Hardware Stores

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FIRST LOOK ON HARDWARE STORES

Report Number HT 075

Hardware store sales have been rebounding steadily over the past five years as the recovery in existing home sales led to increasing demand for lumber and building materials, plumbing fixtures and supplies, paint and allied products, tools, and lawn and garden equipment and supplies.  Hardware store sales are estimated to increase by about 6.0% during 2015.

These and other industry trends are uncovered in this up-to-date Catalina First Look on Hardware Stores.  This First Look also provides data on sales to residential and commercial customers, regional trends, and competition from home centers and other big boxes.  Data is compiled and analyzed from 1997 to the current year and the Executive Summary provides a five year forecast.

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• U.S. hardware store retail sales and factors driving demand
• Retail product sales mix
• Residential versus commercial customers
• Structure of hardware store business
• Competitive environment
• Outlook and five year forecast

HARDWARE STORE SALES TRENDS 

• U.S. sales and growth analysis         
• Real sales trends     
• Store price index trends
• Competition from home centers and other big boxes 

SALES BY PRODUCT TYPE

• Lumber and other building materials
• Plumbing fixtures and supplies
• Paint and allied products
• Tools
• Lawn and garden equipment and supplies
• Other products

FACTORS DRIVING DEMAND

• Existing home sales
• Employment, personal income, and mortgage rates    
• Consumer spending on remodeling projects               
• Nonresidential building construction spending

STRUCTURE OF HARDWARE STORE BUSINESS               

• Number of stores and total revenues  
• Sales products and services  
• Total employees, hourly wages, and revenues per employee 

COMPETITVE ENVIRONMENT 

• Hardware stores’ share of retail sales by major product                                  
• Number of hardware stores by region
• Share of hardware store sales for the top four chains
• Sales of leading hardware store chains 

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