Trends · data through July 2026

Hardware Stores in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 221 stores from 41 hardware stores chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Russo Power Equipment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sherwin-Williams and Tractor Supply Co..

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
41
Tracked stores
221
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hardware stores 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. Russo Power Equipment and Sherwin-Williams sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Russo Power Equipment logo Russo Power Equipment - +17.6%
2 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams - +9.9%
3 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +3.5%
4 T True Value logo True Value - +3.4%
5 M Menards logo Menards - +0.1%
6 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -0.9%
7 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace - -5.2%
8 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - -18.9%
  • Menards
  • Ace Hardware
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Sherwin-Williams
  • Tractor Supply Co.
  • Russo Power Equipment
  • Wm F Meyer Co
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

221 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Menards (44)
  • Ace Hardware (70)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (26)
  • Sherwin-Williams (14)
  • Tractor Supply Co. (15)
  • Russo Power Equipment (3)
  • Wm F Meyer Co (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 70
  • 2 M Menards logo Menards 44
  • 3 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 26
  • 4 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. 15
  • 5 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 14
  • 6 T True Value logo True Value 8
  • 7 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace 6
  • 8 R Russo Power Equipment logo Russo Power Equipment 3
  • 9 B Berland's House of Tools 2
  • 10 C Crafty Beaver Home Center 2
  • 11 K Kim's Hardware 1
  • 12 C Cedar Lake True Value Hardware 1
  • 13 C Clark And Barlow 1
  • 14 L LeDonne True Value Hardware 1
  • 15 P Palatine True Value 1
  • 16 L Lowell True Value Hardware 1
  • 17 S Schauer Hardware 1
  • 18 E Elmwood Supply 1
  • 19 B Bosch 1
  • 20 G Gordon Hardware 1
  • 21 C Clarendon Hills Hardware 1
  • 22 A Andersonville Hardware Store 1
  • 23 S Select Sales 1
  • 24 H H&B True Value Hardware 1
  • 25 J Joseph's Hardware 1
  • 26 E Extreme Tools logo Extreme Tools 1
  • 27 D Dsg Restaurant 1
  • 28 F Freestyle Ceramics & Tufting 1
  • 29 F Fuller's Home & Hardware 1
  • 30 R Rockler Woodworking and Hardware logo Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 1
  • 31 P Park Ace Hardware logo Park Ace Hardware 1
  • 32 B Brady's This Is It Stores 1
  • 33 T The Faucet Shoppe 1
  • 34 D Des Plaines Ace Hardware 1
  • 35 B Broadview Hardware 1
  • 36 J JC Licht True Value logo JC Licht True Value 1
  • 37 A Algor Plumbing and Heating Supply 1
  • 38 H Henry Frerk Sons Inc. 1
  • 39 C Clark-Devon Hardware 1
  • 40 C Craftwood Lumber & Hardware 1
  • 41 W Wm F Meyer Co 1

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