower Service 1
- 42 72 Farm Store 1
- 43 Bladerunner Tool & Hardware 1
- 44 Wilson Dismukes Parts & Equipment 1
- 45 Planter's Hardware 1
- 46 M & M Mobile Home Parts 1
- 47 DeKalb Wholesale 1
- 48 Lewis-Smith Supply Enterprise 1
- 49 Mito Supply Inc. 1
- 50 Ace of the Hills 1
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