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 Westlake Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +6.6% |
| 2 | Westlake Ace Hardware | - | +3.3% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +0.5% |
| 4 | True Value | - | -8.8% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Westlake Ace Hardware
- Ace Hardware
- Bloedorn Lumber
- Carter's Home, Hardware & Appliance
- Woodcraft of Omaha
- Big G Ace
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
68 tracked store locations in Nebraska. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 42 of the 68 stores (62%); 26 of the 31 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 (10)
- Westlake Ace Hardware (9)
- Ace Hardware (15)
- Bloedorn Lumber (1)
- Carter's Home, Hardware & Appliance (1)
- Woodcraft of Omaha (1)
- Big G Ace (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 15
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 10
- 3 Westlake Ace Hardware 9
- 4 True Value 6
- 5 Mead Lumber 2
- 6 Hebron True Value 1
- 7 Meeske Hardware 1
- 8 222 Hardware 1
- 9 Shaw Hardware 1
- 10 Glenns True Value Hardware 1
- 11 CR Rustic 1
- 12 Herren Brothers True Value 1
- 13 Batteries + Bulbs 1
- 14 Sack Lumber Company 1
- 15 S & L Hardware 1
- 16 Simons Home Store 1
- 17 Lant Hardware 1
- 18 Wilmes Do It Best Hardware 1
- 19 Builder's 1
- 20 Hefner Hardware 1
- 21 North Platte Hardware 1
- 22 Crouch's Farm & Hardware 1
- 23 Schneider's Hardware 1
- 24 Farm & City Supply 1
- 25 Winsupply of Omaha 1
- 26 Carhart Lumber Co. 1
- 27 Wauneta Crossroads Hardware 1
- 28 Big G Ace 1
- 29 Woodcraft of Omaha 1
- 30 Carter's Home, Hardware & Appliance 1
- 31 Bloedorn Lumber 1
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