Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 269 stores from 171 hardware store chains in Kentucky. Harbor Freight Tools grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and Cole Lumber.

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
171
Tracked stores
269
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. Harbor Freight Tools and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +4.0%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -3.3%
3 C Cole Lumber - -17.9%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • WD Bryant & Son Ace
  • Akridge Farm Supply
  • Great Lakes Ace Hardware
  • Brownsboro Hardware & Paint
  • Wiseway Supply
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

269 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (32)
  • Ace Hardware (52)
  • WD Bryant & Son Ace (1)
  • Akridge Farm Supply (2)
  • Great Lakes Ace Hardware (1)
  • Brownsboro Hardware & Paint (2)
  • Wiseway Supply (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 52
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 32
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 6
  • 4 C Cole Lumber 4
  • 5 M Modern Supply Company 3
  • 6 A Akridge Farm Supply 2
  • 7 B Brownsboro Hardware & Paint 2
  • 8 W Wiseway Supply logo Wiseway Supply 2
  • 9 S Shop-O-Rama 2
  • 10 S Southern Wholesale 2
  • 11 M Masters' Supply 2
  • 12 P Patron's Home Center 1
  • 13 L Louisa Do It Best Hardware 1
  • 14 C Cane Run Hardware 1
  • 15 W Wil-Mik Inc 1
  • 16 G Ginn Hardware and Auto Parts 1
  • 17 B Brasher's Hometown Hardware 1
  • 18 L Lagrange Hardware Supply LLC 1
  • 19 E Edmondson Supply 1
  • 20 G Garrard Hardware 1
  • 21 H Homeowner's Hardware 1
  • 22 J Johnsons Home Center 1
  • 23 D Diamond Screw Products Inc 1
  • 24 B Basham Lumber Co Inc 1
  • 25 L Lessenberry Do it Center 1
  • 26 W Wellman Hardware 1
  • 27 E Eastern Welding Supply 1
  • 28 H Halsey's Country Store 1
  • 29 A Adams Hardware and Supply 1
  • 30 F Frederick & May Lumber Co. 1
  • 31 F Future Designs Building Materials 1
  • 32 S Station 23 Outdoor Equipment 1
  • 33 P Perfection Rubber & Supply Company, Inc. 1
  • 34 B Brodhead Farm Mart 1
  • 35 H Haley Hardware 1
  • 36 K Kibler Lumber DO It Express 1
  • 37 D Dowell's Hardware 1
  • 38 P Prime Choice Building Supply 1
  • 39 S Sebree Hardware And Rental 1
  • 40 H H and H Home and Hardware 1
  • 41 L Lyons Ace Hardware 1
  • 42 M Miller Lumber Company 1
  • 43 H Hikes Point Paint & Wallpaper 1
  • 44 L Lexington Outdoor Power Equipment 1
  • 45 K Kentucky Mine Supply Co. 1
  • 46 C Cantrell Lighting & Supply 1
  • 47 L Louisville Tile Distributors 1
  • 48 L Lewis Hill Sales 1
  • 49 T T & D Hardware 1
  • 50 M Mayfield Lawn & Garden 1

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