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. Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +11.8% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +1.5% |
| 3 | Hardware Hank | ▲1 | -11.8% |
| 4 | Minnesota Equipment | ▲1 | -28.1% |
| 5 | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware | - | -33.0% |
| 6 | True Value | - | -37.3% |
| 7 | Jerry's Do it Best Hardware | ▼2 | -60.9% |
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Acme Tools
- True Value
- Pellicci Ace Hardware
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
- Minnesota Equipment
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
111 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 61 of the 111 stores (55%); 37 of the 47 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 5% across Minnesota.
- Ace Hardware (32)
- Harbor Freight Tools (9)
- Acme Tools (2)
- True Value (10)
- Pellicci Ace Hardware (1)
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (4)
- Minnesota Equipment (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 32
- 2 True Value 10
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 9
- 4 Hardware Hank 6
- 5 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 4
- 6 Minnesota Equipment 4
- 7 Jerry's Do it Best Hardware 3
- 8 United Hardware 2
- 9 Acme Tools 2
- 10 Ag Partners Coop 2
- 11 Welna Ace Hardware II 1
- 12 North End Hardware & Rental 1
- 13 Urban's Isanti Hardware 1
- 14 Guse Hardware 1
- 15 S & S Hardware 1
- 16 Kaz Hardware & Rental 1
- 17 Lindstrom Hardware Do it Best 1
- 18 Bryant Hardware 1
- 19 Buzz Mart 1
- 20 Hugo Equipment Company 1
- 21 Braham Hardware & Rental 1
- 22 Trustworthy Hardware 1
- 23 Glenwood Hardware 1
- 24 Le Center Hardware Hank 1
- 25 Northern Tool + Equipment 1
- 26 Noll Hardware Hank 1
- 27 Minneapolis Oxygen Company 1
- 28 Beisswenger's Hardware & Power Equipment 1
- 29 Pellicci Ace Hardware 1
- 30 Frattallone's Ace Hardware 1
- 31 Spikes and Houles Feed, Seed, and Pet Supply 1
- 32 Farm & Home Ace Hardware 1
- 33 Koch's Hardware Hank 1
- 34 Spike's Feed, Seed, & Pet Supply 1
- 35 Marvs True Value 1
- 36 Stacy Hardware & Powersports 1
- 37 Woodcraft 1
- 38 Rogers Ace 1
- 39 Brake and Equipment Warehouse 1
- 40 Terry's Hardware 1
- 41 Park Supply of America Inc. 1
- 42 Rosemount Saw & Tool 1
- 43 Hudson Hardware 1
- 44 Nokomis Hardware 1
- 45 LeVahn Bros Plumbing and Hardware Hank 1
- 46 Hugo Feed Mill & Hardware 1
- 47 Pat's Small Engine Plus 1
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