Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every California metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Ace Hardware leads in 9 metro areas, Harbor Freight Tools in 8 metro areas, and Miner's Ace Hardware in 1 metro area. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in California as a whole, Ace Hardware stands out in 8 metro areas, Harbor Freight Tools in 4 metro areas, and True Value in 3 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in 8 metro areas
Fresno, CA 1× · Modesto, CA 2.6× · Oxnard, CA 1.9× · Stockton-Lodi, CA 2.4× · Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0.7× · Redding, CA 2.4× · Salinas, CA 2.8× · Vallejo, CA 3.2×
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Harbor Freight Tools
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Los Angeles, CA 0.9× · Riverside, CA 1.8× · San Diego, CA 1.8× · Visalia, CA 1.5×
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True Value
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Sacramento, CA 2.2× · Bakersfield-Delano, CA 2.3× · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 2.1×
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Outdoor Supply Hardware
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
San Francisco, CA 3.1× · San Jose, CA 7×
Not enough tracked stores: Chico, CA · El Centro, CA · Hanford-Corcoran, CA · Merced, CA · Napa, CA · Yuba City, CA
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: San Luis Obispo, CA · Santa Maria, CA
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Ace Hardware
#1 in 9 metro areas
San Francisco, CA · Sacramento, CA · San Jose, CA · Modesto, CA · Stockton-Lodi, CA · Santa Maria, CA · Redding, CA · Salinas, CA · Vallejo, CA
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in 8 metro areas
Los Angeles, CA · Riverside, CA · San Diego, CA · Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Fresno, CA · Oxnard, CA · Visalia, CA
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Miner's Ace Hardware
#1 in San Luis Obispo, CA
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San Lorenzo Lumber
#1 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
Not enough tracked stores: Chico, CA · El Centro, CA · Hanford-Corcoran, CA · Merced, CA · Napa, CA · Yuba City, CA
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to California compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in California as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in California 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 California is light gray. 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. Bayshore Supply and Ganahl Lumber Company sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Bayshore Supply | - | +19.8% |
| 2 | Ganahl Lumber Company | ▲1 | +18.4% |
| 3 | Creative Paint | - | +11.6% |
| 4 | Cole Hardware | - | +4.4% |
| 5 | Ace Hardware | - | +3.1% |
| 6 | Outdoor Supply Hardware | ▲1 | +2.2% |
| 7 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -0.0% |
| 8 | Miner's Ace Hardware | ▼1 | -2.7% |
| 9 | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware | - | -6.9% |
| 10 | True Value | ▼1 | -10.0% |
| 11 | General Plumbing Supply | - | -13.0% |
| 12 | Anawalt Lumber | - | -16.5% |
| 13 | Orchard Supply Hardware | - | -29.8% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Ganahl Lumber Company
- Hardester's Market
- True Value
- Outdoor Supply Hardware
- Mead Clark Lumber Co Inc
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
969 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 437 of the 969 stores (45%); 434 of the 474 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (154)
- Ace Hardware (205)
- Ganahl Lumber Company (8)
- Hardester's Market (2)
- True Value (60)
- Outdoor Supply Hardware (10)
- Mead Clark Lumber Co Inc (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 205
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 154
- 3 True Value 60
- 4 Outdoor Supply Hardware 10
- 5 Ganahl Lumber Company 8
- 6 Miner's Ace Hardware 5
- 7 Orchard Supply Hardware 5
- 8 Cole Hardware 5
- 9 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 4
- 10 General Plumbing Supply 4
- 11 Bayshore Supply 4
- 12 Creative Paint 4
- 13 Snap-On Tools 3
- 14 Anawalt Lumber 3
- 15 Fasteners Inc 3
- 16 Fruit Growers Supply 3
- 17 Fence Specialties 2
- 18 BERCO Redwood 2
- 19 Baller Hardware 2
- 20 Crown Ace Hardware 2
- 21 Village Hardware 2
- 22 Mountain Hardware & Sports 2
- 23 Rubenstein Supply 2
- 24 Pine Tree Lumber Co 2
- 25 Dolan's Lumber 2
- 26 Scarborough Lumber 2
- 27 Do It Best 2
- 28 Karl's Hardware 2
- 29 East Bay Welding Supply 2
- 30 Hardester's Market 2
- 31 Emigh Ace Hardware 2
- 32 Mendo Mill & Lumber Co 2
- 33 Hills Flat Lumber Co. 2
- 34 Ashby Lumber 2
- 35 Bill's Ace Hardware 1
- 36 KH Metals and Supply 1
- 37 Warehouse Paint 1
- 38 Roberts Hardware 1
- 39 Garden Valley Feed and Hardware 1
- 40 Placerville Hardware 1
- 41 Grant Plumbing and Hardware 1
- 42 Kh Plumbing Supply 1
- 43 Tool Shack 1
- 44 High Desert Home Center 1
- 45 Central Home Supply 1
- 46 Ace Building Materials 1
- 47 Green Valley Aloha Saw and Mower 1
- 48 Eagle Tools 1
- 49 Hard Rock Tool 1
- 50 Bolinas Bay Hardware & Mercantile 1
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