Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in South Carolina

Iceflower tracks 288 stores from 162 hardware store chains in South Carolina. Gateway Supply Co. grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Landscapers Supply 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
162
Tracked stores
288
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. Gateway Supply Co. and Landscapers Supply sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gateway Supply Co. - +14.5%
2 L Landscapers Supply - +2.2%
3 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +1.5%
4 D Direct Tools Factory Outlet logo Direct Tools Factory Outlet - +0.4%
5 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -2.0%
6 T True Value logo True Value - -11.2%
7 P ProSource Plumbing Supply - -29.6%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • Grayco Hardware & Home
  • Gateway Supply Co.
  • Landscapers Supply
  • Tyler Brothers
  • Westbury's Ace Hardware
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

288 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (37)
  • Ace Hardware (50)
  • Grayco Hardware & Home (7)
  • Gateway Supply Co. (11)
  • Landscapers Supply (4)
  • Tyler Brothers (1)
  • Westbury's Ace Hardware (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 50
  • 2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 37
  • 3 T True Value logo True Value 13
  • 4 G Gateway Supply Co. 11
  • 5 G Grayco Hardware & Home logo Grayco Hardware & Home 7
  • 6 D Direct Tools Factory Outlet logo Direct Tools Factory Outlet 7
  • 7 L Landscapers Supply 4
  • 8 P ProSource Plumbing Supply 3
  • 9 T Thomas Supply Co Inc 2
  • 10 B Blanton Building Supplies 2
  • 11 B B and F Small Engine 1
  • 12 N Newberry Supply and Equipment 1
  • 13 N Northern Tool + Equipment logo Northern Tool + Equipment 1
  • 14 C City Electric Supply Indian Land logo City Electric Supply Indian Land 1
  • 15 B Bluffton Winsupply logo Bluffton Winsupply 1
  • 16 T Trailer Parts 4 U 1
  • 17 C Cross Hill Hardware and Supply 1
  • 18 W Windy Hill Hardware 1
  • 19 S Sellars Hardware and Electric 1
  • 20 A Abbeville Hardware 1
  • 21 G Greenwood Hardware Company 1
  • 22 S Summerton Hardware 1
  • 23 R Robinson Tools 1
  • 24 S Service Industrial Supply 1
  • 25 H Hartsville Outdoor Equipment 1
  • 26 S Shell Small Engine 1
  • 27 H Handyman's Market 1
  • 28 J J Wilbur Collins & Co 1
  • 29 C Carolina Plumbing Supply 1
  • 30 T The Lumberyard 1
  • 31 F Fairfield Hardware 1
  • 32 C Calhoun Supply 1
  • 33 O Oconee Welding Supply 1
  • 34 W Walsh Supply 1
  • 35 B Blanton Supplies 1
  • 36 A Allendale Hardware & Builders 1
  • 37 L Longley Supply Co 1
  • 38 W Wades Hardware 1
  • 39 C Coastal Fasteners & Supply 1
  • 40 F Florence Lock & Key 1
  • 41 F Fairfax Hardware 1
  • 42 H Hemingway Power Equipment 1
  • 43 C Carson's Nut-Bolt & Tool Co 1
  • 44 T Tyler Brothers 1
  • 45 K Kershaw Hardware 1
  • 46 S Scotts Hill Hardware and Supply 1
  • 47 C Carson's Nut Bolt and Tool Co 1
  • 48 F Folly Hardware logo Folly Hardware 1
  • 49 W Ware Shoals Hardware 1
  • 50 F Fortner Outdoors & Hardware 1

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