Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Industry Financials

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Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Industry Financial Summary

The building material supply industry in the US includes 50,000 companies with combined annual sales of $250 billion. Large companies include Home Depot and Lowe's. Some independently owned stores belong to wholesale cooperatives like Ace Hardware and True Value, that buy materials in bulk, and resell them to members. Despite consolidation at the top, the industry remains fragmented. A large individual store has annual revenue of $10 million.

The home center and hardware store industry (home improvement retailers) includes about 30,000 stores with combined annual revenue of about $200 billion. Major companies include Home Depot, Lowe's, True Value Hardware, and Ace Hardware. The industry is concentrated at the top but fragmented at the bottom: Home Depot and Lowe's are about 60 percent of industry sales.

Using the 2002 Census Bureau Economic Census, Hoover's has generated an industry financial summary for the Home Improvement & Hardware Retail industry.

NAICSNAICS DescriptionEstablishmentsSales, Receipts, or Shipments ($1,000)Annual Payroll ($1,000)Paid Employees
444110Home centers5,644$94,759,588$9,401,241411,656
444120Paint & wallpaper stores7,857$7,987,141$1,163,18341,720
444130Hardware stores15,103$16,601,582$2,591,062142,881
444190Other building material dealers38,586$96,292,608$13,127,010392,450
453998All other miscellaneous store retailers (except tobacco stores)18,535$11,934,400$2,031,58190,218
 All NAICS Sectors85,725$227,575,319$28,314,0771,078,925

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