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. Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +19.5% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -1.0% |
| 3 | Arc3 Gases | - | -60.5% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Blackhawk Hardware
- Soil Supply Inc
- Interstate Supplies and Services
- Little Hardware
- Saines Hardware & Garden Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
96 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 96 stores (35%); 62 of the 67 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across North Carolina.
- Harbor Freight Tools (11)
- Ace Hardware (14)
- Blackhawk Hardware (1)
- Soil Supply Inc (1)
- Interstate Supplies and Services (1)
- Little Hardware (1)
- Saines Hardware & Garden Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 14
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 11
- 3 Northern Tool + Equipment 4
- 4 Arc3 Gases 3
- 5 True Value 2
- 6 Premier Stone 1
- 7 Pinkston's 1
- 8 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 1
- 9 Kershaw Hardware 1
- 10 Centerview Hardware 1
- 11 Mt Pleasant Hardware Co 1
- 12 Wotco Tools 1
- 13 Monroe Harware 1
- 14 AMES Tools 1
- 15 Southwest Lawn Equipment 1
- 16 City Electric Supply Indian Land 1
- 17 Charlotte Winnelson 1
- 18 Harrisburg Hardware 1
- 19 Gateway Supply Co. 1
- 20 Robinson Tools 1
- 21 Davis General Merchandise 1
- 22 Stanley Hardware & Feed 1
- 23 Quality Fasteners 1
- 24 D.E. Turner & Co. Hardware Store 1
- 25 Great Falls Hardware 1
- 26 Mid-States Bolt & Screw 1
- 27 Ezell Hardware Inc 1
- 28 Vale Hardware 1
- 29 Bean Brothers Hardware & Supply LLC 1
- 30 Depot Salvage 1
- 31 Potts Hardware & Locksmith Services 1
- 32 Pointers Ace Hardware 1
- 33 Turbyfill True Value Hardware 1
- 34 Paint Depot 1
- 35 Union Grove Hardware and Builders Supply 1
- 36 Blackhawk Hardware 1
- 37 Soil Supply Inc 1
- 38 Interstate Supplies and Services 1
- 39 Little Hardware 1
- 40 Saines Hardware & Garden Center 1
- 41 Idi Distributors 1
- 42 Ferguson Ace Hardware 1
- 43 Monroe Hardware Company 1
- 44 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 45 The Power Outlet 1
- 46 Carolina Mower & Equipment, Inc. 1
- 47 Master Halco 1
- 48 Extra Mile Tools 1
- 49 Carolina Hardware 1
- 50 Community Grocery & Hardware 1
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