Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every New York metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in 7 metro areas, Curtis Lumber Co Inc in 1 metro area, and Lowe's ProServices in 1 metro area. 5 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in New York as a whole, Harbor Freight Tools stands out in 4 metro areas, True Value in 2 metro areas, and Curtis Lumber Co Inc in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Harbor Freight Tools
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1.5× · Syracuse, NY 1.3× · Rochester, NY 1.9× · Utica-Rome, NY 2.2×
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True Value
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Kiryas Joel, NY 1.8× · Kingston, NY over 10×
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Curtis Lumber Co Inc
Relative #1 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 2.1× its share in New York
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in New York, NY (NY part), 1.4× its share in New York
Not enough tracked stores: Elmira, NY · Ithaca, NY
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Binghamton, NY · Glens Falls, NY · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in 7 metro areas
New York, NY (NY part) · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Syracuse, NY · Rochester, NY · Kiryas Joel, NY · Utica-Rome, NY · Binghamton, NY
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Lowe's ProServices
#1 in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
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True Value
#1 in Kingston, NY
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Aubuchon Hardware
#1 in Glens Falls, NY
Not enough tracked stores: Elmira, NY · Ithaca, NY
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New York compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New York as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New York 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 New York is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New York. 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. Hatchet Hardware and Curtis Lumber Co Inc sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Hatchet Hardware | ▲1 | +11.7% |
| 2 | Curtis Lumber Co Inc | - | +9.8% |
| 3 | Ace Hardware | - | +7.2% |
| 4 | Hector's Hardware | - | +6.9% |
| 5 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +3.6% |
| 6 | True Value | ▼1 | +0.4% |
| 7 | Costello's Ace Hardware | - | -0.7% |
| 8 | Aubuchon Hardware | ▲1 | -1.5% |
| 9 | Valu Home Centers | ▼1 | -5.8% |
| 10 | Valu Home Center | - | -6.4% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Curtis Lumber Co Inc
- Ace Hardware
- Lowe's ProServices
- Hatchet Hardware
- True Value
- Raby's Ace Home Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
695 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 230 of the 695 stores (33%); 407 of the 428 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 (74)
- Curtis Lumber Co Inc (17)
- Ace Hardware (78)
- Lowe's ProServices (1)
- Hatchet Hardware (4)
- True Value (43)
- Raby's Ace Home Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 78
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 74
- 3 True Value 43
- 4 Valu Home Centers 18
- 5 Curtis Lumber Co Inc 17
- 6 Aubuchon Hardware 12
- 7 Valu Home Center 7
- 8 Hector's Hardware 6
- 9 Hatchet Hardware 4
- 10 Costello's Ace Hardware 4
- 11 N&S Supply 4
- 12 Home Central 3
- 13 Williams Lumber Co. 2
- 14 Secor Hardware 2
- 15 Hadlock's House of Paint 2
- 16 Herzog's Paint Center 2
- 17 Do It Best 2
- 18 Shanor Electric Supplies 2
- 19 Rogers & Tenbrook 2
- 20 Capitol District Supply 2
- 21 Himrod Farm Supply and Hardware 1
- 22 Bruno's Hardware 1
- 23 Ed Herrington, Inc. DBA Herrington's 1
- 24 Weilgus & Sons 1
- 25 Countryside Hardware and Recreational 1
- 26 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 27 Ferrara Lumber 1
- 28 Watkins Glen Supply 1
- 29 Chenango Supply Co. Inc. 1
- 30 Jefferson Hardware & More 1
- 31 White's Paint Store 1
- 32 Schmidt's Wholesale, Inc. 1
- 33 Berger Hardware 1
- 34 Village Paint & Decorating Ltd. 1
- 35 Woodcraft 1
- 36 O D Greene Ace Home Center 1
- 37 Kime Hardware 1
- 38 Pro Tool Warehouse 1
- 39 United Hardware 1
- 40 E P Jansen Nursery 1
- 41 Mountain Hardware & Sports 1
- 42 Master Halco 1
- 43 Country Squire Supply 1
- 44 Kohler Awning 1
- 45 Weiders Paint & Hardware 1
- 46 Horseheads Do It Center 1
- 47 Knapp & Schlappi Lumber Co. 1
- 48 Hiawatha Fasteners 1
- 49 New York Replacement Parts 1
- 50 Parry's 1
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