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 | - | +9.6% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +0.2% |
| 3 | Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware | - | -20.1% |
| 4 | True Value | - | -21.1% |
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware
- Eureka Hardware
- Montana Ace - Trempers
- Studs Building and Home
- Darlow's Quality Foods
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
101 tracked store locations in Montana. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 47 of the 101 stores (47%); 55 of the 59 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Ace Hardware (27)
- Harbor Freight Tools (7)
- Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware (4)
- Eureka Hardware (1)
- Montana Ace - Trempers (1)
- Studs Building and Home (1)
- Darlow's Quality Foods (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 27
- 2 True Value 8
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 7
- 4 Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware 4
- 5 United Hardware 1
- 6 Billings Hardware 1
- 7 Montana Saws 1
- 8 Chain Saw Sales 1
- 9 Central Lumber and Hardware 1
- 10 Trapper Peak 1
- 11 Milk River Home Center 1
- 12 Browning Lumber & Hardware 1
- 13 Don's Home Center 1
- 14 Big Sky Hardware Lumber & Grocery 1
- 15 Superior Color & Lumber 1
- 16 Ranch & Farm Ace 1
- 17 Keller Supply 1
- 18 Eureka Hardware 1
- 19 Havre Hardware and Home 1
- 20 Townsend Hardware 1
- 21 Woodland Creations & Home Center 1
- 22 Hardware Hank 1
- 23 Gambles Do It Best Hardware 1
- 24 Forsyth Hardware & Home Center 1
- 25 Conrad Building Center 1
- 26 Charlie B's Hardware 1
- 27 Riverside Hardware 1
- 28 Lewis Family Hardware 1
- 29 Wibaux General Store 1
- 30 Ennis True Value Hardware 1
- 31 Missoula Power Equipment 1
- 32 Zootown Hardware & Garden 1
- 33 Montana Ace - Trempers 1
- 34 Studs Building and Home 1
- 35 Darlow's Quality Foods 1
- 36 Westmart Building Center 1
- 37 Rocky Mountain Supply - Townsend 1
- 38 Livingston's Ace Hardware 1
- 39 A&H Turf & Specialties 1
- 40 Bloedorn Lumber 1
- 41 Darby Distribution 1
- 42 Power Townsend Co. 1
- 43 Country Store True Value 1
- 44 Gambles Hardware 1
- 45 Massa Home Center 1
- 46 Mountain Supply Co 1
- 47 Sliters Lumber & Building Supply 1
- 48 Johnson Hardware & Furniture 1
- 49 Johnson Hardware Inc 1
- 50 Mead Lumber of Red Lodge 1
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