Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 153 stores from 105 hardware store chains in Connecticut. Aubuchon Hardware grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Harbor Freight Tools and Plimpton & Hills.

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
105
Tracked stores
153
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. Aubuchon Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware - +4.2%
2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - -1.5%
3 P Plimpton & Hills - -1.8%
4 T True Value logo True Value - -34.2%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • True Value
  • Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies
  • Plimpton & Hills
  • Steward's Hardware
  • Fleming's Feed and Hardware
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

153 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (15)
  • Ace Hardware (17)
  • True Value (11)
  • Shagbark Lumber & Farm Supplies (1)
  • Plimpton & Hills (5)
  • Steward's Hardware (1)
  • Fleming's Feed and Hardware (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 17
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 15
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 11
  • 4 P Plimpton & Hills 5
  • 5 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware 4
  • 6 S Star Hardware 2
  • 7 M Merit Hardware 1
  • 8 N New Milford Agway 1
  • 9 M Modern Lumber True Value 1
  • 10 E East Windsor Star Hardware 1
  • 11 T Target Enterprises 1
  • 12 R Red Barn Feed and Hardware 1
  • 13 B Bushka Lumber and Millwork 1
  • 14 T The Nutty Company logo The Nutty Company 1
  • 15 S Somers Star Hardware 1
  • 16 N Newtown Hardware logo Newtown Hardware 1
  • 17 P Park City Power Equipment 1
  • 18 T Tractors 2 Trimmers 1
  • 19 C Crane's Outdoor Power Equipment 1
  • 20 K Kasheta Power Equipment 1
  • 21 B Bender 1
  • 22 N Newtown Power Equipment 1
  • 23 M Maine Oxy 1
  • 24 K Keough's Paint & Hardware 1
  • 25 M Manchester Hardware 1
  • 26 C City True Value 1
  • 27 B Bethel Power Equipment 1
  • 28 N Norwich Lumber Co 1
  • 29 D Deep River Hardware Co Inc 1
  • 30 S Sholes Ace Hardware & Supply 1
  • 31 B Butler Equipment LLC 1
  • 32 V Valley Home Hardware & Garden Centre 1
  • 33 T True Value Of Bethel logo True Value Of Bethel 1
  • 34 M Main Hardware Supply 1
  • 35 S Schmidt's & Serafine's 1
  • 36 E Ed's Hardware 1
  • 37 A Anthony's Hardware Store 1
  • 38 H Hometown Tool 1
  • 39 R Red's Hardware 1
  • 40 T The Jack Farrelly Company 1
  • 41 G Greenwich Hardware 1
  • 42 V Village Hardware 1
  • 43 P Park Place Hardware 1
  • 44 M Milford Wood Trim 1
  • 45 S Stony Hill Hardware 1
  • 46 T True Value of Winchester 1
  • 47 R Rutkowski Hardware 1
  • 48 B Barnum Hardware 1
  • 49 C Carl's True Value 1
  • 50 S Suffield Hardware 1

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