Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 660 stores from 408 hardware store chains in Ohio. Ace Hardware grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Robertson Heating Supply Co and AMES Tools.

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
408
Tracked stores
660
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. Ace Hardware and Robertson Heating Supply Co sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +18.3%
2 R Robertson Heating Supply Co ▲1 +10.0%
3 A AMES Tools logo AMES Tools ▲1 +8.7%
4 B Buckeye Power Sales ▲1 +6.4%
5 B Bridgeport Equipment and Tool - +5.3%
6 V Village Hardware ▲1 +2.6%
7 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +0.1%
8 F Famous Supply - -1.8%
9 T True Value logo True Value ▲1 -7.5%
10 Z Zettler Hardware logo Zettler Hardware - -7.9%
11 R Rocky's Ace Hardware logo Rocky's Ace Hardware ▼1 -9.9%
12 A Active Plumbing Supply Company - -17.3%
13 W Woodcraft logo Woodcraft ▼2 -24.1%
14 W Woods Hardware logo Woods Hardware ▼1 -25.8%
15 M Mesco Electrical Supply ▼1 -54.9%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • Hartville Hardware
  • Famous Supply
  • Keim Home Center
  • True Value
  • Rocky's Ace Hardware
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

660 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (70)
  • Ace Hardware (95)
  • Hartville Hardware (2)
  • Famous Supply (18)
  • Keim Home Center (1)
  • True Value (29)
  • Rocky's Ace Hardware (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 95
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 70
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 29
  • 4 F Famous Supply 18
  • 5 A Active Plumbing Supply Company 7
  • 6 W Woodcraft logo Woodcraft 4
  • 7 V Village Hardware 3
  • 8 W Woods Hardware logo Woods Hardware 3
  • 9 A AMES Tools logo AMES Tools 3
  • 10 R Robertson Heating Supply Co 3
  • 11 B Buckeye Power Sales 3
  • 12 M Mesco Electrical Supply 3
  • 13 E E&H Ace Hardware 3
  • 14 B Bridgeport Equipment and Tool 3
  • 15 Z Zettler Hardware logo Zettler Hardware 3
  • 16 R Rocky's Ace Hardware logo Rocky's Ace Hardware 3
  • 17 H Hartville Hardware 2
  • 18 W Wiseway Supply logo Wiseway Supply 2
  • 19 H Hemly Tool Supply 2
  • 20 A American Equipment Service 2
  • 21 O Orme Hardware 2
  • 22 B Beck Paint & Hardware 2
  • 23 G Greive Hardware 2
  • 24 B Bloom Brothers Supply 2
  • 25 M McCabe Do it Center 2
  • 26 M Marshall Power Equipment 2
  • 27 F Farm & Home Hardware 2
  • 28 W Williams Hardware 2
  • 29 K Kibler Lumber 2
  • 30 D Direct Tools Factory Outlet logo Direct Tools Factory Outlet 2
  • 31 G Gillman Home Center logo Gillman Home Center 2
  • 32 K Keim Home Center 1
  • 33 Z Ziegler Bolt & Parts Company 1
  • 34 W WRIGHT BROS. POWER 1
  • 35 M Manchester Hardware 1
  • 36 F Fayetteville Hardware & Supply 1
  • 37 W Western Reserve Hardware 1
  • 38 M McCabe Outdoor Power 1
  • 39 C Clarky's Closeouts 1
  • 40 C Construction Equipment & Supply 1
  • 41 K Kamph's Rental Place & Hardware 1
  • 42 C Cincinnati Wholesale Supply 1
  • 43 S Summit Paint Center 1
  • 44 C Century Trading Company 1
  • 45 D Danville Feed & Supply 1
  • 46 B Baker Vehicle Systems 1
  • 47 M Modern Home and Hardware 1
  • 48 I Ironman Contractor Supply 1
  • 49 N Northfield Power Equipment 1
  • 50 S SWH Supply Co. 1

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