Union Hardware

Name

Union Hardware

Legal name

Union Hardware

Website

https://unionhardware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Union Hardware, Inc. was a Bethesda, Maryland-based family-owned retailer of decorative plumbing, hardware, and bath products serving local homeowners, contractors, and businesses through a showroom and online store from 1914 until ceasing operations in June 2019.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Union Hardware, Inc. supplied decorative plumbing, hardware, and bath products through a Bethesda showroom and an online store. The retailer served local homeowners, families, neighbors, and contractors for 105 years before closing its doors in June 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Decorative Plumbing Products Decorative plumbing products supplied through Union Hardware's Bethesda showroom and online store to homeowners, contractors, and local community members.
• Hardware Products General hardware products for building, repair, and home improvement projects, sold to local homeowners, families, and contractors through the showroom and online store.
• Bath Products Bath products supplied to local community members, homeowners, and contractors for residential and small-commercial improvement projects.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Others

• Kohler Co. Kohler operates branded showrooms and Signature Stores for its decorative bath and plumbing products, often through independent dealers. It is an ecosystem participant — a supplier whose showroom strategy intersects with Union Hardware's decorative plumbing focus.

Emerging players

• McLendon Hardware: McLendon Hardware is a Pacific Northwest chain of independent-format hardware stores with deep plumbing, paint, and home improvement assortments. It is closely comparable to Union Hardware on store-level format and product breadth, though larger and multi-site.

Direct peers

• Do it Best: Do it Best is a US hardware and building materials cooperative serving independent retailers with hardware, plumbing, and home improvement assortments — a direct analog to Union Hardware's independent dealer structure.
• Hajoca Corporation: Hajoca is the largest US privately held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and industrial supplies, serving contractors and consumers through local showrooms. It is directly comparable to Union Hardware on plumbing-led assortment and trade customer mix.
• True Value: True Value is a hardware cooperative of independent retailers offering hardware, plumbing, paint, and home improvement products through neighborhood stores — directly comparable to Union Hardware's independent, local, multi-category format.
• Ferguson: Ferguson is the largest US distributor of plumbing, bath, and HVAC products, operating showrooms under the Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery banner. Its decorative plumbing and bath showroom model is the closest scaled analog to Union Hardware's specialty offering.
• Ace Hardware: Ace Hardware is a cooperative of independently owned local hardware stores selling hardware, plumbing, paint, and home improvement supplies — the closest model to Union Hardware's small-store, community-rooted retail format, including a curated mix of plumbing and bath products.

Broad incumbents

• Menards: Menards is a Midwestern-focused big-box home improvement retailer carrying hardware, plumbing, and building materials. As a regional incumbent, it competes with independents on price and assortment but does not focus on the curated bath showroom niche.
• Home Depot: Home Depot is the largest US home improvement retailer offering hardware, plumbing, bath, and building materials across a national footprint. It competes with independents like Union Hardware on assortment, price, and convenience, but at vastly greater scale.
• Lowe's: Lowe's is a national big-box home improvement retailer carrying hardware, plumbing fixtures, and bath products. Like Home Depot, it is a structural competitor to independent hardware retailers but does not serve the curated showroom niche Union Hardware occupied.

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Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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