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. Westlake Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Ace Hardware | - | -4.2% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -5.4% |
| 3 | Ace Hardware | - | -9.4% |
| 4 | True Value | - | -11.8% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Handyman Hardware
- R.P. Lumber
- Cotton's Ace Hardware
- Rick's Ace Hardware
- Westlake Ace Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
104 tracked store locations in St. Louis, MO-IL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 51 of the 104 stores (49%); 51 of the 57 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across Missouri.
- Harbor Freight Tools (13)
- Ace Hardware (21)
- Handyman Hardware (1)
- R.P. Lumber (11)
- Cotton's Ace Hardware (1)
- Rick's Ace Hardware (1)
- Westlake Ace Hardware (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 21
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 13
- 3 R.P. Lumber 11
- 4 True Value 3
- 5 Westlake Ace Hardware 3
- 6 Metro Electric Supply 2
- 7 Handyman Hardware 1
- 8 Hopson Lumber Company 1
- 9 Thrifty Hardware & Home Center 1
- 10 Men's Modern General Store 1
- 11 Edele & Mertz Hardware 1
- 12 Overland Hardware Co. 1
- 13 U-Pick Hardwood Lumber 1
- 14 Jehling Hardware 1
- 15 Don's Hardware 1
- 16 Scheidt Hardware 1
- 17 Emerson Electric 1
- 18 Tonnies Hardware & Rental 1
- 19 Wright City Hardware 1
- 20 Waterloo Lumber Co. 1
- 21 Union Rental Center 1
- 22 River City Hardware 1
- 23 Waltco Tools Inc. 1
- 24 Elsberry Hardware 1
- 25 City Plumbing Supply Company 1
- 26 New Market Hardware 1
- 27 Gerald Home Center 1
- 28 Kirkwood Hardware 1
- 29 Baragiola Hardware & Lumber 1
- 30 Washington Lumber Do It Best 1
- 31 Shaw True Value Hardware 1
- 32 New Haven Lumber Do It Best 1
- 33 Cotton's Ace Hardware 1
- 34 Rick's Ace Hardware 1
- 35 Charlie's Farm and Home 1
- 36 Branneky True Value Hardware 1
- 37 ARCO Lawn Equipment 1
- 38 Norrenberns Lumber and Hardware 1
- 39 Cardinal Building Materials 1
- 40 Schnarr's Hardware Company 1
- 41 Valley Park Elevator and Hardware 1
- 42 R & S Pool & Spa 1
- 43 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
- 44 Hall Brothers Lumber Co. 1
- 45 Chic Lumber And Hardware 1
- 46 Art's Lawn Mower Shop 1
- 47 Buchheit of Centralia 1
- 48 Hechler Hardware 1
- 49 Lee's Home Center 1
- 50 Southside True Value Hardware 1
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