Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 50 most popular Hardware Stores in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest hardware stores in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Leroy Merlin, Dulux and Lowe's lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 610k people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Leroy Merlin, reaches around 529k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each hardware store, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 50, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Leroy Merlin 529k 45.4 57.6% Hardware store
2 Dulux 56k 42.1 71.9% Hardware store
3 Lowe's 25k 37.4 64.4% Hardware store
4 gardening club 24k 49.9 82.5% Hardware store
5 B&Q 20k 41.8 69.4% Hardware store
6 Bauhaus 14k 42.2 48.4% Hardware store
7 Interflora 8.3k 28.3 81.9% Hardware store
8 Homebase 8.2k 34.7 51.9% Hardware store
9 Castorama 8.1k 43.5 30.1% Hardware store
10 Gardena (company) 7.3k 43.5 44.1% Hardware store
11 Tractor Supply 4.3k Hardware store
12 CoolStuff 3.5k 41.2 64.1% Hardware store
13 Weba 1.7k 38.5 60.0% Hardware store
14 Hornbach 1.7k 43.2 39.6% Hardware store
15 Northern Tool 938 37.0 41.5% Hardware store
16 Brico Dépôt 819 45.4 58.1% Hardware store
17 Praxis (store) 797 36.4 62.1% Hardware store
18 Clas Ohlson 567 47.4 54.6% Hardware store
19 Mr. Bricolage 505 42.4 39.1% Hardware store
20 BauMax 494 47.4 23.6% Hardware store
21 Fleet Farm 388 34.9 44.9% Hardware store
22 toom Baumarkt 375 33.1 74.9% Hardware store
23 Praktiker 329 42.7 34.9% Hardware store
24 Obi (store) 327 39.5 41.1% Hardware store
25 Mitre 10 New Zealand 223 44.6 58.4% Hardware store

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular hardware stores compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each hardware store by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest hardware store in South Africa?

Leroy Merlin currently leads with an estimated audience of 529k people in South Africa.

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