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. Bayshore Supply and Creative Paint sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayshore Supply | - | +18.1% |
| 2 | Creative Paint | - | +14.6% |
| 3 | Ace Hardware | - | +10.5% |
| 4 | True Value | - | +5.7% |
| 5 | Cole Hardware | - | +3.0% |
| 6 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +2.3% |
| 7 | Outdoor Supply Hardware | - | -1.5% |
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Outdoor Supply Hardware
- Rafael Lumber and Building Supply
- Pini Hardware
- Cole Hardware
- Ashby Lumber
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
166 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 67 of the 166 stores (40%); 84 of the 95 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 3% across California.
- Ace Hardware (39)
- Harbor Freight Tools (8)
- Outdoor Supply Hardware (5)
- Rafael Lumber and Building Supply (1)
- Pini Hardware (1)
- Cole Hardware (5)
- Ashby Lumber (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 39
- 2 True Value 10
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 8
- 4 Outdoor Supply Hardware 5
- 5 Cole Hardware 5
- 6 Bayshore Supply 4
- 7 Creative Paint 3
- 8 General Plumbing Supply 2
- 9 Dolan's Lumber 2
- 10 East Bay Welding Supply 2
- 11 Ashby Lumber 2
- 12 Glen Park Hardware 1
- 13 Powered by Hassett 1
- 14 Win Long Ocean Hardware 1
- 15 Montclair Village Hardware 1
- 16 Oakland Rentals 1
- 17 Nob Hill Hardware 1
- 18 House of Color 1
- 19 Waterstreet Hardware & Marine 1
- 20 Encinal Hardware 1
- 21 Alamo Hardware Ace 1
- 22 Jim Corbet's 1
- 23 Orinda Hardware 1
- 24 Universal Supply True Value 1
- 25 Single Cylinder Repair 1
- 26 Light Express 1
- 27 U Save Plumbing & Hardware 1
- 28 Joseph's Lawnmower and Lock Shop 1
- 29 American ACE Supply Inc 1
- 30 Cal-Wood Flooring Supply, Inc. 1
- 31 Bailey Rentals and Hardware 1
- 32 Superior Hardware Supply 1
- 33 B & K Electrical Supply 1
- 34 Urban Farmer Store 1
- 35 El Granada Hardware & Café 1
- 36 Hulbert Lumber Co. 1
- 37 G Mazzei and Sons Hardware 1
- 38 Financial District Ace Hardware 1
- 39 Grand Avenue Hardware 1
- 40 Papenhausen Hardware 1
- 41 Home Hardware 1
- 42 SF Hardware 1
- 43 Telegraph Hardware 1
- 44 Hayward Tools and Equipment 1
- 45 Laner Electric Supply Co 1
- 46 Sartor Quality Saw Works 1
- 47 Brisbane Hardware 1
- 48 Leo's Appliance Parts 1
- 49 Orinda True Value Hardware 1
- 50 Win Long 1
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