Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every Florida metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in 11 metro areas, Ace Hardware in 5 metro areas, and Sunshine Ace Hardware in 1 metro area. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in Florida as a whole, Ace Hardware stands out in 7 metro areas, Harbor Freight Tools in 6 metro areas, and True Value in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in 7 metro areas
Orlando, FL 1.2× · Jacksonville, FL 1.7× · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 1.4× · Gainesville, FL 0.9× · Crestview, FL 1.7× · Panama City, FL 1.6× · Tallahassee, FL 1.4×
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Harbor Freight Tools
Relative #1 in 6 metro areas
Miami, FL 1.1× · Tampa, FL 1.2× · Deltona, FL 1.2× · North Port, FL 0.6× · Pensacola, FL 1.4× · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 1.6×
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True Value
Relative #1 in Palm Bay, FL, 6.6× its share in Florida
Not enough tracked stores: Homosassa Springs, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Naples-Marco Island, FL · Ocala, FL · Port St. Lucie, FL · Punta Gorda, FL
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in 11 metro areas
Miami, FL · Tampa, FL · Orlando, FL · Deltona, FL · Palm Bay, FL · North Port, FL · Gainesville, FL · Pensacola, FL · Ocala, FL · Port St. Lucie, FL · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
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Ace Hardware
#1 in 5 metro areas
Jacksonville, FL · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Crestview, FL · Panama City, FL · Tallahassee, FL
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Sunshine Ace Hardware
#1 in Naples-Marco Island, FL
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MRT ACE Lawn and Garden Center
#1 in Punta Gorda, FL
Not enough tracked stores: Homosassa Springs, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Florida compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Florida as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Florida and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Florida is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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. True Value and Rockler Woodworking and Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | True Value | ▲1 | +7.1% |
| 2 | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware | - | +6.8% |
| 3 | Main Street Mower | ▲1 | +6.7% |
| 4 | Broedell Plumbing Supply | - | +5.5% |
| 5 | Ace Hardware | - | +2.8% |
| 6 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +2.1% |
| 7 | Bryan's Ace Home Center, Inc. | ▼1 | -1.9% |
| 8 | Sunshine Ace Hardware | - | -3.6% |
| 9 | Direct Tools Factory Outlet | - | -11.7% |
| 10 | Mobile Home Depot | ▼1 | -27.1% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Sunshine Ace Hardware
- True Value
- Bryan's Ace Home Center, Inc.
- Crowder Bros Hardware
- DG Ace Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
742 tracked store locations in Florida. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 312 of the 742 stores (42%); 358 of the 392 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (91)
- Ace Hardware (191)
- Sunshine Ace Hardware (8)
- True Value (13)
- Bryan's Ace Home Center, Inc. (3)
- Crowder Bros Hardware (2)
- DG Ace Hardware (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 191
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 91
- 3 True Value 13
- 4 Mobile Home Depot 9
- 5 Sunshine Ace Hardware 8
- 6 North South Supply 7
- 7 Northern Tool + Equipment 5
- 8 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 4
- 9 Broedell Plumbing Supply 3
- 10 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 3
- 11 Bryan's Ace Home Center, Inc. 3
- 12 Main Street Mower 3
- 13 Bagwell Lumber Co 2
- 14 Crowder Bros Ace Hardware 2
- 15 East Coast Lumber & Supply 2
- 16 Crowder Bros Hardware 2
- 17 Tool Shack 2
- 18 Do It Best 2
- 19 Jackson Building Supply 2
- 20 Sunshine Plumbing Supply 2
- 21 Sewell Hardware 2
- 22 Family Hardware 2
- 23 Snap-On Tools 2
- 24 Townsend Building Supply 2
- 25 AAA supply 2
- 26 Toomey Tools 2
- 27 Imeca Lumber and Hardware 2
- 28 DG Ace Hardware 2
- 29 Taylor True Value Rental 2
- 30 Woodcraft 2
- 31 Durable Coatings 2
- 32 Hammock Hardware 2
- 33 Garrett Fastening Systems 1
- 34 Imeca South 1
- 35 Windmill Sprinkler & Hardware 1
- 36 Panhandle Lumber & Supply of Bonifay 1
- 37 Fiberglass Coatings 1
- 38 Mid South Lumber 1
- 39 South Beach Hardgoods Ace Hardware 1
- 40 KLI Shell Lumber 1
- 41 Miami Home Centers 1
- 42 San Antonio Lumber Co 1
- 43 MRT ACE Lawn and Garden Center 1
- 44 All Dade Lawnmowers 1
- 45 Shores Home & Hardware Center 1
- 46 Winsupply Live Oak FL Co. 1
- 47 Reddick Brothers Hardware 1
- 48 Seville Power Equipment 1
- 49 Wewa Ace Hardware 1
- 50 Daytona Outdoor Power 1
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