Growth
Waters Hardware against its category
The biggest tracked US hardware store chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Waters Hardware's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Harbor Freight Tools
|
+2.5% |
| 2 |
A
Ace Hardware
|
+4.1% |
| 3 |
T
True Value
|
-8.0% |
| 4 |
C
Curtis Lumber Co Inc
|
+8.4% |
| 5 |
A
Aubuchon Hardware
|
+9.5% |
| 6 | E Elder's Ace Hardware | -5.7% |
| 7 |
L
Lowe's ProServices
|
-8.4% |
| 8 | S Sneade's Ace Home Center | +0.4% |
| 9 | H Hartville Hardware | +7.1% |
| 10 | F Famous Supply | +4.7% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
11 tracked Waters Hardware locations across 2 US states.
Customer overlap
Who shops at Waters Hardware
Tracked chains Waters Hardware customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
B
BJ's 66
100
F
Frontier Spirits
72
C
Commissary
63
Commissary
63
E
El Patron Dos
60
H
Highwind Brewing Company
56
G
Grip Tire and Wheel
55
C
City of Junction City
51
V
Valor Automotive
50
J
Jim Clark
47
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