Growth
Great Lakes Ace Hardware against its category
The biggest tracked US hardware store chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Great Lakes Ace Hardware's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | +2.0% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | +3.4% |
| 3 | True Value | -4.8% |
| 4 | Curtis Lumber Co Inc | +12.7% |
| 5 | Aubuchon Hardware | +11.2% |
| 6 | Elder's Ace Hardware | -6.8% |
| 7 | Sneade's Ace Home Center | +1.8% |
| 8 | Lowe's ProServices | -11.1% |
| 9 | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware | -7.8% |
| 10 | Westlake Ace Hardware | -2.9% |
| 14 | Great Lakes Ace Hardware | +1.9% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
18 tracked Great Lakes Ace Hardware locations across 3 US states. Michigan holds 89% of them.
Customer overlap
Who shops at Great Lakes Ace Hardware
Tracked chains Great Lakes Ace Hardware customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
Polly's Food Service
100
Polly's Country Market
68
Kelly Express Mart
62
Saveland Supermarket
59
ACCESS
59
Trentwood Farms
48
Tenuta's Food Lane
46
Hollywood Markets
46
Kibby Cobb Liquor and Deli
40
DTE Energy
40
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