Trends · data through August 2026

Hardware Stores in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 224 stores from 68 hardware stores chains in Kentucky. Menards grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and True Value.

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
68
Tracked stores
224
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. Menards and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Menards logo Menards ▲1 +5.1%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +1.4%
3 T True Value logo True Value - -0.9%
4 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▼1 -5.7%
5 T Tractor Supply Company logo Tractor Supply Company - -6.6%
6 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - -12.2%
  • Menards
  • Tractor Supply Co.
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • Sherwin-Williams
  • Akridge Farm Supply
  • Brownsboro Hardware & Paint
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

224 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Menards (7)
  • Tractor Supply Co. (63)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (32)
  • Ace Hardware (38)
  • Sherwin-Williams (14)
  • Akridge Farm Supply (2)
  • Brownsboro Hardware & Paint (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. 63
  • 2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 38
  • 3 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 32
  • 4 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 14
  • 5 M Menards logo Menards 7
  • 6 T True Value logo True Value 3
  • 7 T Tractor Supply Company logo Tractor Supply Company 3
  • 8 N Norbys Farm Fleet logo Norbys Farm Fleet 2
  • 9 B Brownsboro Hardware & Paint 2
  • 10 A Akridge Farm Supply 2
  • 11 K Klingenberg's Hardware and Paint logo Klingenberg's Hardware and Paint 1
  • 12 M Morganfield Home Center 1
  • 13 W WD Bryant Ace 1
  • 14 W Woodcraft logo Woodcraft 1
  • 15 S South Hopkins Supply 1
  • 16 S Southern Tool Supply 1
  • 17 G Gray Hawk Building Supply 1
  • 18 S Southern Hardware 1
  • 19 E Evans Hardware 1
  • 20 S Stanley & Son 1
  • 21 J Jeffersontown Hardware 1
  • 22 P Providence Home Center 1
  • 23 F Farmer's Pro Hardware 1
  • 24 P Pleasureville Hardware 1
  • 25 F Fairdale Hardware & Rental 1
  • 26 P Parkview Home Center 1
  • 27 M Meade's Do It Best 1
  • 28 B Barbourville Bolt and Screw 1
  • 29 B Bedford Hardware Plus 1
  • 30 M Malone Home Center 1
  • 31 W Whitaker's Chainsaw World 1
  • 32 N Nancy Supply Co 1
  • 33 H Highview Hardware 1
  • 34 G Gordon’s Hardware 1
  • 35 W Westenhofer Hardware 1
  • 36 L Lyons Ace Hardware 1
  • 37 C Cane Run Hardware 1
  • 38 P Patron's Home Center 1
  • 39 M Modern Distributors 1
  • 40 W WD Bryant & Son Ace 1
  • 41 T The Mower Shop 1
  • 42 E East End Plumbing Supply 1
  • 43 O Oscar's Hardware 1
  • 44 M Madisonville ACE 1
  • 45 H Hinton Mills 1
  • 46 W Welders Supply and Gases of Louisville 1
  • 47 C Crescent Springs Hardware 1
  • 48 N Nationwide Farm Supply and Hardware 1
  • 49 P Phelps Do It Best 1
  • 50 H Hikes Point Paint & Wallpaper 1

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