Helpful Hardware Company
A Cumming, Georgia-based company founded in 2014 that owns and operates 20 Ace Hardware stores across the Southeast United States.
The Helpful Hardware Company, LLC is a retail hardware business headquartered in Cumming, Georgia. Founded in 2014, it owns and operates 20 Ace Hardware stores across the Southeast United States, with locations in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The company began with three empty store locations and has since grown into a regional network of stores.
Its stores serve the home improvement, automotive and DIY markets, carrying brand-name products from Benjamin Moore, EGO, STIHL, Weber, Traeger, Milwaukee Tool and DeWalt. In-store services include key cutting, glass cutting, small engine repair, propane exchange and paint color matching.
The company is a member of Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the world. Its regional retail heritage traces back to Boling & Bettis General Store, founded in Cumming, Georgia in 1918 by Joe Boling and C.G. Bettis. The Helpful Hardware Company ranked number 36 overall on the Forbes 2026 Best Customer Service List.
