Thanks for visiting us online. If you have a moment, we'd like to tell you a bit about Ace Hardware.

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Over 4,600 of Ace's 4,700 stores around the globe are independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.

Ace stores come in all sizes and shapes based on the needs of each individual neighborhood. We have small, urban stores, large rural stores and everything in between. Ace stores offer a wide variety of paint, lawn and garden, tools, local niche services and virtually anything you'll ever need to fix, repair and maintain your home. And of course, Ace is most certainly the place with the helpful hardware folks!

Founded in 1924 by a small group of Chicago hardware store owners, Ace changed the retail landscape by allowing individual stores to purchase merchandise in bulk to save money and buy at the lowest possible price. This partnership enabled even the smaller stores to compete effectively at retail despite larger stores in their market. And to this very day, Ace Hardware Corporation is still owned solely and exclusively by the local Ace retail entrepreneurs. For more details, visit the Company History section under the News Room link.

Thanks for visiting us at AceHardware.com. For a far more personal form of service, be sure to visit us at your local Ace store. And the moment you walk in the door, you'll know why we are Ace...The Helpful Place.

Minimum liquid cash required:$250,000.

Net worth required:$400,000.

7 reasons why Ace Hardware is the right business investment

With 152 stores opening in 2013, other successful individuals like you choose Ace Hardware for business ownership because:

Join America’s neighborhood hardware retailer

The Ace ownership opportunity is unlike any other business opportunity. Ace Hardware is a retailer owned cooperative, meaning Ace retailers are the owners of the corporation. In addition to being part owner of a world-class corporation, you pay no royalty fees and a portion of the profits get distributed back to the retail owners each year.

By joining Ace, you reap the benefits of collective buying power and having a global brand along with independent ownership. You will also have the flexibility to customize your offerings based on your customers’ needs.