Trends · data through September 2026

Home Improvement Centers in California

Iceflower tracks 1,174 stores from 289 home improvement center chains in California. Payless Building Supply grew fastest over the last year, ahead of DIY Home Center and Dunn-Edwards Paints.

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
289
Tracked stores
1,174
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked home improvement center 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. Payless Building Supply and DIY Home Center sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Payless Building Supply - +10.9%
2 D DIY Home Center logo DIY Home Center ▲1 +3.3%
3 D Dunn-Edwards Paints - +2.9%
4 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +2.2%
5 R RWC Building Products - +1.2%
6 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement - -0.8%
7 A Arizona Tile logo Arizona Tile ▲1 -3.3%
8 F Friedman's Home Improvement - -3.8%
9 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams - -7.0%
10 D Daltile logo Daltile ▲1 -8.1%
11 S Sacramento ▲1 -8.3%
12 F Floor & Decor logo Floor & Decor - -8.3%
13 L Leslie's Pool Supplies logo Leslie's Pool Supplies - -8.7%
14 B Benjamin Moore logo Benjamin Moore - -9.5%
15 S Sepulveda Building Materials - -14.4%
  • The Home Depot
  • Lowe's Home Improvement
  • Friedman's Home Improvement
  • Floor & Decor
  • Sherwin-Williams
  • Leslie's Pool Supplies
  • Dunn-Edwards Paints
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,174 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Home Depot (245)
  • Lowe's Home Improvement (117)
  • Friedman's Home Improvement (8)
  • Floor & Decor (31)
  • Sherwin-Williams (166)
  • Leslie's Pool Supplies (129)
  • Dunn-Edwards Paints (94)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot 245
  • 2 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 166
  • 3 L Leslie's Pool Supplies logo Leslie's Pool Supplies 129
  • 4 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement 117
  • 5 D Dunn-Edwards Paints 94
  • 6 F Floor & Decor logo Floor & Decor 31
  • 7 D Daltile logo Daltile 12
  • 8 C Contractors' Warehouse 11
  • 9 D DIY Home Center logo DIY Home Center 9
  • 10 F Friedman's Home Improvement 8
  • 11 A Arizona Tile logo Arizona Tile 7
  • 12 R RCP Block and Brick 7
  • 13 R Resource Building Materials 6
  • 14 E Emser Tile logo Emser Tile 5
  • 15 B Bedrosians Tile and Stone 5
  • 16 F Flooring Liquidators 5
  • 17 B Big D Floor Covering Supplies 4
  • 18 T Thompson Building Materials 4
  • 19 S Sacramento 4
  • 20 A Allied Refrigeration Inc 3
  • 21 S San Lorenzo Lumber and Home Centers 3
  • 22 S Sepulveda Building Materials 3
  • 23 P Payless Building Supply 3
  • 24 B Benjamin Moore logo Benjamin Moore 3
  • 25 R RWC Building Products 3
  • 26 D Denair Lumber Co Inc 2
  • 27 P Pierson Building Center 2
  • 28 L Larry's Building Materials 2
  • 29 G Graniterock 2
  • 30 S Southeast Construction Products 2
  • 31 T The Floor Store 2
  • 32 P PPG Paints 2
  • 33 E East Star Building Supply 2
  • 34 W West End Material Supply 2
  • 35 F FLOR 2
  • 36 C Ceramic Tile Center 2
  • 37 P Patagonia Building Supplies 2
  • 38 M Meek's Lumber & Hardware logo Meek's Lumber & Hardware 2
  • 39 M Mendo Mill 2
  • 40 M MacBeath Hardwood 2
  • 41 G Granite Outlet 2
  • 42 T Tileshop 2
  • 43 H Home Depot logo Home Depot 2
  • 44 T Tile Express 2
  • 45 K KP & Sons Custom Redwood 1
  • 46 T Timberline Moulding 1
  • 47 E Evergreen Supply 1
  • 48 F Free Builders Supply 1
  • 49 C California Rock & Ready Mix 1
  • 50 S Sierra Tractor 1

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