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 | ▲1 | +2.6% |
| 2 | True Value | - | -3.3% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▼1 | -7.2% |
- Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- True Value
- Steward's Hardware
- Lyon and Billard Lumber Co
- Larsen Ace Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
67 tracked store locations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 67 stores (27%); 49 of the 54 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across Connecticut.
- Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies (1)
- Ace Hardware (8)
- Harbor Freight Tools (3)
- True Value (3)
- Steward's Hardware (1)
- Lyon and Billard Lumber Co (2)
- Larsen Ace Hardware (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 8
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 3
- 3 True Value 3
- 4 Lyon and Billard Lumber Co 2
- 5 Star Hardware 2
- 6 Hemly Tool Supply 1
- 7 Petersen's Hardware 1
- 8 Red Barn Feed and Hardware 1
- 9 Hartford Lumber Company 1
- 10 Sanford and Hawley 1
- 11 Shoreline Mowers 1
- 12 Tolland Star Hardware 1
- 13 Forestville Lumber Co. Inc. 1
- 14 Aubuchon Hardware 1
- 15 Fluid Dynamics LLC 1
- 16 Taylor True Value Rental 1
- 17 Bender 1
- 18 East Windsor Star Hardware 1
- 19 Suffield Hardware 1
- 20 Collinsville Power Equipment 1
- 21 New Britain Plumbing Supply 1
- 22 Rutkowski Hardware 1
- 23 Somers Star Hardware 1
- 24 Deep River Hardware Co Inc 1
- 25 Rice Hardware 1
- 26 Manchester Hardware 1
- 27 Star Hardware Talcottville 1
- 28 Smith & Bishel Hardware 1
- 29 Valley Home Hardware & Garden Centre 1
- 30 Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies 1
- 31 Steward's Hardware 1
- 32 Larsen Ace Hardware 1
- 33 Portland Paint & Hardware 1
- 34 Essex Hardware 1
- 35 Katz Ace Hardware 1
- 36 Higganum Hardware 1
- 37 Laysville Hardware 1
- 38 The Portland Group 1
- 39 Mansfield Supply 1
- 40 Winsupply of Manchester 1
- 41 Butler Equipment LLC 1
- 42 Rocky's Ace Hardware 1
- 43 Wild Bill's Surplus 1
- 44 Plainville Plumbing Supply 1
- 45 Woodcraft of Manchester 1
- 46 Old Lyme Hardware 1
- 47 Plimpton & Hills 1
- 48 Coastal Tool & Supply Corp 1
- 49 W. H. Preuss Sons 1
- 50 Carr Hardware 1
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