Trends · data through August 2026

Hardware Stores in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 302 stores from 50 hardware stores chains in Illinois. Russo Power Equipment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tractor Supply Co. and Menards.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
50
Tracked stores
302
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hardware stores 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. Russo Power Equipment and Tractor Supply Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Russo Power Equipment logo Russo Power Equipment - +18.3%
2 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +0.1%
3 M Menards logo Menards - -0.2%
4 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -0.8%
5 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace - -3.6%
6 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - -14.7%
  • Menards
  • Ace Hardware
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Tractor Supply Co.
  • Sherwin-Williams
  • Russo Power Equipment
  • Wm F Meyer Co
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

302 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Menards (60)
  • Ace Hardware (101)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (40)
  • Tractor Supply Co. (24)
  • Sherwin-Williams (13)
  • Russo Power Equipment (3)
  • Wm F Meyer Co (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 101
  • 2 M Menards logo Menards 60
  • 3 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 40
  • 4 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. 24
  • 5 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 13
  • 6 T True Value logo True Value 10
  • 7 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace 6
  • 8 R Russo Power Equipment logo Russo Power Equipment 3
  • 9 C Crafty Beaver Home Center 2
  • 10 B Berland's House of Tools 2
  • 11 F Farm and Home Supply 2
  • 12 S Schauer Hardware 1
  • 13 N Noonan True Value Rental 1
  • 14 G Graber Building Supply 1
  • 15 W Wm F Meyer Co 1
  • 16 P Palatine True Value 1
  • 17 L LeDonne True Value Hardware 1
  • 18 C Clark And Barlow 1
  • 19 B Bartonville Hardware 1
  • 20 N Neighborhood Ace 1
  • 21 K Kim's Hardware 1
  • 22 B Bosch 1
  • 23 V Virden Hardware 1
  • 24 G Gordon Hardware 1
  • 25 C Clarendon Hills Hardware 1
  • 26 A Andersonville Hardware Store 1
  • 27 S Select Sales 1
  • 28 M Murdale True Value 1
  • 29 H H&B True Value Hardware 1
  • 30 T Thrifty Hardware & Home Center 1
  • 31 E Extreme Tools logo Extreme Tools 1
  • 32 J JC Licht True Value logo JC Licht True Value 1
  • 33 C Craftwood Lumber & Hardware 1
  • 34 C Clark-Devon Hardware 1
  • 35 H Henry Frerk Sons Inc. 1
  • 36 F Farm King Supply, Inc. 1
  • 37 A Algor Plumbing and Heating Supply 1
  • 38 M Midland Farm & Home Supply 1
  • 39 B Broadview Hardware 1
  • 40 L Lincoln rent all and sales 1
  • 41 D Des Plaines Ace Hardware 1
  • 42 T The Faucet Shoppe 1
  • 43 P Park Ace Hardware logo Park Ace Hardware 1
  • 44 R Rockler Woodworking and Hardware logo Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
  • 45 F Fuller's Home & Hardware 1
  • 46 B Buchheit of Jacksonville 1
  • 47 F Freestyle Ceramics & Tufting 1
  • 48 N Nicholson Hardware 1
  • 49 D Dsg Restaurant 1
  • 50 E Elmwood Supply 1

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