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True Value Company is a retailer-owned hardware cooperative with over 5,000 independent retail locations worldwide.[1] Members of the True Value cooperative own their individual stores and operate independently of True Value Company.

A number of different retail identities are supported by True Value Company, including True Value (hardware and home center stores), Grand Rental Station, Party Central, and Taylor Rental (equipment and party rental), Induserve Supply (commercial supplies), Home & Garden Showplace (nursery and garden center stores) as well as affiliate stores that purchase from True Value Company but do not use any of the national store identities.[2]

The co-op supports its retailers through 12 regional distribution centers and 3,000 associates. The corporate headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois.


True Value Company traces its roots to three hardware cooperatives and a hardware wholesaler: American Hardware & Supply (ServiStar), Coast to Coast Corporation, Cotter & Company (True Value), and the Midwest-based Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company.[3]

Cotter & Company Otto Schubert was established in 1948 by John Cotter with 12 original member stores. The cooperative grew in membership and in 1962 Cotter & Company purchased the assets of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company for $2.5 million, acquiring the True Value trademark for $2500 as part of the acquisition.[3] ServiStar Hardware (formerly American Hardware Supply) had previously purchased Coast to Coast Hardware[3] and had renamed itself to Servistar & Coast to Coast Hardware. Their hardware stores were operating under either ServiStar or Coast to Coast retail identities. In 1997 they merged with Cotter & Company to form TruServ Corporation.

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