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Overview:
Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) are the two largest home improvement retailers in the US with over 2,000 stores each. And these stores are enormous, averaging over 100,000 SF each. The total market for home improvement sales is approaching $500 billion per year.
Lowe’s was founded in 1946 and Home Depot in 1978.

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Although Ace Hardware has more stores than either HD or LOW, they tend to be much smaller and do not compete in most areas such as lumber and home improvement. Home Depot and Lowe’s are about