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. Hector's Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hector's Hardware | - | +10.5% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +9.0% |
| 3 | Valu Home Center | - | -3.3% |
| 4 | Valu Home Centers | - | -4.3% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -13.2% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Valu Home Centers
- Valu Home Center
- Ace Hardware
- Manny's Ace Hardware
- True Value
- Hector's Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
60 tracked store locations in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 38 of the 60 stores (63%); 17 of the 24 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across New York.
- Harbor Freight Tools (8)
- Valu Home Centers (10)
- Valu Home Center (7)
- Ace Hardware (7)
- Manny's Ace Hardware (1)
- True Value (3)
- Hector's Hardware (6)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Valu Home Centers 10
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 8
- 3 Valu Home Center 7
- 4 Ace Hardware 7
- 5 Hector's Hardware 6
- 6 True Value 3
- 7 Shanor Electric Supplies 2
- 8 Broadway Hardware Store 1
- 9 County Supply Corp 1
- 10 ABC Hardware 1
- 11 Taylor True Value Rental 1
- 12 The Used Tool Truck Inc 1
- 13 Flint Bros Hardware Inc. 1
- 14 Holland Hardware 1
- 15 Evans Ace Hardware 1
- 16 Rucker Lumber Inc 1
- 17 Niagara Supply 1
- 18 ABC Hardware, Rental & Special Events 1
- 19 Custom Covers & Canvas 1
- 20 Warren's Village Hardware 1
- 21 Miris Building Supply 1
- 22 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 23 Kohler Awning 1
- 24 Manny's Ace Hardware 1
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