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. Waters Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waters Hardware | - | +11.0% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +5.5% |
| 3 | Westlake Ace Hardware | - | +4.7% |
| 4 | Ace Hardware | - | +0.7% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -1.4% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Lowe's ProServices
- Westlake Ace Hardware
- Waters Hardware
- True Value
- Fairview Service Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
150 tracked store locations in Kansas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 91 of the 150 stores (61%); 55 of the 62 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (19)
- Ace Hardware (35)
- Lowe's ProServices (1)
- Westlake Ace Hardware (14)
- Waters Hardware (8)
- True Value (15)
- Fairview Service Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 35
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 19
- 3 True Value 15
- 4 Westlake Ace Hardware 14
- 5 Waters Hardware 8
- 6 Home Lumber & Supply 2
- 7 Waters True Value 2
- 8 Yoder Hardware & Lumber 1
- 9 Moody's Hardware 1
- 10 The Hardware Store 1
- 11 RHV Hardware 1
- 12 Route 66 True Value 1
- 13 Ackarman Hardware & Lumber 1
- 14 Hupp Hardware 1
- 15 Belleville Hometown Lumber 1
- 16 Western True Value Hardware 1
- 17 Lampton Welding Supply 1
- 18 C Bar H Farm & Home Supply 1
- 19 Troy's True Value 1
- 20 Hometown Farm Supply 1
- 21 Lowe's ProServices 1
- 22 Lincoln Building Supply 1
- 23 Cooks Home and Auto 1
- 24 Lyndon Building Materials 1
- 25 Neitzel Hardware 1
- 26 Colladay Hardware 1
- 27 Thumper Hardware 1
- 28 Cookson's Hardware 1
- 29 Coleman Hardware 1
- 30 Labette Hardware 1
- 31 Conley Sales 1
- 32 Hillsboro Ace Hardware 1
- 33 Jantz Lumber Do It Center 1
- 34 River Valley Supply 1
- 35 Jack's for All Trades 1
- 36 Fairview Service Center 1
- 37 Western Supply Company 1
- 38 HomeBase USA 1
- 39 Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply 1
- 40 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 41 Pioneer Farm and Ranch Supply 1
- 42 Maximum Outdoor Equipment and Service 1
- 43 Big Tool Store 1
- 44 Hoover Lumber 1
- 45 Cottin's Hardware & Rental 1
- 46 Mead Lumber Do it Center 1
- 47 Ness City Farm & Feed 1
- 48 Cleaver Farm & Home 1
- 49 The Hardware Haven 1
- 50 Top Shelf Lumber & Hardware 1
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