Growth
True Value 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 True Value'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% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
694 tracked True Value locations across 50 US states and DC. California, Pennsylvania, and New York hold 22% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- California 60
- Pennsylvania 52
- New York 43
- Wisconsin 43
- Michigan 40
- Ohio 32
- Illinois 22
- Oregon 22
- Texas 22
- Minnesota 21
- Iowa 20
- Indiana 19
- Colorado 18
- Kansas 15
- Washington 14
- Florida 13
- New Jersey 13
- South Carolina 13
- Connecticut 12
- Massachusetts 12
- Missouri 12
- North Carolina 11
- New Mexico 11
- Utah 10
- Virginia 10
- Arkansas 9
- Arizona 9
- Maryland 9
- Oklahoma 9
- Louisiana 8
- Maine 8
- Mississippi 8
- Montana 8
- Tennessee 8
- Kentucky 7
- Georgia 6
- Nebraska 6
- Idaho 5
- Alabama 4
- New Hampshire 4
- Nevada 4
- Alaska 3
- Hawaii 3
- North Dakota 3
- Rhode Island 3
- West Virginia 3
- Wyoming 3
- District of Columbia 1
- Delaware 1
- South Dakota 1
- Vermont 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at True Value
Tracked chains True Value customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
City Market
100
Cascade Select Market
96
Mike's Food Town
94
Turner Lumber
90
Knowles Home Furnishings
79
Walker Drug
76
Grand Tire Pros
76
PACE Supply
75
QFC Fuel
64
Capella Market
63
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