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. Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A
Ace Hardware
|
- | +19.5% |
| 2 |
H
Harbor Freight Tools
|
- | +10.6% |
| 3 | S Schumacher & Seiler | ▲1 | -17.8% |
| 4 |
T
True Value
|
▼1 | -47.3% |
| 5 | R Rommel's Ace Home Center | - | -65.0% |
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Ace Hardware
- Sneade's Ace Home Center
- North East Lowe's
- Costello's Ace Hardware
- Northeastern Supply
- Castle Wholesalers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
194 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Harbor Freight Tools (22)
- Ace Hardware (26)
- Sneade's Ace Home Center (2)
- North East Lowe's (1)
- Costello's Ace Hardware (3)
- Northeastern Supply (19)
- Castle Wholesalers (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
A
-
2
H
-
3
N
Northeastern Supply 19
-
4
T
- 5 S Schumacher & Seiler 5
- 6 R Rommel's Ace Home Center 5
-
7
C
- 8 T Three Mules Welding Supplies 2
- 9 B Belair Road Supply 2
- 10 S Sneade's Ace Home Center 2
- 11 C Castle Wholesalers 2
-
12
S
Strosnider's 2
- 13 B Beltway Plaza Hardware 1
- 14 T Tools and Accessories Corporation 1
- 15 A American Service Center Inc 1
- 16 E Eastern Service Corporation 1
- 17 P Poolesville Hardware 1
- 18 M Mackie's Home Center, Inc. 1
- 19 M Midway Lumber 1
- 20 S Suburban Paint & Commercial Supply 1
- 21 S Severna Lawn & Power 1
- 22 M MacMillan Outdoor Power Equipment 1
- 23 H Hubbert's Hardware 1
- 24 W Western Maryland Outdoor Power 1
- 25 A Ayd Hardware 1
- 26 N Nagel Hardware 1
- 27 E Easton Hardware & Floor Covering 1
- 28 C Commercial Mower Depot 1
- 29 S Shawley's Hardware 1
- 30 N Naylors Hardware 1
- 31 S Salisbury Noland 1
- 32 H Hardware Plus 1
- 33 B B & N Sales Inc 1
- 34 B Benjamin Lumber and Fuel Co 1
- 35 E Elliott's Hardware 1
- 36 S Sandyfill Reclamation 1
- 37 R Robnet Fasteners 1
- 38 K Kohler Equipment Inc 1
- 39 K Kefauver Lumber Company 1
- 40 D Delta Lumber 1
- 41 C Clarks Ace Hardware 1
- 42 F Frostburg Rental & Sales 1
- 43 T Toolman Inc. 1
- 44 L Lanham Cycle and Turf Equipment 1
- 45 N Newsom Seed 1
- 46 T The Farmers & Planters Co. 1
- 47 E Eldersberg Sales & Service Repair 1
- 48 A Allegany Concrete 1
- 49 S Schneider Paint and Hardware 1
- 50 H Hoopers Island Hardware 1
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