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The Home Improvement Stores industry enters 2026 on a solid but moderating footing, with revenue reaching $294.6 billion in 2025, up 2.3% from 2024. The industry’s growth over the past five years highlights its resilience in navigating housing volatility, inflation and interest rate hikes. The resilient DIY boom, surging e-commerce adoption and sustained demand for renovation materials and tools power growth, as consumers remodel their homes for comfort, efficiency and personalization. At the same time, heavy digital investment, omnichannel logistics and tighter loyalty ecosystems have strengthened the dominance of Home Depot and Lowe’s, allowing them to preserve scale advantages and protect profit even as smaller independents struggle.
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IBISWorld's research coverage on the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States includes market sizing, forecasting, data and analysis from 2015-2030. The most recent publication was released December 2025.
The Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States operates under the NAICS industry code 44411. Stores in this industry sell a range of home repair and maintenance goods, such as hardware, tools, electrical goods, lumber and structural materials for construction and renovations. Hardware stores, which are generally smaller and sell fewer items, are excluded from this industry. Home improvement companies purchase goods from manufacturers and wholesalers and sell them to end users, such as do-it-yourself consumers and professional contractors. Related terms covered in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States include do-it-yourself (diy), do-it-for-me (difm), professional customers and point-of-sale (pos).
Products and services covered in Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States include Lumber and other building and structural materials, Hardware, tools and plumbing and electrical supplies and Lawn, garden and farm equipment supplies.
Companies covered in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States include Home Depot, inc., Lowes Companies Inc. and Menard, Inc.
The Performance chapter covers detailed analysis, datasets, detailed current performance, sources of volatility and an outlook with forecasts for the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.
Questions answered in this chapter include what's driving current industry performance, what influences industry volatility, how do successful businesses overcome volatility, what's driving the industry outlook. This analysis is supported with data and statistics on industry revenues, costs, profits, businesses and employees.
The Products and Markets chapter covers detailed products and service segmentation and analysis of major markets for the for the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.
Questions answered in this chapter include how are the industry's products and services performing, what are innovations in industry products and services, what products or services do successful businesses offer and what's influencing demand from the industry's markets. This includes data and statistics on industry revenues by product and service segmentation and major markets.
The Geographic Breakdown chapter covers detailed analysis and datasets on regional performance of the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.
Questions answered in this chapter include where are industry businesses located and how do businesses use location to their advantage. This includes data and statistics on industry revenues by location.
The Competitive Forces chapter covers the concentration, barriers to entry and supplier and buyer profiles in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States. This includes data and statistics on industry market share concentration, barriers to entry, substitute products and buyer & supplier power.
Questions answered in this chapter include what impacts the industry's market share concentration, how do successful businesses handle concentration, what challenges do potential industry entrants face, how can potential entrants overcome barriers to entry, what are substitutes for industry services, how do successful businesses compete with substitutes and what power do buyers and suppliers have over the industry and how do successful businesses manage buyer & supplier power.
The Companies chapter covers Key Takeaways, Market Share and Companies in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States. This includes data and analysis on companies operating in the industry that hold a market share greater than 5%.
Questions answered in this chapter include what companies have a meaningful market share and how each company is performing.
The External Environment chapter covers Key Takeaways, External Drivers, Regulation & Policy and Assistance in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States. This includes data and statistics on factors impacting industry revenue such as economic indicators, regulation, policy and assistance programs.
Questions answered in this chapter include what demographic and macroeconomic factors impact the industry, what regulations impact the industry, what assistance is available to this industry.
The Financial Benchmarks chapter covers Key Takeaways, Cost Structure, Financial Ratios, Valuation Multiples and Key Ratios in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States. This includes financial data and statistics on industry performance including key cost inputs, profitability, key financial ratios and enterprise value multiples.
Questions answered in this chapter include what trends impact industry costs and how financial ratios have changed overtime.
The Industry Data chapter includes 10 years of historical data with 5 years of forecast data covering statistics like revenue, industry value add, establishments, enterprises, employment and wages in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.
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The market size of the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States is $285.4bn in 2026.
There are 4,868 businesses in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 6.1 % between 2020 and 2025.
The Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.
The Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.
The market size of the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States has been growing at a CAGR of 2.4 % between 2020 and 2025.
Over the next five years, the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States are Home Depot, inc., Lowes Companies Inc. and Menard, Inc.
Retailing plumbing goods and Retailing electrical goods are part of the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.
The company holding the most market share in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States is Home Depot, inc..
The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Home Improvement Stores industry in the United States.