Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Iceflower tracks 139 stores from 89 hardware store chains in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Creative Paint grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight 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
89
Tracked stores
139
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. Creative Paint and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Creative Paint - +17.5%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +13.4%
3 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +3.3%
4 T True Value logo True Value - -0.5%
5 O Outdoor Supply Hardware logo Outdoor Supply Hardware - -1.4%
  • Ace Hardware
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Outdoor Supply Hardware
  • Rafael Lumber and Building Supply
  • Pini Hardware
  • Cole Hardware
  • Ashby Lumber
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

139 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Ace Hardware (28)
  • Harbor Freight Tools (8)
  • Outdoor Supply Hardware (5)
  • Rafael Lumber and Building Supply (1)
  • Pini Hardware (1)
  • Cole Hardware (2)
  • Ashby Lumber (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 28
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 8
  • 3 O Outdoor Supply Hardware logo Outdoor Supply Hardware 5
  • 4 B Bayshore Supply 4
  • 5 T True Value logo True Value 4
  • 6 C Creative Paint 3
  • 7 C Cole Hardware 2
  • 8 A Ashby Lumber 2
  • 9 G General Plumbing Supply 2
  • 10 D Dolan's Lumber 2
  • 11 O Oakland Rentals 1
  • 12 N Nob Hill Hardware 1
  • 13 E East Bay Welding Supply 1
  • 14 W Waterstreet Hardware & Marine 1
  • 15 U U Save Plumbing & Hardware 1
  • 16 G Great Wall Hardware 1
  • 17 A American ACE Supply Inc 1
  • 18 W Win Long Ocean Hardware 1
  • 19 U Universal Supply True Value 1
  • 20 B Bailey Rentals and Hardware 1
  • 21 J Joseph's Lawnmower and Lock Shop 1
  • 22 C Cal-Wood Flooring Supply, Inc. 1
  • 23 H House of Color 1
  • 24 S Superior Hardware Supply 1
  • 25 E Encinal Hardware 1
  • 26 O Orchard Supply Hardware logo Orchard Supply Hardware 1
  • 27 O Orinda Hardware 1
  • 28 N North Bay Gas 1
  • 29 J Jim Corbet's 1
  • 30 H Handy Handyman Hardware 1
  • 31 A Alamo Hardware Ace 1
  • 32 P Papenhausen Hardware 1
  • 33 T Tool Tech Construction Supply 1
  • 34 G G Mazzei and Sons Hardware 1
  • 35 H Hulbert Lumber Co. 1
  • 36 G Grand Avenue Hardware 1
  • 37 H Home Hardware logo Home Hardware 1
  • 38 S SF Hardware 1
  • 39 H Hardware Unlimited 1
  • 40 T Telegraph Hardware 1
  • 41 H Hayward Tools and Equipment 1
  • 42 B Brisbane Hardware 1
  • 43 L Leo's Appliance Parts 1
  • 44 S Sartor Quality Saw Works 1
  • 45 A Alan Steel & Supply Co 1
  • 46 W Win Long 1
  • 47 M Montclair Village Hardware 1
  • 48 T Tooland Inc 1
  • 49 A Ashby Plumbing & Heating Supply 1
  • 50 P Powered by Hassett 1

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