Ace Hardware Corporation

Oak Brook, IL United States

 

Company Description

In an age of big-box home improvement centers (Home Depot, Lowes), Ace makes the case for the local hadeware store. By sales it is the #1 hardware cooperative in the US, ahead of Do It Best. Ace dealer-owners operate more than 4,440 Ace Hardware stores, home centers, and lumber and building materials locations in all 50 US states and about 60 other countries. Stores range in size from small, urban shops to large rural locations. From about 15 warehouses Ace distributes such products as electrical and plumbing supplies, garden equipment, hand tools, housewares, and power tools. Its paint division is also a major paint manufacturer in the US. Ace was founded in 1924 by a group of Chicago hardware store owners.