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. Great Lakes Ace Hardware and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Lakes Ace Hardware | - | +7.6% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | - | +1.1% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +1.0% |
| 4 | LumberJack Building Centers | - | -2.1% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -18.6% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Great Lakes Ace Hardware
- Stones Ace
- LumberJack Building Centers
- True Value
- K/E Electric Supply
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
188 tracked store locations in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 91 of the 188 stores (48%); 93 of the 100 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 5% across Michigan.
- Harbor Freight Tools (18)
- Ace Hardware (45)
- Great Lakes Ace Hardware (14)
- Stones Ace (1)
- LumberJack Building Centers (3)
- True Value (11)
- K/E Electric Supply (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 45
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 18
- 3 Great Lakes Ace Hardware 14
- 4 True Value 11
- 5 LumberJack Building Centers 3
- 6 Gill-Roy's Hardware 2
- 7 Mans Lumber 2
- 8 Duke's Hardware 1
- 9 Suburban Bolt & Supply 1
- 10 Northville Paint Co 1
- 11 Woodcraft of Canton 1
- 12 Dave's Engine & Mower 1
- 13 Miller's Pro Hardware 1
- 14 North Cromwell Paint 1
- 15 The Hardware Place 1
- 16 Triangle Hardware 1
- 17 Emmett Hardware 1
- 18 Bartlett Arborist Supply & Manufacturing 1
- 19 R & B Lawn Mowers 1
- 20 Giant Plumbing & Heating Supply 1
- 21 George's Lawnmower Sales & Service 1
- 22 Sonnenberg Hardware 1
- 23 Prior Plumbing & Heating 1
- 24 St. Clair Ace 1
- 25 Capitol Supply & Service 1
- 26 University Lawn Equipment 1
- 27 GMR Quality Stone 1
- 28 Mondry Hardware 1
- 29 Total Trailer 1
- 30 Atlas Plumbing Supply 1
- 31 Imlay City Hardware 1
- 32 Third Avenue Hardware 1
- 33 Mid-States Bolt & Screw 1
- 34 City Hardware 1
- 35 Bosch 1
- 36 Steve's Handyman Services 1
- 37 Northern Tool + Equipment 1
- 38 Metro Bolt & Fastener 1
- 39 Bramlett Hardware and Heating 1
- 40 Tradesman Fastener & Tool 1
- 41 Best Value Hardware & Rental 1
- 42 Hardware Express 1
- 43 Krzyske Brothers Hardware 1
- 44 Welders Welding Supply Co 1
- 45 Kitts Industrial Tools 1
- 46 Knock on Wood Design Studio 1
- 47 Wyoming Hardware 1
- 48 Wholesale Tool Company 1
- 49 IB Lighting and Plumbing 1
- 50 Cross Plumbing & Heating 1
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