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. Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +9.2% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +3.3% |
| 3 | Hoover Paint Store | - | -4.3% |
| 4 | Potters Home Center | - | -7.4% |
| 5 | True Value | - | -16.9% |
| 6 | Direct Tools Factory Outlet | - | -23.3% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Elder's Ace Hardware
- Duncan Lumber
- True Value
- Valley Building Supply
- Workshop Tools
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
322 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 137 of the 322 stores (43%); 174 of the 184 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (47)
- Ace Hardware (73)
- Elder's Ace Hardware (2)
- Duncan Lumber (1)
- True Value (8)
- Valley Building Supply (1)
- Workshop Tools (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 73
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 47
- 3 True Value 8
- 4 Hoover Paint Store 6
- 5 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 3
- 6 Potters Home Center 3
- 7 Workshop Tools 2
- 8 Sloan's Hardware 2
- 9 Elder's Ace Hardware 2
- 10 Acme Block & Brick 2
- 11 Fulmer Hardware 1
- 12 Tennessee Valley Fasteners Inc 1
- 13 Cumberland Supply Co. 1
- 14 Lakeshore General Hardware 1
- 15 Burdine Supply 1
- 16 Prince Hardware 1
- 17 HomePro of Hartsville 1
- 18 Lewisburg Industrial Office Supply 1
- 19 Active Bolt and Screw Company 1
- 20 Young Welding Supply 1
- 21 Eddie's Hardware 1
- 22 Underwood True Value 1
- 23 Russell Hardware and Supply 1
- 24 Farmer's Hardware and Home Furnishings 1
- 25 Parkes Lumber Co 1
- 26 Morrison Hardware & Industrial Supplies 1
- 27 Greens Home Center 1
- 28 Paris Building Supply 1
- 29 General Hardware & Supply 1
- 30 Gate City Hardware 1
- 31 Cleveland Fasteners & Supplies 1
- 32 Marvin's 1
- 33 Landers Trade 1
- 34 Bill's Wholesale, Inc. 1
- 35 Oakes Home Supply 1
- 36 Payless Food Mart 1
- 37 Sanders Hardware 1
- 38 WES Outdoor Power Equipment Sales and Service, Inc. 1
- 39 L & M Sales & Services 1
- 40 Tuck's Building Center 1
- 41 Gray Hodges Corporation 1
- 42 Stormers Hardware 1
- 43 Southern Wholesale 1
- 44 Minor Hill Farm and Home Center 1
- 45 Jerry's Ace Hardware 1
- 46 Walls Lumber and Hardware 1
- 47 Brown's Hardware 1
- 48 Memphis Winnelson 1
- 49 North Star Outdoor 1
- 50 White House Small Engine 1
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