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. Harbor Freight Tools and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +9.1% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | - | +4.3% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- American Fence & Supply Co.
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
- Callahan's General Store
- Lago Vista Sun Hardware
- Fine Lumber and Plywood
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 17 of the 45 stores (38%); 30 of the 33 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 3% across Texas.
- Harbor Freight Tools (8)
- Ace Hardware (5)
- American Fence & Supply Co. (1)
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (1)
- Callahan's General Store (1)
- Lago Vista Sun Hardware (1)
- Fine Lumber and Plywood (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Harbor Freight Tools 8
- 2 Ace Hardware 5
- 3 Smith Supply Co 2
- 4 Alamo Welding Supply 1
- 5 Austin Blades 1
- 6 Travis Tractor & Lawn Equipment 1
- 7 Danek Hardware & Lumber 1
- 8 Light Bulb Depot Austin 1
- 9 Parker's Building Supply 1
- 10 Power Haus Equipment 1
- 11 Clement's Paint 1
- 12 Double B 1
- 13 Mccoys Lawn Equipment 1
- 14 Northern Tool + Equipment 1
- 15 Matco Tools 1
- 16 MGH Hardware and Metals 1
- 17 Texas Tool Traders 1
- 18 True Value 1
- 19 Hofmann's Supply 1
- 20 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 1
- 21 American Bolt Co 1
- 22 Embellish My Home 1
- 23 Woodcraft 1
- 24 Apple Lumber 1
- 25 Breed & Company 1
- 26 Moore Supply Company/North Austin 1
- 27 King Feed & Hardware 1
- 28 Murco Wall Products 1
- 29 Fine Lumber and Plywood 1
- 30 Lago Vista Sun Hardware 1
- 31 Callahan's General Store 1
- 32 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 33 American Fence & Supply Co. 1
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