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 True Value sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +9.0% |
| 2 | True Value | - | -3.8% |
| 3 | Bridgeport Equipment and Tool | - | -3.9% |
| 4 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -4.5% |
| 5 | Hardman's | - | -18.0% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Bridgeport Equipment and Tool
- Ace Hardware
- Kenny Queen Hardware
- Miller Hardware
- Green's Feed & Seed
- Elkins Builders Supply
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
122 tracked store locations in West Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 45 of the 122 stores (37%); 68 of the 77 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Harbor Freight Tools (17)
- Bridgeport Equipment and Tool (6)
- Ace Hardware (14)
- Kenny Queen Hardware (3)
- Miller Hardware (1)
- Green's Feed & Seed (2)
- Elkins Builders Supply (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Harbor Freight Tools 17
- 2 Ace Hardware 14
- 3 Bridgeport Equipment and Tool 6
- 4 Hardman's 5
- 5 Kenny Queen Hardware 3
- 6 True Value 3
- 7 General Hardware 2
- 8 Rexroad Supply Company 2
- 9 Green's Feed & Seed 2
- 10 Parkersburg Plumbing Supplies 1
- 11 H&H Hardware 1
- 12 Jarvis Hardware 1
- 13 Country Hardware 1
- 14 Jennings RV & Mobile Home Accessories 1
- 15 Cipoletti Plumbing Heating Supply 1
- 16 Rogers Hardware 1
- 17 Adkins True Value Home Center 1
- 18 20th Street Hardware 1
- 19 Brownlee Lumber & Supply 1
- 20 Stacy Plumbing and Electric 1
- 21 Badger Lumber Co 1
- 22 Bowman's Hardware 1
- 23 Hinton Hardware 1
- 24 The Best Hardware 1
- 25 Zegeer Hardware 1
- 26 St Marys Hardware 1
- 27 Horne Lumber Co. 1
- 28 Vernick's Country Corner 1
- 29 4 C's Hardware 1
- 30 Stout Hardware Co 1
- 31 Lou W Nau 1
- 32 Green's Hardware 1
- 33 Hardman Supply Company 1
- 34 Miller's Supply 1
- 35 Riverbend Supply 1
- 36 Walton Mercantile and Hardware 1
- 37 Tomblin Hardware LLC 1
- 38 Route 60 Hardware 1
- 39 The Newton Store 1
- 40 Crede Tractor Sales & Service 1
- 41 J & J Hardware 1
- 42 Village Hardware 1
- 43 Trickett's 1
- 44 Barker Hardware 1
- 45 Builders Center 1
- 46 Fort Ashby Hardware and Farm Supply 1
- 47 Central Tie & Lumber Company 1
- 48 Gresham Plumbing Supply Company 1
- 49 Kanawha Terrace Hardware 1
- 50 Baisden Brothers Hardware 1
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