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. Colonial Electric Supply and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial Electric Supply | - | +9.5% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +6.8% |
| 3 | Ace Hardware | - | +3.9% |
| 4 | Northeastern Supply | - | -21.4% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -42.1% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- North East Lowe's
- Cameron's Hardware and Supply
- Ricciardi Brothers
- Stanley's Hardware
- Wehrung's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
184 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 64 of the 184 stores (35%); 106 of the 116 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across Pennsylvania.
- Harbor Freight Tools (18)
- Ace Hardware (18)
- North East Lowe's (1)
- Cameron's Hardware and Supply (1)
- Ricciardi Brothers (13)
- Stanley's Hardware (1)
- Wehrung's (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Harbor Freight Tools 18
- 2 Ace Hardware 18
- 3 Ricciardi Brothers 13
- 4 True Value 11
- 5 Colonial Electric Supply 4
- 6 Aubuchon Hardware 4
- 7 Northeastern Supply 4
- 8 Wehrung's 2
- 9 Honey Brook Hardware 2
- 10 Willow House Paints 2
- 11 Ormsby's Lawn Equipment 1
- 12 Tinsman Bros Inc. 1
- 13 Beach's Hardware 1
- 14 Maxwell's Hardware 1
- 15 Wharton Hardware & Supply 1
- 16 Penn Hardware 1
- 17 Philadelphia Building Materials 1
- 18 American Arborist Supplies 1
- 19 Hot Deals Today 1
- 20 Acker's Hardware 1
- 21 Hills Hardware 1
- 22 Penndel Hardware and Hobbies 1
- 23 AMES Tools 1
- 24 Ludwig's Corner Supply Co. 1
- 25 Score Seed And Garden Supply 1
- 26 Mike's Tool Box LLC 1
- 27 Cartun Hardware 1
- 28 J & J Hardware & Paint 1
- 29 American Service Center Inc 1
- 30 Mackie's Home Center, Inc. 1
- 31 Newtown Hardware House 1
- 32 Meetinghouse Garage 1
- 33 Schwering's Hardware Store 1
- 34 Audubon Hardware & Supply Co 1
- 35 Monarch Hardware Company 1
- 36 J.F. Martin Welding Supplies 1
- 37 Woodchuck's Lawn Mower Services 1
- 38 The Hardware Center 1
- 39 Finkles 1
- 40 Belair Road Supply 1
- 41 Jacob Low Hardware 1
- 42 Lee's Hardware 1
- 43 Dublin Hardware 1
- 44 Florence Hardware Store 1
- 45 Canvas Werks 1
- 46 Carr's Hardware 1
- 47 Phoenixville Hardware 1
- 48 1540 Hardware 1
- 49 Collingswood Hardware 1
- 50 Delray Plus True Value 1
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