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This section needs additional citations for verification. The company previously operated in Australia through the Masters Home Improvement joint venture until 2016, in Mexico until 2019, and in Canada until selling its operations (which will be consolidated under the Rona brand) to Sycamore Partners in 2023. It is also the second-largest hardware chain in the world, also behind The Home Depot but ahead of European retailers Leroy Merlin, B&Q, and OBI. until surpassed by The Home Depot in 1989) behind rival The Home Depot and ahead of Menards. Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain in the United States (previously the largest in the U.S. 28, 2022, Lowe's and its related businesses operated 2,181 home improvement and hardware stores in North America.


Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States. ( / l oʊ z/), often shortened to Lowe's, is an American retail company specializing in home improvement.
