Where
Northern Tool + Equipment records added to the index
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are the records the index added for this brand, which are not all store openings — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Northern Tool + Equipment already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
This brand's index coverage is still maturing, so growth percentages are withheld.
Northern Tool + Equipment
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Home Improvement & Hardware
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing Northern Tool + Equipment in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against Northern Tool + Equipment — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Northern Tool + Equipment against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Northern Tool + Equipment plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Northern Tool + Equipment
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Leadership
Wade Kotula
CEO
Ryan Kotula
Chairman of the Board
Knowing how fast Northern Tool + Equipment is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones Northern Tool + Equipment already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.