Trends · data through September 2026

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

Iceflower tracks 254 stores from 111 hardware store chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Berland's House of Tools grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and Crawford Supply.

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
111
Tracked stores
254
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. Berland's House of Tools and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Berland's House of Tools - +15.8%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +5.0%
3 C Crawford Supply ▲1 +1.6%
4 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +1.2%
5 T True Value logo True Value - -1.8%
6 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace - -16.3%
7 L Leeps Supply ▼1 -27.9%
  • Ace Hardware
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Wm F Meyer Co
  • Ziegler's Ace
  • Morton Grove Supply Co Inc
  • True Value
  • Berland's House of Tools
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Ace Hardware (82)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (27)
  • Wm F Meyer Co (3)
  • Ziegler's Ace (7)
  • Morton Grove Supply Co Inc (1)
  • True Value (14)
  • Berland's House of Tools (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 82
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 27
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 14
  • 4 Z Ziegler's Ace logo Ziegler's Ace 7
  • 5 A AMES Tools logo AMES Tools 4
  • 6 L Leeps Supply 4
  • 7 C Crawford Supply 4
  • 8 W Wm F Meyer Co 3
  • 9 B Berland's House of Tools 3
  • 10 N Northern Tool + Equipment logo Northern Tool + Equipment 2
  • 11 C Crafty Beaver Home Center 2
  • 12 S Shorewood Home and Auto 2
  • 13 R R.P. Lumber 2
  • 14 R Ralph Helm Inc. 1
  • 15 S Scottdale Feed and Supply 1
  • 16 A Andersonville Hardware Store 1
  • 17 H Harlem Plumbing Supply 1
  • 18 C City Welding Sales 1
  • 19 B Bess Hardware & Sports 1
  • 20 D DEWALT Service Center 1
  • 21 N North Coast Chicago 1
  • 22 A Albany Steel and Brass Corporation 1
  • 23 M McGuire-Western Lumber Co. 1
  • 24 M Mitchell Hardware Supply 1
  • 25 C Cottage Grove Hardware 1
  • 26 H House of Metals Inc 1
  • 27 C Clarendon Hills Hardware 1
  • 28 R Royal Pipe and Supply Co 1
  • 29 H Halogen Supply Company 1
  • 30 H H&B True Value Hardware 1
  • 31 A Addison Building Materials 1
  • 32 G Gordon Hardware 1
  • 33 N North Shore Faucets Inc 1
  • 34 D Dsg Restaurant 1
  • 35 H House of Color 1
  • 36 S State Street Repair 1
  • 37 B Bosch 1
  • 38 W Wahler Brother's Hardware 1
  • 39 R Rockler Woodworking & Hardware 1
  • 40 B Bess Hardware and Sports 1
  • 41 D Deluxe Bath 1
  • 42 S Selected Hardwood Flooring And Supply Co. 1
  • 43 N Naperville Rental 1
  • 44 Y Yu Hardware 1
  • 45 G Grant Electric Supply 1
  • 46 E Englewood Hardware & Paint 1
  • 47 G Great Lakes Welding Supply 1
  • 48 C Crete Lumber & Supply Co. 1
  • 49 A Alvarez Hardware 1
  • 50 F Ferretodo Hardware 1

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