Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Maine

Iceflower tracks 177 stores from 119 hardware store chains in Maine. True Value grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Aubuchon Hardware and Ace Hardware.

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
119
Tracked stores
177
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. True Value and Aubuchon Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T True Value logo True Value ▲1 +16.7%
2 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware - +10.9%
3 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▲1 +5.2%
4 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +0.6%
5 W Ware-Butler Building Supply ▼2 -100.0%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Aubuchon Hardware
  • Ace Hardware
  • Eldredge Lumber & Ace Hardware
  • Ames True Value Hardware and Supply
  • Plummer's Hardware
  • Eldredge Lumber and Hardware
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

177 tracked store locations in Maine. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (9)
  • Aubuchon Hardware (19)
  • Ace Hardware (11)
  • Eldredge Lumber & Ace Hardware (1)
  • Ames True Value Hardware and Supply (1)
  • Plummer's Hardware (1)
  • Eldredge Lumber and Hardware (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware 19
  • 2 W Ware-Butler Building Supply 13
  • 3 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 11
  • 4 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 9
  • 5 T True Value logo True Value 7
  • 6 M Maine Oxy 2
  • 7 D Deering Lumber 2
  • 8 S Skillin's Greenhouses logo Skillin's Greenhouses 2
  • 9 G Greenway Equipment Sales 2
  • 10 C Crandall's Hardware 1
  • 11 H Harvey's Hardware 1
  • 12 S Sterns Lumber Co 1
  • 13 E Ellsworth Chainsaw 1
  • 14 W Winsupply of Presque Isle 1
  • 15 U Union Hardware 1
  • 16 L Lewiston Paint & Wallpaper 1
  • 17 S Selco Plumbing and Heating Supplies 1
  • 18 T Three Rivers Hardware 1
  • 19 N Northland True Value Hardware 1
  • 20 D Depot Square Hardware and Variety 1
  • 21 F Freeport Hardware 1
  • 22 O Oxford Lawn and Garden 1
  • 23 H Home Supply Center 1
  • 24 H Hansons Hometown Hardware 1
  • 25 N Northeastern Supply logo Northeastern Supply 1
  • 26 Q Quinn Hardware 1
  • 27 G Grover's Hardware 1
  • 28 G Gosline's Hardware 1
  • 29 C Campbell's True Value logo Campbell's True Value 1
  • 30 J Jackman True Value Hardware 1
  • 31 M McEachern & Hutchins 1
  • 32 C Campbell's Agway 1
  • 33 M Mallett's Lumber Mill 1
  • 34 C Calais Ace Home Center 1
  • 35 W Wares Power Equipment 1
  • 36 W Winslow Supply 1
  • 37 W Welch's Hardware & Lumber 1
  • 38 P Pond Cove Paint 1
  • 39 B Bangor Paint and Wallpaper 1
  • 40 L Landscape Supply Center 1
  • 41 P Pete's Hardware 1
  • 42 M Machias River General 1
  • 43 S Scovil Building Supply 1
  • 44 A Anderson Marine & Hardware 1
  • 45 S Surry General Store 1
  • 46 T Taylor True Value Rental logo Taylor True Value Rental 1
  • 47 C Champagne True Value Lumber and Hardware 1
  • 48 L Lubec Hardware 1
  • 49 M Maine Hardware 1
  • 50 L Liberty Tool Company 1

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