Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in California

Iceflower tracks 902 stores from 459 hardware store chains in California. Ganahl Lumber Company grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Creative Paint and Snap-On Tools.

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
459
Tracked stores
902
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. Ganahl Lumber Company and Creative Paint sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Ganahl Lumber Company ▲1 +19.4%
2 C Creative Paint - +13.1%
3 S Snap-On Tools logo Snap-On Tools ▲1 +12.6%
4 C Central Valley - +7.9%
5 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +3.6%
6 O Outdoor Supply Hardware logo Outdoor Supply Hardware - +1.5%
7 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +0.6%
8 M Miner's Ace Hardware logo Miner's Ace Hardware - -3.6%
9 R Rockler Woodworking and Hardware logo Rockler Woodworking and Hardware - -6.9%
10 G General Plumbing Supply - -11.1%
11 T True Value logo True Value ▼1 -11.7%
12 A Anawalt Lumber ▼1 -19.1%
13 O Orchard Supply Hardware logo Orchard Supply Hardware - -29.1%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • Ganahl Lumber Company
  • Hardester's Market
  • True Value
  • Miner's Ace Hardware
  • Mead Clark Lumber Co Inc
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

902 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (154)
  • Ace Hardware (164)
  • Ganahl Lumber Company (8)
  • Hardester's Market (2)
  • True Value (52)
  • Miner's Ace Hardware (5)
  • Mead Clark Lumber Co Inc (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 164
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 154
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 52
  • 4 O Outdoor Supply Hardware logo Outdoor Supply Hardware 9
  • 5 G Ganahl Lumber Company 8
  • 6 M Miner's Ace Hardware logo Miner's Ace Hardware 5
  • 7 C Central Valley 5
  • 8 C Creative Paint 4
  • 9 B Bayshore Supply 4
  • 10 O Orchard Supply Hardware logo Orchard Supply Hardware 4
  • 11 G General Plumbing Supply 4
  • 12 R Rockler Woodworking and Hardware logo Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 4
  • 13 F Fruit Growers Supply 3
  • 14 F Fasteners Inc 3
  • 15 A Anawalt Lumber 3
  • 16 S Snap-On Tools logo Snap-On Tools 3
  • 17 D Do It Best logo Do It Best 2
  • 18 F Fence Specialties 2
  • 19 F Foster Lumber Yard 2
  • 20 H Hardester's Market 2
  • 21 B BERCO Redwood 2
  • 22 C Crown Ace Hardware logo Crown Ace Hardware 2
  • 23 V Village Hardware 2
  • 24 D Dolan's Lumber 2
  • 25 H Hills Flat Lumber Co. 2
  • 26 K Karl's Hardware logo Karl's Hardware 2
  • 27 S Scarborough Lumber 2
  • 28 C Cole Hardware 2
  • 29 P Pine Tree Lumber Co 2
  • 30 R Rubenstein Supply 2
  • 31 E Emigh Ace Hardware 2
  • 32 A Ashby Lumber 2
  • 33 C Coast Hardware logo Coast Hardware 2
  • 34 H Hida Tool & Hardware 1
  • 35 H H & L True Value Lumber & Hardware 1
  • 36 P Placerville Hardware 1
  • 37 S Single Cylinder Repair 1
  • 38 B Big-B Lumber & Ace Hardware logo Big-B Lumber & Ace Hardware 1
  • 39 T Tool Shack 1
  • 40 P Pagano's Hardware Towne Centre 1
  • 41 H High Desert Home Center 1
  • 42 B Bolinas Bay Hardware & Mercantile 1
  • 43 H Hard Rock Tool 1
  • 44 E Eagle Tools 1
  • 45 V Village Country Hardware 1
  • 46 G Green Valley Aloha Saw and Mower 1
  • 47 B Billings Paint & Hardware 1
  • 48 J James True Value Hardware 1
  • 49 M Mier Brothers Landscape Products 1
  • 50 L La Verne Power Equipment 1

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