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. Dover Electric Supply and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover Electric Supply | - | +11.1% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +2.3% |
| 3 | Northeastern Supply | - | -14.0% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Northeastern Supply
- Smyrna Community Hardware
- Suburban Lawn & Equipment
- Ricciardi Brothers
- Felton Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
54 tracked store locations in Delaware. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 27 of the 54 stores (50%); 25 of the 31 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (7)
- Ace Hardware (9)
- Northeastern Supply (5)
- Smyrna Community Hardware (1)
- Suburban Lawn & Equipment (1)
- Ricciardi Brothers (3)
- Felton Hardware (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 9
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 7
- 3 Northeastern Supply 5
- 4 Ricciardi Brothers 3
- 5 Dover Electric Supply 3
- 6 Belair Road Supply 2
- 7 227 Rent 1
- 8 Eagle Nail and Tool 1
- 9 Wagner Hardware 1
- 10 Bryan & Brittingham 1
- 11 Rommel's Ace Home Center 1
- 12 Score Seed And Garden Supply 1
- 13 True Value 1
- 14 AMES Tools 1
- 15 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 1
- 16 Christmas is Coming 1
- 17 Marydel Ag Supply 1
- 18 Quillens Hardware 1
- 19 Chesapeake Woodworkers Sales 1
- 20 Harry's Nuts and Then Some 1
- 21 King's Tool and Supply 1
- 22 Fairfax Hardware 1
- 23 Woodcraft of Wilmington 1
- 24 Action Hardware 1
- 25 Laurel Community Hardware 1
- 26 East Coast Stainless 1
- 27 Sussex Lumber Co 1
- 28 Fenwick Hardware 1
- 29 Felton Hardware 1
- 30 Suburban Lawn & Equipment 1
- 31 Smyrna Community Hardware 1
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