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 Land & Coates sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +5.5% |
| 2 | Land & Coates | - | +2.9% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -0.4% |
| 4 | Taylor's Do it Center | - | -2.6% |
| 5 | Arc3 Gases | - | -89.5% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Taylor's Do it Center
- Ace Hardware
- Taylor Do-It
- Land & Coates
- Farmers Service Co.
- True Value
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
67 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 67 stores (51%); 31 of the 37 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, the same share as across Virginia.
- Harbor Freight Tools (5)
- Taylor's Do it Center (8)
- Ace Hardware (12)
- Taylor Do-It (1)
- Land & Coates (4)
- Farmers Service Co. (1)
- True Value (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 12
- 2 Taylor's Do it Center 8
- 3 Harbor Freight Tools 5
- 4 Arc3 Gases 5
- 5 Land & Coates 4
- 6 Cashwell Appliance Parts Plus 2
- 7 Taylor Do-It 1
- 8 Brinkley's Hardware 1
- 9 American Maintenance Suppliers 1
- 10 Northern Tool + Equipment 1
- 11 Direct Tools Factory Outlet 1
- 12 7 City Liquidators LLC 1
- 13 Farmers Service Co. 1
- 14 Maximum Tools 1
- 15 Best Value Hardware 1
- 16 SBH Specialty Stone 1
- 17 Williamsburg Bazaar TOO 1
- 18 York Bolt 1
- 19 Sure Set Saw 1
- 20 TW's Outdoor and Hardware 1
- 21 Coastal Hardware Inc 1
- 22 Bage Industries 1
- 23 Comet Plumbing Supply 1
- 24 Creekmore Hardware 1
- 25 Priced to go 1
- 26 Southern Plumbing and Heating Supply 1
- 27 Southern Plumbing & Heating Supply 1
- 28 Ocean View Hardware 1
- 29 Walters Outdoor Power Equipment 1
- 30 Newport News Noland 1
- 31 Kellogg Supply Company 1
- 32 Creeds Hardware & Supply 1
- 33 Churchland Hardware 1
- 34 Bayview Hardware 1
- 35 Chimney Corner Lawnmower 1
- 36 Pressure Works 1
- 37 True Value 1
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