Orchard Supply Hardware

Orchard Supply Hardware, LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
NASDAQ: OSH (201213)
IndustryRetailHome Improvement
FoundedSan Jose, California (1931 (1931)) (2020 (2020)) as Outdoor Supply Hardware
DefunctNovember 2018 (2018-11) (original company)
Fate
  • Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • Liquidation sale
  • Shut down by Lowe's in 2018
  • Rebranded to Outdoor Supply Hardware after purchase of brand name and intellectual property by Central Network Retail Group
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, USA
Number of locations
99 (Before closure)
ProductsHome improvement and gardening products
Number of employees
5,400
Parent

Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was an American retailer of home improvement and gardening products. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Orchard Supply Hardware had dozens of locations throughout California, with expansions into Oregon and Florida.

After starting as a non-profit cooperative in 1931, the company later turned into a for-profit corporation before it was bought and sold by a number of different corporations during the 1980s. In 1996, the company was acquired by Sears. After a brief period as a public company in 201213, the company filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2013, the bulk of OSH's assets and locations were purchased by the home improvement store chain, Lowe's. For the next five years, the chain was operated as a subsidiary of Lowe's and used for strategic expansion of retail operations. All stores were closed in November 2018.

In January 2020, the Memphis-based Central Network Retail Group purchased the OSH brand from Lowe's.