Alternatives and competitors

Sites like The Home Depot

The 20 closest home improvement retail alternatives to The Home Depot, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to The Home Depot? The closest matches are Leroy Merlin, Lowe's and Menards. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About The Home Depot

The Home Depot homedepot.com

Wikidata: American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company

Top 1K · #765 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Online store of a large home improvement retail chain selling tools, building materials, appliances, hardware, garden supplies and home décor, with in-store pickup, installation services and tool and truck rentals.

Who it’s for
Homeowners, DIYers and contractors
Business model
Retail product sales

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Home Depot’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

OTTOMichaelsMedia ExpertTractor Supply CompanyTargetVseInstrumenti.ruWayfairMenardsLowe'sLeroy Merlin

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to The Home Depot

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Home Depot, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read homedepot.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Leroy Merlin leroymerlin.fr Top 10K English

    leroymerlin.fr

    French home improvement and gardening retailer

  2. 02
    Lowe's lowes.com Top 1K

    American home improvement retail chain

  3. 03
    Menards menards.com Top 10K

    American home improvement store chain

  4. 04
    Wayfair wayfair.com Top 10K English

    Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More

    Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.

  5. 05
    VseInstrumenti.ru vseinstrumenti.ru Top 10K

    Russian chain of shops and pick-up points of tools

  6. 06
    Target target.com Top 1K English

    Target : Expect More. Pay Less.

    Shop Target online and in-store for everything from groceries and essentials to clothing and electronics. Choose contactless pickup or delivery today.

  7. 07
    Tractor Supply Company tractorsupply.com Top 10K

    American retail chain

  8. 08
    Media Expert mediaexpert.pl Top 10K Polish

    Media Expert

    Media Expert

  9. 09
    Michaels michaels.com Top 10K

    North American arts and crafts retail chain

  10. 10
    OTTO otto.de Top 1K German

    OTTO - Mode, Möbel & Technik » Zum Online-Shop

    OTTO Online-Shop » Viele Marken ✓ Tolle Angebote ✓ Top Service » Ratenkauf ✓ Kauf auf Rechnung ✓ Altgeräte-Mitnahme ✓ Aufbauservice ✓ Jetzt shoppen!

  11. 11
    Newegg newegg.com Top 10K English

    American online electronics retailer

  12. 12
    Sweetwater sweetwater.com Top 10K English

    Sweetwater: Musical Instruments, Pro Audio, Accessories & More

    Sweetwater is the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer, offering ✓ Highly Knowledgeable Sales Engineers, ✓ In-house Technical Support...

  13. 13
    Kohl's kohls.com Top 10K

    American department store chain

  14. 14
    WebstaurantStore webstaurantstore.com Top 10K English

    WebstaurantStore: Commercial Restaurant Supplies

    Shop 420k+ commercial products for businesses, food service, & restaurants. Get the best bulk & wholesale pricing on popular brands at WebstaurantStore!

  15. 15
    Walmart walmart.com Top 1K English

    Walmart | Save Money. Live better.

    Shop Walmart.com today for Every Day Low Prices. Join Walmart+ for unlimited free delivery from your store & free shipping with no order minimum. Start your free 30-day trial now!

  16. 16
    etsy.com Top 1K English

    etsy.com

    American e-commerce company

  17. 17
    Macy's macys.com Top 10K English

    department store chain in the United States

  18. 18
    J. C. Penney jcpenney.com Top 10K

    We Are Currently Unable to Provide a Shopping Experience for this Country

    American department store chain

  19. 19
    Kroger kroger.com Top 10K

    American multinational retailing company

  20. 20
    Harbor Freight Tools harborfreight.com Top 10K English

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to homedepot.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Home Depot uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What The Home Depot is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ip4:208.56.10.127…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=9be9c479e03f424d939ac18286224476
CDN
  • Akamai header server: AkamaiGHost
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=3fbd7a09e2fe24031aad0a4a8c68e8242e227010c…
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=xqfqkDq+B7CyObHlKTiLqquR1QTlpKQeek64YJo…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=3NvwcCmI2tiaqvhxEx918MCg-AfY9OOwxB3NpSQwTjw.

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