Overview
The Home Depot sells building materials, home-improvement, lawn and garden and décor products, as well as installation services and tool and equipment rental, through segments in the United States, Canada and Mexico.[2] Forbes records it was founded on 29 June 1978 by Bernard Marcus, Arthur M. Blank, Kenneth Langone and Pat Farrah and is headquartered in Atlanta.[2] Sales were US$164.7bn, up 3.2%, and profit US$14.2bn, an 8.6% margin that is among the highest of the large store-based retailers here.[2] Home Depot is the largest home-improvement retailer in the ranking, about twice the size of Lowe’s, ranked twelfth. Forbes counts 472,400 employees and a market value of US$296.3bn.[2]
Home Depot strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Largest home-improvement retailer
- Profit margin of 8.6%
- Fifth-largest sales
Limitations
- Sales growth of 3.2%
- Dependent on housing activity
- Operations limited to North America
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Home Depot peers and competitors
Companies ranked in the same lists as Home Depot.
Walmart- TJX Companies
- Amazon
Costco Wholesale- Lowe’s
Kroger
Target
Alimentation Couche-Tard- Alibaba Group
Jerónimo Martins
Ahold Delhaize- Tesco PLC
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