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 Famous Supply sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +10.2% |
| 2 | Famous Supply | - | +6.5% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +3.0% |
| 4 | Zettler Hardware | - | -9.3% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -15.9% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Famous Supply
- Zettler Hardware
- Nutter Hardware
- Buckeye Power Sales
- Robertson Heating Supply Co.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
74 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 74 stores (46%); 40 of the 45 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across Ohio.
- Harbor Freight Tools (8)
- Ace Hardware (16)
- Famous Supply (3)
- Zettler Hardware (4)
- Nutter Hardware (1)
- Buckeye Power Sales (1)
- Robertson Heating Supply Co. (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 16
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 8
- 3 Zettler Hardware 4
- 4 Famous Supply 3
- 5 True Value 3
- 6 Dynahoe Equipment & Tool Rental 1
- 7 Westwater Supply Corp. 1
- 8 Underwood's Hardware 1
- 9 Rapp's Hardware 1
- 10 Plotner Hardware 1
- 11 Marengo Hardware 1
- 12 Weather Armor 1
- 13 Orme Hardware 1
- 14 Logan Welding Inc 1
- 15 AMES Tools 1
- 16 Obetz Hardware 1
- 17 Mast Sales & Service 1
- 18 Kimball Midwest 1
- 19 Saving Do It Best Hardware Inc. 1
- 20 Clark's Hardware 1
- 21 White Hardware 1
- 22 Phoenix Rose Fasteners 1
- 23 Buckeye Lake Hardware 1
- 24 Dittmar Sales, Service and Guns 1
- 25 Yoder's True Value Hardware 1
- 26 Nutter Hardware 1
- 27 Buckeye Power Sales 1
- 28 Robertson Heating Supply Co. 1
- 29 Fifth Avenue Lumber 1
- 30 Crabtree's Logan Sales 1
- 31 Schreiner Ace Hardware 1
- 32 Ashville Hardware 1
- 33 Roush Hardware 1
- 34 Dwyer Bros. Hardware 1
- 35 Woodcraft 1
- 36 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 1
- 37 Capital City Awning 1
- 38 WRIGHT BROS. POWER 1
- 39 Utica Feed and Hardware 1
- 40 Crabtree's Millersport Hardware 1
- 41 Thornville Hardware 1
- 42 Cedar Craft Products 1
- 43 New Lex Hardware & Supply 1
- 44 West Jefferson Hardware 1
- 45 The Electric Connection 1
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