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 True Value sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +2.3% |
| 2 | True Value | - | -57.5% |
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Acme Tools
- Porter Do It Best Hardware
- Leachman Lumber Co
- Bradley Tools
- Ankeny Hardware & Rent-It Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
36 tracked store locations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 17 of the 36 stores (47%); 21 of the 24 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 6% across Iowa.
- Ace Hardware (8)
- Harbor Freight Tools (2)
- Acme Tools (1)
- Porter Do It Best Hardware (1)
- Leachman Lumber Co (1)
- Bradley Tools (1)
- Ankeny Hardware & Rent-It Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 8
- 2 True Value 5
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 2
- 4 Mowbility Sales & Service 1
- 5 Farm & City Supply 1
- 6 Baldon Hardware 1
- 7 The Botanical Bodega 1
- 8 Superior Welding Supply Co. 1
- 9 Northern Tool + Equipment 1
- 10 Tompkins Industries 1
- 11 AE Outdoor Power 1
- 12 Ankeny Hardware Hank 1
- 13 Blueswift Axles 1
- 14 Carlisle Hardware 1
- 15 The Lumberyard 1
- 16 Miller's Hardware 1
- 17 Waukee Hardware & Rent-It Center 1
- 18 Schuling Hitch Company 1
- 19 Woodsmith Store 1
- 20 Ankeny Hardware & Rent-It Center 1
- 21 Bradley Tools 1
- 22 Leachman Lumber Co 1
- 23 Porter Do It Best Hardware 1
- 24 Acme Tools 1
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