Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every Pennsylvania metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in 10 metro areas, Valu Home Center in 1 metro area, and Weaver's Ace Hardware in 1 metro area. Against their share in Pennsylvania as a whole, Harbor Freight Tools stands out in 4 metro areas, Ace Hardware in 3 metro areas, and True Value 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
Pittsburgh, PA 1.1× · Allentown, PA (PA part) 1× · Lancaster, PA 0.7× · York-Hanover, PA 1.9×
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Philadelphia, PA (PA part) 1.6× · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0.8× · Altoona, PA 2.9×
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True Value
Relative #1 in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 2.5× its share in Pennsylvania
Not enough tracked stores: Chambersburg, PA · Gettysburg, PA · Lebanon, PA · State College, PA
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Erie, PA · Johnstown, PA · Reading, PA · Williamsport, PA
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in 10 metro areas
Pittsburgh, PA · Philadelphia, PA (PA part) · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA · Allentown, PA (PA part) · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA · Lancaster, PA · York-Hanover, PA · Altoona, PA · Johnstown, PA · Williamsport, PA
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Valu Home Center
#1 in Erie, PA
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Weaver's Ace Hardware
#1 in Reading, PA
Not enough tracked stores: Chambersburg, PA · Gettysburg, PA · Lebanon, PA · State College, PA
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Pennsylvania compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Pennsylvania as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Pennsylvania. 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. Ricciardi Brothers and Cole's Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Ricciardi Brothers | ▲1 | +17.4% |
| 2 | Cole's Hardware | - | +4.9% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +2.6% |
| 4 | Ace Hardware | - | +1.3% |
| 5 | Valu Home Center | - | +0.9% |
| 6 | True Value | - | -1.7% |
| 7 | R.J. Walker Co. | - | -3.4% |
| 8 | Colonial Electric Supply | - | -6.9% |
| 9 | Direct Tools Factory Outlet | - | -15.7% |
| 10 | Northeastern Supply | - | -19.0% |
| 11 | Blue Ridge Lumber | ▼1 | -44.8% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- True Value
- Do It Best
- Miller's Ace Hardware
- Nicklas Supply
- Cole's Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
666 tracked store locations in Pennsylvania. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 214 of the 666 stores (32%); 381 of the 415 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 (68)
- Ace Hardware (74)
- True Value (52)
- Do It Best (1)
- Miller's Ace Hardware (1)
- Nicklas Supply (2)
- Cole's Hardware (11)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 74
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 68
- 3 True Value 52
- 4 Cole's Hardware 11
- 5 Ricciardi Brothers 9
- 6 Colonial Electric Supply 5
- 7 Aubuchon Hardware 4
- 8 Northeastern Supply 4
- 9 Valu Home Center 4
- 10 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 3
- 11 Wehrung's 3
- 12 Blue Ridge Lumber 3
- 13 R.J. Walker Co. 3
- 14 Long's Outpost 2
- 15 Knobs 'N Knockers 2
- 16 Eastwood Hardware 2
- 17 Valu Home Centers 2
- 18 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 2
- 19 Olympic Pools 2
- 20 Weber Electric Supply 2
- 21 Luhrs True Value 2
- 22 Grauers Paint & Decorating Center 2
- 23 Woodcraft 2
- 24 Honey Brook Hardware 2
- 25 T&M Hardware & Rental 2
- 26 Nicklas Supply 2
- 27 Tionesta Builders Supply 2
- 28 PaulB Hardware 2
- 29 Famous Supply 2
- 30 Smithfield Hardware 1
- 31 Mountain View Farm & Garden 1
- 32 Rich's Electrical Supply 1
- 33 Reifsnyder's Ag Center 1
- 34 Rittenhouse Hardware 1
- 35 Cava Building Supply 1
- 36 Stone's Hardware 1
- 37 Limerick Hardware Company 1
- 38 County Rent-All 1
- 39 Construction Tool Service 1
- 40 Four Ways Sales & Service 1
- 41 Bantly Hardware 1
- 42 Woodland Building Supply 1
- 43 Upper Darby Hardware 1
- 44 Bobik's Home Center 1
- 45 Apollo Milling Co Inc 1
- 46 Guy's Hardware Inc 1
- 47 Piscitello's Home Center 1
- 48 Scottdale Lumber 1
- 49 The Lumber Store & More 1
- 50 Back Mountain Gas 1
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