The Home Depot
Home improvement retail · United States
The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement retailer, selling building materials, décor and hardware to homeowners and professionals in about 2,360 stores and online, and now also supplies roofers, landscapers and pool builders through its SRS distribution branches.
What makes it different
It owns most of the space its stores sit on.
90%Store space ownedas of 2026-02-01
Owned stores, ground leases included, are part of the premier real estate portfolio the company lists among its advantages.
How big it is
How big is The Home Depot?
$164.7BNet salesFY2025
2,359Stores2026
472,400Associates2026
How it makes money FY2025
Three product lines of similar size, plus trade supply.
- Building Materials32%$52.4B
- Décor31%$51.7B
- Hardlines29%$47.8B
- SRS and other distribution8%$12.7B
How the business works
Sell to homeowners. Supply the trades.
- 1Home improvement to DIY customers
- 2Pros through stores and branches
- 3Most of its store real estate
Acquired distributors now sell roofing, drywall and pool supplies to trade contractors outside the stores.
Who owns it
- The Vanguard Group, Inc.10%
- BlackRock, Inc.7.1%
CEO: Edward P. Decker
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1979First Home Depot stores open in Atlanta
- 1981Stock goes public on NASDAQ
- 1986Begins focusing on Pro customers
- 1994Canada: Aikenhead’s stores acquired
- 2001Mexico: Total Home acquired
Sources
Every number on this page comes from The Home Depot's own reports.
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What The Home Depot tracks19 metrics
Stores
Customer transactions
SRS branch locations
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
United States
Canada and Mexico
The full timeline16 moments
2007
2011
2018
The Home Depot vs Lowe’sside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
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