"Lowe's Companies, Inc. doing business as Lowe's, is an American retail business specializing in house improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the business runs a chain of stores in the United States and Canada. Since November 2018, Lowe's and also its related organisations run 2,015 residence improvement and equipment shops in The United States and Canada.

Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain in the USA behind rival The House Depot and ahead of Menards.It is also the second-largest equipment chain in the world, also behind The Home Depot but ahead of European merchants Leroy Merlin, B&Q, and OBI."