Do it Best Group
Member‑owned hardware, lumber, and building materials co‑op serving thousands of independent stores worldwide.
Do it Best is a member‑owned hardware, lumber, and building‑materials cooperative headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 1945, it is owned by the independent retailers it serves, giving thousands of locally owned stores national‑scale buying power, distribution, and year‑end rebates.
- Category
- Co-ops & Buying Groups
- Sells
- Co-op
- HQ
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Founded
- 1945
- Category
- Co-ops & Buying Groups
- What They Sell
- Co-op
- Founded
- 1945
- Ownership
- Member-owned cooperative
- Headquarters
- Fort Wayne, IN
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Who Is Do it Best Group?
Do it Best is the member‑owned hardware, lumber, and building materials co‑op headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The model is simple and rare: the retailers own the wholesaler, so buying power, distribution, and year‑end rebates flow back to thousands of independent stores instead of to shareholders.
With the addition of True Value, the co‑op now serves independent hardware stores, home centers, and lumberyards across the United States and beyond, backing them with national‑scale distribution and brand programs while every store stays locally owned.
Buying power, distribution, and brand programs that keep independents competitive with the boxes.
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