Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 308 stores from 206 hardware store chains in Alabama. Ace Hardware grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Harbor Freight Tools and Russell Do It Centers.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
206
Tracked stores
308
Consumer panel
130M+

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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▲1 +18.0%
2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +5.2%
3 R Russell Do It Centers ▼1 -10.3%
4 M Marvin's - -11.2%
5 T True Value logo True Value - -17.7%
6 T Townsend Building Supply - -54.6%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Marvin's
  • Ace Hardware
  • Russell Do It Centers
  • Paris Ace
  • Andrews Ace Home Centers
  • Mobile Lumber & Building Materials
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

308 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (34)
  • Marvin's (21)
  • Ace Hardware (33)
  • Russell Do It Centers (8)
  • Paris Ace (1)
  • Andrews Ace Home Centers (1)
  • Mobile Lumber & Building Materials (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 34
  • 2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 33
  • 3 M Marvin's 21
  • 4 R Russell Do It Centers 8
  • 5 T True Value logo True Value 5
  • 6 T Townsend Building Supply 3
  • 7 G Gas and Supply 2
  • 8 J JBT Power logo JBT Power 2
  • 9 B Bob's Power Equipment 2
  • 10 M Mobile Lumber & Millwork 2
  • 11 S Satterfield Inc 1
  • 12 S Summerlin Hardware and Supply 1
  • 13 B Brandino Brass company 1
  • 14 R Ragland Hardware and Feed Store 1
  • 15 M Max Snell Farm Equipment 1
  • 16 B Blackbelt Hardware and Outdoors 1
  • 17 T Thompson Supply Co Inc 1
  • 18 E Evans Hardware 1
  • 19 O O'Rear Hardware 1
  • 20 M My Supply 1
  • 21 P Plumbers Wholesale Supply Co. 1
  • 22 D Dowling Lumber Co 1
  • 23 S Smith's True Value Of Ashford 1
  • 24 I Industrial Service & Supply 1
  • 25 S Sullivan Supply logo Sullivan Supply 1
  • 26 S Southern Outdoor Solutions 1
  • 27 M Milligan Farm and Lumber 1
  • 28 B Brackin Paint and Supply 1
  • 29 E Ed's Lock & Key 1
  • 30 M Maynard Equipment, Inc. 1
  • 31 L Little River Hardware 1
  • 32 R Rocky Ridge Hardware 1
  • 33 N Northport Power Equipment 1
  • 34 C Cash & Carry Building Supply 1
  • 35 W Webb's Hardware & Marine Services 1
  • 36 C Coussons Hardware & Convenience 1
  • 37 S Scottsboro Small Engines 1
  • 38 L Lineville Building Supply 1
  • 39 B Brookwood Home and Auto 1
  • 40 A Alabama Mower Service 1
  • 41 7 72 Farm Store 1
  • 42 W Wilson Dismukes Parts & Equipment 1
  • 43 D Dozier Hardware Co 1
  • 44 P Planter's Hardware 1
  • 45 D DeKalb Wholesale 1
  • 46 L Lewis-Smith Supply Enterprise 1
  • 47 M Mito Supply Inc. 1
  • 48 A Ace of the Hills 1
  • 49 T Tallman Company 1
  • 50 C C & R Power Equipment 1

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