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. Direct Tools Factory Outlet and Waters Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Tools Factory Outlet | - | +15.7% |
| 2 | Waters Hardware | ▲2 | +3.9% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +1.6% |
| 4 | Westlake Ace Hardware | - | -0.9% |
| 5 | Ace Hardware | - | -4.0% |
| 6 | True Value | ▼1 | -33.2% |
| 7 | R.P. Lumber | ▼1 | -50.4% |
| 8 | Family Center Farm & Home | - | -100.0% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Westlake Ace Hardware
- Handyman Hardware
- Rick's Ace Hardware
- Metro Electric Supply
- Charlie's Farm and Home
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
240 tracked store locations in Missouri. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 117 of the 240 stores (49%); 106 of the 117 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (35)
- Ace Hardware (46)
- Westlake Ace Hardware (19)
- Handyman Hardware (1)
- Rick's Ace Hardware (1)
- Metro Electric Supply (2)
- Charlie's Farm and Home (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 46
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 35
- 3 Westlake Ace Hardware 19
- 4 True Value 12
- 5 Waters Hardware 5
- 6 R.P. Lumber 4
- 7 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 3
- 8 CHC Home Center 3
- 9 Family Center Farm & Home 3
- 10 Feldmans Farm and Home 2
- 11 Metro Electric Supply 2
- 12 Midwest Lumber 1
- 13 Sac River Building Supply 1
- 14 Wright City Hardware 1
- 15 Richland Hardware 1
- 16 Barton's 1
- 17 Slusher Farm & Home 1
- 18 Union Rental Center 1
- 19 Southside True Value Hardware 1
- 20 Cover H A Lbr Yard 1
- 21 Elsberry Hardware 1
- 22 Scott's Bargain Barn 1
- 23 Pack's Ace Hardware 1
- 24 County Home Center 1
- 25 River City Hardware 1
- 26 Emerson Electric 1
- 27 Holts Summit Hardware 1
- 28 Windsor Hardware & Supply 1
- 29 Builders Hardware 1
- 30 Jehling Hardware 1
- 31 Euston's Waldo Hardware 1
- 32 Stockton's Hardware and Home 1
- 33 Pioneer Home Center 1
- 34 Horn Plumbing Heating & AC 1
- 35 Hermann Lumber 1
- 36 Girdner Post & Lumber LLC 1
- 37 Scheidt Hardware 1
- 38 Sunrise True Value Hardware 1
- 39 Nicks True Value Hardware 1
- 40 Do it Best Home and Family Center 1
- 41 Fruitland Hardware 1
- 42 Morrow and Sons Lumber 1
- 43 Holekamp Do-It Center 1
- 44 New Haven Lumber Do It Best 1
- 45 Washington Lumber Do It Best 1
- 46 Stockton Lake Outfitters 1
- 47 Ozark MFA 1
- 48 Joe's Hardware 1
- 49 Hubbard Lumber Co 1
- 50 Brawley Building Supply 1
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