Trends · data through July 2026

Hardware Stores in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 85 stores from 31 hardware stores chains in Connecticut. Ace Hardware grew fastest over the last year, ahead of True Value and Tractor Supply Co..

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
31
Tracked stores
85
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hardware stores 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 True Value sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware +11.8%
2 T True Value logo True Value +7.3%
3 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. +1.9%
4 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools +0.5%
5 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware -6.3%
6 R Ring's End logo Ring's End -23.0%
  • Tractor Supply Co.
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • True Value
  • Ring's End
  • Ace Hardware
  • Holdridge True Value Hardware
  • Mansfield Supply
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

85 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Tractor Supply Co. (21)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (13)
  • True Value (11)
  • Ring's End (3)
  • Ace Hardware (9)
  • Holdridge True Value Hardware (1)
  • Mansfield Supply (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. 21
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 13
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 11
  • 4 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 9
  • 5 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware 3
  • 6 R Ring's End logo Ring's End 3
  • 7 N New Haven Awning 1
  • 8 O Old Lyme Hardware 1
  • 9 W Wild Bill's Surplus 1
  • 10 C Carr Hardware 1
  • 11 H Hemlock Hardware 1
  • 12 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 1
  • 13 T Tolland Star Hardware 1
  • 14 P Petersen's Hardware 1
  • 15 S Star Hardware 1
  • 16 L Laysville Hardware 1
  • 17 R Ridgefield Hardware Co 1
  • 18 R Rocky's Ace Hardware logo Rocky's Ace Hardware 1
  • 19 S Steward's Hardware 1
  • 20 W Woodcraft of Manchester 1
  • 21 E Essex Hardware 1
  • 22 G Goody's True Value Hardware 1
  • 23 C Country Paint and Hardware logo Country Paint and Hardware 1
  • 24 K Katz Ace Hardware 1
  • 25 C Chatfield True Value Hardware 1
  • 26 S Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies 1
  • 27 L Larsen Ace Hardware 1
  • 28 F Fleming's Feed and Hardware 1
  • 29 M Milford Wood Trim 1
  • 30 M Mansfield Supply 1
  • 31 H Holdridge True Value Hardware 1

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