Metro by metro
The leading hardware store chains in every Virginia metro area
Tracked hardware store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Harbor Freight Tools leads in 4 metro areas, Ace Hardware in 2 metro areas. Against their share in Virginia as a whole, Harbor Freight Tools stands out in 2 metro areas, Ace Hardware in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Harbor Freight Tools
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Washington, DC (VA part) 1.1× · Virginia Beach, VA (VA part) 1.1×
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Ace Hardware
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Richmond, VA 1.3× · Roanoke, VA 1.9×
Not enough tracked stores: Blacksburg, VA · Harrisonburg, VA · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (VA part) · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA · Winchester, VA-WV (VA part)
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Charlottesville, VA · Lynchburg, VA
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Harbor Freight Tools
#1 in 4 metro areas
Washington, DC (VA part) · Virginia Beach, VA (VA part) · Richmond, VA · Charlottesville, VA
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Ace Hardware
#1 in 2 metro areas
Lynchburg, VA · Roanoke, VA
Not enough tracked stores: Blacksburg, VA · Harrisonburg, VA · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (VA part) · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA · Winchester, VA-WV (VA part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked hardware store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Virginia compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Virginia as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Virginia and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Virginia is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Virginia. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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. Cardinal Home Center and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardinal Home Center | - | +5.6% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | - | +3.3% |
| 3 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +2.2% |
| 4 | Land & Coates | - | +0.2% |
| 5 | Vienna Paint | - | -3.1% |
| 6 | Taylor's Do it Center | - | -3.8% |
| 7 | Woodcraft | - | -11.1% |
| 8 | Randy's Do It Best Hardware | - | -17.6% |
| 9 | Pleasants Hardware | - | -17.9% |
| 10 | Arc3 Gases | - | -77.9% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Taylor's Do it Center
- True Value
- Taylor Do-It
- Land & Coates
- Woodbine Ace Hardware
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
327 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 116 of the 327 stores (35%); 167 of the 186 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 (41)
- Ace Hardware (50)
- Taylor's Do it Center (7)
- True Value (10)
- Taylor Do-It (1)
- Land & Coates (4)
- Woodbine Ace Hardware (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ace Hardware 50
- 2 Harbor Freight Tools 41
- 3 True Value 10
- 4 Arc3 Gases 8
- 5 Taylor's Do it Center 7
- 6 Pleasants Hardware 6
- 7 Vienna Paint 6
- 8 Northeastern Supply 4
- 9 Woodcraft 4
- 10 Land & Coates 4
- 11 Cardinal Home Center 3
- 12 Randy's Do It Best Hardware 3
- 13 Hanover Tool 2
- 14 Capps Home Building Center 2
- 15 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 2
- 16 Cashwell Appliance Parts Plus 2
- 17 Ideal Building Supply 2
- 18 Pressure Works 2
- 19 SJ Neathawk Lumber 2
- 20 Home Hardware and Furniture Co 1
- 21 Coastal Hardware Inc 1
- 22 Silver Spur Supply 1
- 23 Helms Hardware and Auto Parts 1
- 24 Dominion Hardware 1
- 25 Lancaster Enterprises 1
- 26 Lorene Building Supply 1
- 27 The Home Specialty Store 1
- 28 Bailey Spencer Hardware 1
- 29 Campbell's Repair 1
- 30 Duffield Lumber & Hardware 1
- 31 Sure Set Saw 1
- 32 York Bolt 1
- 33 Valley Fasteners 1
- 34 Yancey Wholesale Supply 1
- 35 Hajoca's Showcase Showroom 1
- 36 Williamsburg Bazaar TOO 1
- 37 Glenwood Hardware and Supply 1
- 38 The Mower Store 1
- 39 Do It Best 1
- 40 Piedmont Equipment 1
- 41 Thacker Ace Hardware 1
- 42 Trio Fasteners Inc 1
- 43 Callao Supply Company 1
- 44 Richmond Plumbing Specialties 1
- 45 360 Power Equipment 1
- 46 Jett's Hardware 1
- 47 Lebanon Block & Supply Co Inc 1
- 48 Arthur's Electric Service, Inc 1
- 49 Scott's Store 1
- 50 Dynamic Stone Tools 1
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