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Hardware Manufacturing in Canada - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Chris DellaCamera Chris DellaCamera New York, United States Last Updated: August 2024 NAICS 33251CA

Revenue

$2.1bn

2024

$2.1bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

6,501

Businesses

171

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Hardware Manufacturing in Canada industry analysis

The Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada has been defined by volatile trade and downstream markets over the past five years. Companies in the Household Furniture Manufacturing and Car and Automobile Manufacturing industries in Canada, as well as construction markets and consumers, purchase hardware products manufactured by this industry. A strong housing market, driven by low interest rates due to the pandemic, supported the industry in 2020 and 2021, but declines in residential construction late in the period hurt demand for industry goods. Still, overall growth in the number of housing starts has staved off sharper declines amid economic uncertainty. Revenue is forecast to fall at a CAGR of 3.0% to $2.1 billion through the end of 2024, with a forecast rise of 2.6% during the current year as spending begins to recover. 

Trends and Insights

  • The industry produces metal hardware products like hinges, handles, keys and locks. These items are essential for sectors including construction, autos, and furniture manufacturing and are widely used in various downstream markets.
  • The hardware industry is categorized into construction, motor vehicles, furniture and other products. Each segment includes latches, handles, hooks, hinges and springs, essential for different applications.
  • Hardware manufacturing in Canada is concentrated in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. This distribution aligns closely with population density, corresponding to the size of relevant downstream markets.
  • The industry has a low market share concentration, with the industry's largest player expected to account for less than 10.0% of industry revenue in 2024. Most companies employ fewer than 50 workers, with over 70.0% employing fewer than ten workers.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 3.0 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.1bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The level of downstream demand reflects the housing and business cycles

  • Investment in the residential housing construction and renovation markets boomed in response to low interest rates in 2021. Inflationary pressure and higher borrowing costs have weighed on demand growth in recent years.
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Hardware Manufacturing in Canada
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Increased demand for industry products

  • Consumer demand for automobiles will climb over the next five years, though many transportation equipment manufacturing facilities are located internationally.

Biggest companies in the Hardware Manufacturing in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Assa
323.0
51.8
16.0
Stanley Black & Decker
71.2
N/A
N/A
FBHS
31.1
2.6
8.4

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Products & Services Segmentation

Hardware Manufacturing in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Furniture hardware , Motor vehicle hardware and Construction hardware . Furniture hardware is the largest segment of the Hardware Manufacturing in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Construction hardware has grown as a market segment

  • Construction hardware consists of products such as door hinges, knobs, locks and handles that are sold to various domestic and international markets.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada manufactures forms of metal hardware. Items produced include metal hinges, metal handles, keys and locks, but exclude time locks and coin-operated locks.

What's included in this industry?

Metal furniture hardware and caster manufacturingMetal appliance hardware manufacturingBuilder's metal hardware manufacturing

Companies

AssaStanley Black & DeckerFBHS

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Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 332510 - Hardware Manufacturing in Canada

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

The industry produces metal hardware products like hinges, handles, keys and locks. These items are essential for sectors including construction, autos, and furniture manufac...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The hardware industry is categorized into construction, motor vehicles, furniture and other products. Each segment includes latches, handles, hooks, hinges and springs, essen...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Hardware manufacturing in Canada is concentrated in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. This distribution aligns closely with population density, corresponding to ...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The industry has a low market share concentration, with the industry's largest player expected to account for less than 10.0% of industry revenue in 2024. Most companies empl...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Assa Abloy is a global leader in access control solutions, focusing on identification technology, automatic doors and hotel security. Following US antitrust opposition to its...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Assa's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Stanley Black & Decker's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of FBHS's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Assa, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Stanley Black & Decker, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for FBHS, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada gets moderate government support, mainly through tariffs. Imports face Most Favoured Nation tariffs unless from countries with t...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Hardware manufacturers' cost structures differ based on efficiency and automation. Understanding how to manage costs effectively can help improve long-term performance for co...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Assets (2017-2022)
  • Liabilities (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada in 2024?

The market size of the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada is $2.1bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Hardware Manufacturing in Canada industry in 2024?

There are 171 businesses in the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada has been declining at a CAGR of 3.0 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Hardware Manufacturing market in Canada?

The biggest companies operating in the Hardware Manufacturing market in Canada are Assa, Stanley Black & Decker and FBHS

What does the Hardware Manufacturing in Canada include?

Metal furniture hardware and caster manufacturing and Metal appliance hardware manufacturing are part of the Hardware Manufacturing industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Hardware Manufacturing in Canada?

The company holding the most market share in Canada is Assa.

How competitive is the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Hardware Manufacturing industry in Canada.

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Competitors

  • Tool & Hardware Wholesaling in Canada

Complementors

  • Structural Metal Product Manufacturing in Canada
  • Wire & Spring Manufacturing in Canada
  • Screw, Nut & Bolt Manufacturing in Canada
  • Ball Bearing Manufacturing in Canada
  • Wiring Device Manufacturing in Canada

International industries

  • Safe & Vault Manufacturing in the US
  • Door Lock & Lockset Manufacturing in the US
  • Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing in Australia
  • Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing in New Zealand
  • Lock & Hinge Manufacturing in the UK

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Each industry report incorporates data and research from government databases, industry-specific sources, industry contacts, and our own proprietary database of statistics and analysis to provide balanced, independent and accurate insights.

Key data sources in Canada include:

  • Statistics Canada
  • Industry Canada
  • Canadian Business Patterns

Analysts also use industry specific sources to complement catch-all sources, although their perspective may focus on a particular organization or representative body, rather than a clear overview of all industry operations. However, when balanced against other perspectives, industry-specific sources provide insights into industry trends.

These sources include:

  • Industry and trade associations
  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

Finally, IBISWorld’s global data scientists maintain a proprietary database of macroeconomic and demand drivers, which our analysts use to help inform industry data and trends. They also maintain a database of statistics and analysis on thousands of industries, which has been built over our more than 50-year history and offers comprehensive insights into long-term trends.

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