Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in New York

Iceflower tracks 740 stores from 483 hardware store chains in New York. Home Central grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and Curtis Lumber Co Inc.

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
483
Tracked stores
740
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. Home Central and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Home Central - +16.0%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +11.8%
3 C Curtis Lumber Co Inc logo Curtis Lumber Co Inc - +7.6%
4 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +3.2%
5 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware - +3.2%
6 C Costello's Ace Hardware logo Costello's Ace Hardware - +1.3%
7 T True Value logo True Value - -6.5%
8 V Valu Home Centers - -7.8%
9 H Hector's Hardware - -12.4%
10 V Valu Home Center - -12.5%
11 T Tractor Supply logo Tractor Supply - -13.3%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Curtis Lumber Co Inc
  • Ace Hardware
  • Lowe's ProServices
  • Hatchet Hardware
  • Valu Home Centers
  • True Value
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

740 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (75)
  • Curtis Lumber Co Inc (13)
  • Ace Hardware (65)
  • Lowe's ProServices (1)
  • Hatchet Hardware (4)
  • Valu Home Centers (19)
  • True Value (44)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 75
  • 2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 65
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 44
  • 4 V Valu Home Centers 19
  • 5 C Curtis Lumber Co Inc logo Curtis Lumber Co Inc 13
  • 6 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware 12
  • 7 V Valu Home Center 8
  • 8 N N&S Supply 5
  • 9 H Hatchet Hardware logo Hatchet Hardware 4
  • 10 H Hector's Hardware 4
  • 11 C Costello's Ace Hardware logo Costello's Ace Hardware 3
  • 12 H Home Central 3
  • 13 T Tractor Supply logo Tractor Supply 3
  • 14 R Rogers & Tenbrook 2
  • 15 H Hulbert Supply Inc 2
  • 16 T Tool Ranch 2
  • 17 C Capitol District Supply 2
  • 18 D Do It Best logo Do It Best 2
  • 19 O Outdoor Power 2
  • 20 B Bison Turf Equipment logo Bison Turf Equipment 2
  • 21 S Shanor Electric Supplies 2
  • 22 T Taylor True Value Rental logo Taylor True Value Rental 2
  • 23 I Ithaca Agway Farm & Home Center 1
  • 24 R Rex's Hardware 1
  • 25 A Allen & Palmer 1
  • 26 D Dominic's Hardware and Supply 1
  • 27 W Woodcutters Headquarters 1
  • 28 T The Used Tool Truck Inc 1
  • 29 W Woodchop Shop 1
  • 30 M Meier Supply 1
  • 31 H Hiawatha Fasteners 1
  • 32 W Wadeson Home Center 1
  • 33 K Knapp & Schlappi Lumber Co. 1
  • 34 C Country Squire Supply 1
  • 35 N Nunda Lumber & Hardware, Inc. 1
  • 36 S Sully's Sales & Service 1
  • 37 H Hynes Electrical Supply 1
  • 38 M Meier Supply Company 1
  • 39 U University Hardware & Housewares 1
  • 40 W Windham Hardware 1
  • 41 C Chautauqua Brick 1
  • 42 A All Weather Power Equipment 1
  • 43 B Buckingham Hardware and Great Outdoors 1
  • 44 S Southtowns Supply 1
  • 45 T T & T Sales 1
  • 46 D DeLollo's Hardware 1
  • 47 M Medina Lumber & Hardware 1
  • 48 F Flint Bros Hardware Inc. 1
  • 49 S Stratton Hardware 1
  • 50 R Rockland Hardware And Paint 1

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