The Home Depot, Inc. is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, supplying tools, construction products, and services. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia. It was founded in 1978.
It operates many big-box format stores across the United States (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands); all 10 provinces of Canada; and the 31 states and Federal District of Mexico. MRO company Interline Brands (now The Home Depot Pro) is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States.
Home Depot, Inc. (HD) is the world's biggest home-improvement retailer. It reported sales of $83.2 billion for the 2014 fiscal year, an increase of about 5.5% over the previous year.
The company operates 2,273 stores in total, including 1,977 in the U.S. and its territories, and the remainder in Canada and Mexico. The Home Depot offers a variety of proprietary and exclusive brands in its stores, including Hampton Bay home products, Glacier Bay home fixtures, Vigoro lawn care products and Husky tools, among others. As of December 2015, The Home Depot has a market capitalization of just over $170 billion.
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