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. Harbor Freight Tools and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +3.2% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | - | +1.5% |
| 3 | True Value | - | -52.6% |
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Rylee's Ace Hardware
- Groenink's Elevator and Hardware
- Repcolite Decorating Center
- True Value
- Westenbroek Mower
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
57 tracked store locations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 27 of the 57 stores (47%); 32 of the 35 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 5% across Michigan.
- Ace Hardware (15)
- Harbor Freight Tools (4)
- Rylee's Ace Hardware (1)
- Groenink's Elevator and Hardware (1)
- Repcolite Decorating Center (1)
- True Value (6)
- Westenbroek Mower (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 15
- 2 True Value 6
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 4
- 4 Belding Hometown Hardware 1
- 5 DeWitt Lumber 1
- 6 Burnips Equipment 1
- 7 Great Lakes Ace Hardware 1
- 8 White Creek Lumber and Hardware 1
- 9 Kutsche's Hardware & Industrial Supply 1
- 10 Village Hardware 1
- 11 Bush Hardware Inc 1
- 12 Rolston Hardware 1
- 13 Mid-City Supply Co. 1
- 14 Cantwell Brothers Hardware 1
- 15 Snap-On Tools 1
- 16 RBK Fasteners Inc 1
- 17 Saranac Hardware 1
- 18 Village Hardware & Supply 1
- 19 Van Wieren Hardware 1
- 20 Big C Lumber 1
- 21 Coopersville Hardware and Feed 1
- 22 Gill-Roy's Hardware 1
- 23 Stanton Hardware 1
- 24 Ivanrest Hardware 1
- 25 SF Supply 1
- 26 Hometown Lumber & Hardware 1
- 27 Barry County Lumber 1
- 28 Godwin's Ada Village Hardware 1
- 29 Grand Rapids Ace Hardware 1
- 30 Alger Hardware & Rental 1
- 31 Modern Hardware 1
- 32 Westenbroek Mower 1
- 33 Repcolite Decorating Center 1
- 34 Groenink's Elevator and Hardware 1
- 35 Rylee's Ace Hardware 1
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