Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 117 stores from 75 hardware store chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Northeastern Supply grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Harbor Freight Tools and True Value.

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
75
Tracked stores
117
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. Northeastern Supply and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Northeastern Supply logo Northeastern Supply - +18.8%
2 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +9.5%
3 T True Value logo True Value - +4.4%
4 V Vienna Paint - +1.9%
5 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -1.0%
6 T Thos. Somerville Co. - -15.6%
  • Harbor Freight Tools
  • Ace Hardware
  • True Value
  • Woodbine Ace Hardware
  • Fairfax Ace Hardware
  • Strosnider's
  • Strosniders Ace Hardware
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

117 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Harbor Freight Tools (15)
  • Ace Hardware (12)
  • True Value (4)
  • Woodbine Ace Hardware (1)
  • Fairfax Ace Hardware (1)
  • Strosnider's (2)
  • Strosniders Ace Hardware (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools 15
  • 2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 12
  • 3 V Vienna Paint 6
  • 4 N Northeastern Supply logo Northeastern Supply 5
  • 5 T True Value logo True Value 4
  • 6 T Thos. Somerville Co. 3
  • 7 S Strosnider's logo Strosnider's 2
  • 8 W Woodcraft logo Woodcraft 2
  • 9 M Monarch Paint & Design Centers 2
  • 10 C Color Wheel Paint Center 1
  • 11 D Dynamic Stone Tools 1
  • 12 P Poolesville Hardware 1
  • 13 P Piedmont Equipment 1
  • 14 C Commercial Mower Depot 1
  • 15 D Del Ray Hardware 1
  • 16 W Winsupply Loudoun VA Co. 1
  • 17 M Middleburg Millwork 1
  • 18 C City Electric Supply Manassas logo City Electric Supply Manassas 1
  • 19 W Washington Winnelson Co. 1
  • 20 A ArborTech Supply 1
  • 21 D D.W. Ogg Equipment Company 1
  • 22 K K&M Equipment Rental 1
  • 23 B Brandell's Lawn & Garden Services 1
  • 24 F Frisco Woodline 1
  • 25 C Cherrydale Hardware 1
  • 26 S Scott's Turf Equipment 1
  • 27 P Pinnacle Equipment Supplies 1
  • 28 K Kohler Equipment Inc 1
  • 29 B Brown's Hardware 1
  • 30 B Berryville Farm Supply 1
  • 31 B Belair Road Supply 1
  • 32 B Barrons Lumber Manassas logo Barrons Lumber Manassas 1
  • 33 L Lanham Cycle and Turf Equipment 1
  • 34 W Wilson Hardware 1
  • 35 A Arc3 Gases logo Arc3 Gases 1
  • 36 A AMES Tools logo AMES Tools 1
  • 37 A Atlantic Hardware Supply 1
  • 38 T T M O'Donnell Co 1
  • 39 C City Electric Supply Rockville logo City Electric Supply Rockville 1
  • 40 B Beltway Plaza Hardware 1
  • 41 T The Home Specialty Store 1
  • 42 C City Electric Supply Alexandria logo City Electric Supply Alexandria 1
  • 43 S Sheets Wholesale 1
  • 44 B Bill's Ace Hardware logo Bill's Ace Hardware 1
  • 45 A Ayers Variety & Hardware 1
  • 46 H Hyatt Building Supply 1
  • 47 A Annie's Ace Hardware 1
  • 48 V Virginia Outdoor Power Equipment 1
  • 49 R Rice Hardware 1
  • 50 L Logan Hardware logo Logan Hardware 1

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