I am curiuous as to the total yearly retail sales in dollars of
hardware products in the United States (I mean hardware such as you'd
find in a hardware store - paint, tools, etc -- not computer
hardware).

Thank you.

Hello Phoradan,

Retail Hardware Stores Sales were $28.8 billion in 2004.


Source of information: Market Measure 

Each year, Do-It-Yourself Retailing publishes Market Measure, the
National Retail Hardware Association?s annual report. It is  packed
with statistics and in-depth analysis, featuring a market outlook,
retail D-I-Y market profile, category rankings, top retail headlines
and more.

Click on the link below to view the 2005 Market Measure in convenient PDF format.
http://www.nrha.org/MM2004.pdf


See page three of the above report for market data from 2003-2008:

Sales by Type of Store

2004                Sales in Billions

Hardware Stores:     $28.8
Home Centers:       $143.7
Lumberyards:         $63.8
TOTAL               $236.3

The National Retail Hardware Association:
http://www.nrha.org/MM2004.pdf



Search criteria: 
Market research at  the National Retail Hardware Association Rate
www.nrha.org


I hope this helps!


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Exactly what I wanted - thanks!