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 Waters Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +11.1% |
| 2 | Waters Hardware | - | +5.7% |
| 3 | Westlake Ace Hardware | - | -1.7% |
| 4 | Ace Hardware | - | -8.4% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -44.7% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Westlake Ace Hardware
- Ace Hardware
- Feldmans Farm and Home
- Waters Hardware
- Overhead Door Co
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
67 tracked store locations in Kansas City, MO-KS. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 50 of the 67 stores (75%); 15 of the 21 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across Missouri.
- Harbor Freight Tools (7)
- Westlake Ace Hardware (16)
- Ace Hardware (15)
- Feldmans Farm and Home (2)
- Waters Hardware (6)
- Overhead Door Co (1)
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Westlake Ace Hardware 16
- 2 Ace Hardware 15
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 7
- 4 Waters Hardware 6
- 5 True Value 6
- 6 Feldmans Farm and Home 2
- 7 Conley Sales 1
- 8 Morrow and Sons Lumber 1
- 9 Coleman Hardware 1
- 10 Scott's Bargain Barn 1
- 11 Midwest Lumber 1
- 12 Euston's Waldo Hardware 1
- 13 Moody's Hardware 1
- 14 Gronis Hardware Inc 1
- 15 Himpel Hardware 1
- 16 Strasser Hardware 1
- 17 Wood Shed Lumber and Hardware Supply 1
- 18 Running Horse Ranch & Home 1
- 19 Schutte Lumber Company 1
- 20 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 21 Overhead Door Co 1
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