Explore the Best and Largest Home Improvement Stores Near You
Updated: Mar. 18, 2024
Which one of these home improvement stores is your favorite?
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Menards
While Menards might not have quite the same amount of stores on the rest of this list (305 to be exact), it’s become a well-known Midwestern chain that holds its own against the big dogs like The Home Depot and Lowe’s. In fact, The Statistics Portal ranks Menards as number two of leading home improvement store chains in the United States in 2017, by customer satisfaction (based on a 1,000 point scale). Menards prides itself on being the low price leader in the home improvement industry, and is known for its special deals and rebate offerings. And while it’s a home improvement retailer at its core, Menards also sells food, mattresses and personal care products. Protect your home during remodeling with these items available at Menards and other home improvement centers.
The Home Depot
The Home Depot ranks up there as one of the most popular home improvement stores in the U.S. The retail company is best known for selling tools, construction products and offering services. The Home Depot values its DIY customers and also caters to the professional customer, especially professional remodelers, general contractors and small business owners, with big-ticket items influencing sales growth. The home improvement giant is also pushing its “interconnected retail” aspect, with associates using handheld devices to help customers complete online sales in the aisle, as well as help expedite the checkout process for customers during busy hours. Here are the 8 best value hand tools you can find at The Home Depot.
Lowe’s Home Improvement
Lowe’s is another giant chain with major influence. However, unlike The Home Depot, Lowe’s has long been catering to the DIYer with its offerings. It has also been pushing its sales in the pro contractor/MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) markets, with a major selection of MRO products on the site, with most capable of being delivered in one or two days. Lowe’s also caters to contractors or buyers with the “bulk contractor packs” which offer pro customers discounted products that they use most, including nails, caulk, coaxial cable and wiring materials.
Do It Best Corporation
Do it Best, formerly known as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., is known for its hardware, lumber and building materials. With thousands of member-owned locations throughout the United States and 52 other countries, consumers find it a noteworthy alternative to what is often referred to as “the big box hardware stores,” while still providing the same offerings you would expect at those more well-known chains stores. The company caters heavily toward the online consumer, offering the same products previously only available in home improvement centers. “We’ve continually invested in doitbest.com to ensure your online shopping experience is better every day by adding more products, expanding product categories, and further enhancing our service to you,” the company says on its website. If you’re interested in home improvement but have a tight budget, check out these 10 affordable projects.
Build With BMC
Whether you want the materials to build a deck, or you’re in dire need of a professional to do it for you, BMC is a great home improvement store in the Southeast and West. Building Materials & Construction Services, better known as BMC, sells lumber and building materials, doors and millwork, windows, flooring, and they have a pro retail store, paint specialists, they provide construction solutions and so much more. BMC heavily markets to the pro consumer, while also ensuring general hardware and supplies are a mainstay for the more novice or generalized customer. If you do want to DIY your own deck, here’s some helpful info!
