Home Centers & Hardware Stores
Industry Description
The US home center and hardware store, or home improvement retail, industry includes about 23,000 hardware stores and home centers with combined annual revenue of about $150 billion. Major home center companies include The Home Depot and Lowe's Companies; major hardware store companies include True Value Company and Ace Hardware. The home center segment of the industry is highly concentrated: the top four companies account for more than 90 percent of segment revenue. The hardware store segment of the industry is fragmented: the top 50 companies account for about 30 percent of segment revenue.
SIC: 5211, 5251
NAICS: 444110, 444130
NAICS: 444110, 444130
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Commercial & Heavy Construction Contractors, Residential Construction Contractors, Warehouse Clubs & Superstores, Household Appliance Stores, Lumber Wholesalers, Nursery & Floriculture Production, Building Material DealersTo get access to the full industry record, register now.
Top 5 Companies
| Company | Sales | Location |
|---|---|---|
| The Home Depot, Inc. | 67,997.00M | Atlanta, GA |
| BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED | 58,140.06M | Hawthorn East, Vic |
| MASTERS HOME IMPROVEMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 57,509.13M | Bella Vista, Nsw |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 48,815.00M | Mooresville, NC |
| ATLANTIC S.A.E.C.A. | 34,906.09M | Asuncion, Paraguay |
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More "Green" Products - Growing consumer concern over global warming, environmental causes, and...
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US consumer spending on durable goods, an indicator of home center and hardware sales, fell a slight 0.6 percent in November 2011 compared to the same month in 2010.
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Home Sales Increase - US sales of existing homes rose 11.3 percent in September 2011 compared to the same month of the previous year, but sales still declined on...
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