Miscellaneous Retail Businesses

United Hardware

Maple Grove, MN · Founded 1945 · UNHW

United Hardware Distributing Co. is a wholesale hardware distributor that grants memberships to retail hardware store, home center, and lumber yard operators under the Hardware Hank®, Trustworthy® Hardware, or Golden Rule® Lumber Center trade names, and sells hardware and related products to its members on a cost-plus basis.

Read the 2023 FDD ↗http://www.unitedhardware.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

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units (2024)

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year over year

Units by Year

609

2021

577

2022

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$306,790 – $2,176,550

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$3,450

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

—

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

No royalty fee — cooperative; members purchase Class A shares equal to 2% of semimonthly warehouse merchandise purchases

Leadership

Ken Lieuwen
Vice Chairman of the Board and Director
Megan Zarbano
Secretary and Director
Dan Stroinski
Director
Mike Wilmes
Director
Duane Esdohr
Director
Paul Wippler
Director
Chad Ruth
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bradley Martin
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Rob Kupfer
Strategic Development Manager
Robert Eastman
Regional Manager

On File

FDD years

2023 2022

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Franchisee records

575

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

71 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFUnited Hardware FDD 2023Most recent · opens in a new tab PDFUnited Hardware FDD 2022Opens in a new tab

Units by Year

The Investment

Leadership

On File

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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