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. Gillman Home Center and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillman Home Center | - | +5.6% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +4.9% |
| 3 | Ace Hardware | - | +4.6% |
| 4 | McCabe Do it Center | - | -1.7% |
| 5 | Wiseway Supply | - | -6.3% |
| 6 | Woods Hardware | - | -17.4% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- McCabe Do it Center
- Milford Winnelson
- Gillman Home Center
- True Value
- Hyde Park Lumber
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
127 tracked store locations in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 42 of the 127 stores (33%); 74 of the 84 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across Ohio.
- Harbor Freight Tools (12)
- Ace Hardware (21)
- McCabe Do it Center (3)
- Milford Winnelson (1)
- Gillman Home Center (3)
- True Value (2)
- Hyde Park Lumber (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 21
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 12
- 3 McCabe Do it Center 3
- 4 Woods Hardware 3
- 5 Gillman Home Center 3
- 6 Wiseway Supply 3
- 7 Mesco Electrical Supply 2
- 8 Beck Paint & Hardware 2
- 9 Klingenberg's Hardware and Paint 2
- 10 True Value 2
- 11 Salem Hardware 1
- 12 Bona Decorative Hardware 1
- 13 Harris Welding Supplies 1
- 14 Bradford's Home Mart 1
- 15 Kelly Bros. Lumber + Design 1
- 16 Denny Lumber Co 1
- 17 Miller's Home Center 1
- 18 Merrilees Hardware & Supply 1
- 19 Village Hardware 1
- 20 Northside Hardware 1
- 21 Fussnecker and Sons Tractor Sales 1
- 22 Top Quality 1
- 23 Barnes Hardware & Lumber 1
- 24 Jerry's Welding Supply Inc 1
- 25 Lawrenceburg Winsupply 1
- 26 AMES Tools 1
- 27 West Cincy Mower 1
- 28 Winlectric 1
- 29 Florence Hardware 1
- 30 Cliff's Hardware 1
- 31 Al-Joe's Pet and Garden 1
- 32 Brant's Hardware 1
- 33 Do It Best 1
- 34 Bare Bones Plumbing Supply 1
- 35 Meyer Hardware 1
- 36 Springboro Hardware 1
- 37 Hometown Hardware 1
- 38 A & A Mower 1
- 39 Fabric Forms 1
- 40 Taylor Equipment Sales & Service 1
- 41 Burkhardt Pro Hardware 1
- 42 Mt Carmel Equipment 1
- 43 Miller Bros. Paint 1
- 44 Miller Lumber Company 1
- 45 Silverton Hardware 1
- 46 Pro Hardware 1
- 47 Bridgetown Hardware and Supply 1
- 48 Camp Washington Hardware 1
- 49 Maines Hardware and Building Supplies 1
- 50 E-Con-O-Wise Rental 1
More trends