Where
Every Lowe's opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Lowe's already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Growth
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Latest quarter
1 quarter, against the quarter before it
+0.3% last quarter vs +0.5% the quarter before
Lowe's
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 Lowe's 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 Lowe's — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Lowe's against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Lowe's plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Lowe's
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Leadership
Joseph M. McFarland III
Executive Vice President, Stores
Knowing how fast Lowe's 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 Lowe's already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.
Lowe's — US locations and store growth
Lowe's has 2,446 US locations as of Q3 2026, with a net gain of 58 US locations, 54 individually verified store openings and store-count growth of +2.4% since Q4 2024. In the most recent measured quarter Lowe's opened at a pace of +6.4 verified new locations per quarter, down from +13 the quarter before.
- US locations
- 2,446
- Net new US locations since Q4 2024
- +58
- Individually verified store openings since Q4 2024
- 54
- Store count growth since Q4 2024
- +2.4%
- Latest measured quarter
- +6.4 verified openings per quarter
Source: Cobroker's US location index. How these figures are counted, and when they are withheld.