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 Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +6.6% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | - | +0.1% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Brownsboro Hardware & Paint
- Hardinsburg General Store
- Oscar's Hardware
- East End Plumbing Supply
- Plumbers Supply Co.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
82 tracked store locations in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 26 of the 82 stores (32%); 56 of the 61 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across Kentucky.
- Harbor Freight Tools (8)
- Ace Hardware (12)
- Brownsboro Hardware & Paint (2)
- Hardinsburg General Store (1)
- Oscar's Hardware (1)
- East End Plumbing Supply (1)
- Plumbers Supply Co. (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 12
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 8
- 3 Brownsboro Hardware & Paint 2
- 4 Plumbers Supply Co. 2
- 5 Masters' Supply 2
- 6 Lagrange Hardware Supply LLC 1
- 7 Hikes Point Paint & Wallpaper 1
- 8 D & D Enterprises 1
- 9 Ballard Hardware & Co. 1
- 10 Prime Choice Building Supply 1
- 11 Dowell's Hardware 1
- 12 Campbellsburg Hardware 1
- 13 Valu Tools 1
- 14 Allens S and T Hardware 1
- 15 Highview Hardware 1
- 16 Lanning Paints 1
- 17 Westenhofer Hardware 1
- 18 Big G Supply 1
- 19 Lee Supply New Albany 1
- 20 Cane Run Hardware 1
- 21 Patron's Home Center 1
- 22 Limeberry Home & Hardware 1
- 23 Southern Indiana Tool Company 1
- 24 New Washington Hardware 1
- 25 Do It Best 1
- 26 Zeller's Hardware Store 1
- 27 Aesha's African Baskets 1
- 28 Pleasureville Hardware 1
- 29 Fisher's Home & Hardware 1
- 30 Ace's Groceries and Hardware 1
- 31 Steve's Little Hardware Store 1
- 32 Bennett Hardware 1
- 33 Phelps Hardware & Rental 1
- 34 Hardinsburg General Store 1
- 35 Oscar's Hardware 1
- 36 East End Plumbing Supply 1
- 37 West Point Lumber & Hardware 1
- 38 Limeberry Lumber & Home Center 1
- 39 Welders Supply and Gases of Louisville 1
- 40 Blue River Farm Supply 1
- 41 Watts Home Center 1
- 42 Nationwide Farm Supply and Hardware 1
- 43 Phelps Do It Best 1
- 44 Mister Hardware 1
- 45 Precision Services Inc 1
- 46 Louisville Outdoor Turf Products 1
- 47 BK Plumbing Supply 1
- 48 Jeffersontown Hardware 1
- 49 Louisville Mulch and Stone 1
- 50 Uptown Country 1
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