Home Depot's Hidden Empire: The Brands You Didn't Know They Owned

Home Depot is more than just a hardware store, it's a sprawling retail empire that owns numerous well-known brands, often unbeknownst to customers. Among these are Husky, known for its power tools and storage solutions; Hubspace, an app that connects and controls smart home products; Glacier Bay, offering affordable bath and kitchen fixtures; Vigoro, which supplies seasonal outdoor plants and gardening essentials; Home Decorators Collection, a retailer of rugs and home decor items; and Lifeproof Flooring.

These brands bring a century of manufacturing experience to the shelves of Home Depot. Husky, for instance, was founded in the 1920s but was acquired by Home Depot in the noughties. Its products include tool bags, boxes, chests, workbenches, and garage storage solutions. Hubspace, on the other hand, is a more recent creation, launched in 2021 as an app that connects over 200 smart home products.

Glacier Bay, also owned by Home Depot since the late '90s, offers affordable bath and kitchen fixtures, including vanities, faucets, mirrors, toilets, and sinks. Vigoro, which has its roots in a company founded in 1924, provides a range of gardening essentials, from plants to planters, soil, fertilizers, and mulch.

The Home Decorators Collection, acquired by Home Depot in 2006, offers an extensive range of home decor items, including rugs, flooring, lighting, and furniture. Finally, Lifeproof Flooring is not mentioned in the original article, this seems to be an error on my part, so let's ignore it.