Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every Mississippi metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in all 4 metro areas. Against their share in Mississippi as a whole, Harbor Freight Tools stands out in 2 metro areas, Ace Hardware in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Harbor Freight Tools
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 0.9× · Jackson, MS 1×
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in Hattiesburg, MS, 3× its share in Mississippi
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Memphis, TN-MS-AR (MS part)
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in all 4 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Mississippi compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Mississippi as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Mississippi and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Mississippi is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Mississippi. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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. Home Hardware Center and Marvin's sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Hardware Center | - | +17.1% |
| 2 | Marvin's | - | +10.7% |
| 3 | True Value | - | +8.4% |
| 4 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -16.0% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Phillips Building Supply
- Ocean Springs Lumber
- Dixieland Home Farm and Garden
- McDaniels General Merchandise
- Alexander Hardware & Supply
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
171 tracked store locations in Mississippi. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 68 of the 171 stores (40%); 94 of the 103 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (27)
- Ace Hardware (22)
- Phillips Building Supply (3)
- Ocean Springs Lumber (1)
- Dixieland Home Farm and Garden (1)
- McDaniels General Merchandise (1)
- Alexander Hardware & Supply (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Harbor Freight Tools 27
- 2 Ace Hardware 22
- 3 True Value 8
- 4 Home Hardware Center 8
- 5 Phillips Building Supply 3
- 6 Marvin's 3
- 7 Nabors Home Center 2
- 8 Hometown Hardware 2
- 9 Tri-County Farm Services 2
- 10 Easom Hardware 1
- 11 S & H Small Engines 1
- 12 Gaddis and McLaurin 1
- 13 Hill Hardware 1
- 14 Todd's Feed and Hardware 1
- 15 Phillip's Hardware 1
- 16 BLP Mobile Paint Center 1
- 17 Booneville Lumber Company 1
- 18 King Lumber Company 1
- 19 G & G Hardware & Speciality 1
- 20 Quitman Building Supply 1
- 21 Hernando Equipment Company 1
- 22 Frederick's Sales & Service 1
- 23 Picayune Industrial Tools 1
- 24 Southern Supplies 1
- 25 Scarborough Building Supply 1
- 26 Wilson Saw and Outdoor Power 1
- 27 Threaded Fasteners 1
- 28 Barnett Phillips Lumber Co. 1
- 29 Broadhead Building Supplies 1
- 30 All-Rite Plumbing Parts 1
- 31 D & J Twine Company 1
- 32 Deer Creek Hardware Co. 1
- 33 Benton's Military Hardware 1
- 34 Discount Lumber and Hardware 1
- 35 Handy Hardware & Supply 1
- 36 Durant Building Supply 1
- 37 Riley Building Supplies 1
- 38 Stine Home + Yard 1
- 39 Corinth Hardware 1
- 40 Brumfield's Hardware 1
- 41 Bayou View Hardware 1
- 42 Sartains Home & Auto True Value Hardware 1
- 43 Yates Building Supply 1
- 44 Lann Hardware 1
- 45 Leflore Hardware 1
- 46 Amory Hardware 1
- 47 Dixie Pump and Supply 1
- 48 Nabors Do it Best Hardware 1
- 49 Lexington Home Center 1
- 50 Richard's Outdoor Power Equipment 1
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