US home improvement retailer running about 2,359 stores plus a growing pro-contractor distribution arm
homedepot.comLegal name
The Home Depot, Inc.
CFO
Richard McPhail, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Founded
1978, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank
Headquarters
2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Industry
Home improvement retail
Employees
About 475,000 associates
Revenue (FY2025)
$164.7 billion, up 3.2%Market Cap
$330.49 billion, as of the July 22, 2026 close
Listed on
NYSE: HD
The Home Depot, Inc. is a US home improvement retailer founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank and headquartered at 2455 Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta, Georgia. It calls itself the world's largest home improvement retailer, with stores across the United States, Canada and Mexico plus an e-commerce catalog of more than one million products. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HD.
The company closed fiscal 2025 with total sales of $164.7 billion, up 3.2%, and net earnings of $14.2 billion, or $14.23 per diluted share. It operated 2,359 retail stores at fiscal year end, along with more than 1,250 SRS branch locations. For fiscal 2026 management guided to total sales growth of 2.5% to 4.5%, comparable sales of flat to 2.0%, and roughly 15 new stores, and it raised the quarterly dividend 1.3% to $2.33 per share.
Beyond its stores, Home Depot has been buying its way deeper into the professional contractor market. It acquired SRS Distribution in 2024, completed the $4.3 billion purchase of building products distributor GMS through SRS in September 2025, and closed SRS's acquisition of HVAC distributor Mingledorff's in May 2026. The company employs about 475,000 associates and reported first quarter fiscal 2026 sales of $41.8 billion, up 4.8% year over year.
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Interview experience
7 out of 10, rated favorable
Interview difficulty
Easy, 3 out of 10
Interview process length
About a day or two for most candidates
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Q: Are you dependable?
A: Answer yes, then back it with evidence: attendance record, shifts you covered, or a manager who relied on you. Store scheduling depends on people showing up, so proof beats adjectives.
Q: How would you help a customer?
A: Walk through your steps: greet, ask what the project actually is, take them to the aisle rather than pointing, and confirm they've got everything the job needs before they leave.
Q: How would you handle a customer being upset because their card was declined?
A: Keep it low key and private. Don't announce the decline, offer to try another payment method, and hold the cart if they need to step away. The goal is protecting their dignity and the sale.
Q: Tell me about a time you went out of your way for a customer.
A: Use a short situation, action, result structure. Pick one story where you did something beyond the minimum and can say what changed for the customer as a result.
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May 19, 2026
Home Depot posts $41.8 billion in first quarter fiscal 2026 sales
Sales rose 4.8% year over year to $41.8 billion with comparable sales up 0.6% and diluted EPS of $3.30. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 guidance and logged a fourth straight quarter of double-digit online comparable sales growth.
#Earnings #Retail #Ecommerce
View postMay 11, 2026
SRS Distribution completes acquisition of HVAC distributor Mingledorff's
Home Depot subsidiary SRS Distribution closed its purchase of Mingledorff's, a wholesale distributor of HVAC equipment, parts and supplies with 42 locations across five southeastern states. The deal deepens Home Depot's push into professional contractor supply.
#Acquisition #HVAC #ProStrategy
View postMarch 31, 2026
Home Depot names Franziska Bell EVP and Chief Technology Officer
Bell, previously chief data, AI and analytics officer at Ford, took over technology strategy, product management, data and AI effective April 6, 2026. She works alongside CIO Angie Brown, splitting technology leadership across two roles.
#Leadership #AI #Technology
View postFebruary 24, 2026
Fiscal 2025 results: $164.7 billion in sales and a dividend increase
Full year sales grew 3.2% to $164.7 billion with net earnings of $14.2 billion and comparable sales up 0.3%. The board lifted the quarterly dividend 1.3% to $2.33 per share, and management guided fiscal 2026 sales growth of 2.5% to 4.5% with about 15 new stores.
#Earnings #Dividend #Guidance
View postSeptember 4, 2025
Home Depot and SRS complete $4.3 billion acquisition of GMS
GMS, formally Gypsum Management & Supply, Inc., became a subsidiary of SRS after a deal agreed in late June 2025 and finalized in September. At roughly $4.3 billion it was Home Depot's largest acquisition since SRS itself.
#Acquisition #BuildingProducts #MandA
View postTed Decker is Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer. He holds the board chair and CEO roles together, and Richard McPhail serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
