"Lowe's Firms, Inc. doing business as Lowe's, is an American retail company concentrating on home enhancement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the firm operates a chain of stores in the United States and also Canada. Since November 2018, Lowe's and its associated companies run 2,015 house renovation and equipment stores in North America.

Lowe's is the second-largest equipment chain in the United States behind rival The House Depot and ahead of Menards.It is also the second-largest hardware chain on the planet, also behind The House Depot but ahead of European merchants Leroy Merlin, B&Q, as well as OBI."