Tractor Supply

Tractor Supply is a national retailer focused on the everyday needs of recreational farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, and pet and animal owners across the United States. The company offers a broad mix of farm, ranch, home, pet, and seasonal products and serves customers who depend on it for feed, fencing, equipment, tools, garden and lawn care, and companion animal food and supplies. It operates stores under the Tractor Supply and Petsense by Tractor Supply banners and supports those locations with a well‑developed e‑commerce platform that helps shoppers move easily between online ordering and in‑store services.

The business traces its roots to 1938, when it started as a mail‑order tractor parts company serving working farms. Over time it moved from parts into a full farm and ranch assortment, then steadily expanded into small and mid‑sized towns as rural and exurban communities grew. A key milestone came in the 1990s when Tractor Supply became a publicly traded company, giving it access to capital that funded faster store growth and a more sophisticated distribution network.

As of March 2025, Tractor Supply operates 2,311 Tractor Supply stores across 49 states along with hundreds of Petsense by Tractor Supply locations, supported by a large field organization, multiple distribution centers, and a headquarters in Brentwood, Tennessee. This scale gives the brand a meaningful national footprint while still keeping a clear focus on rural and outer‑suburban trade areas where acreage homes, hobby farms, and small operations are common. The company has spent the last several years strengthening its omnichannel capabilities, including services like buy online, pick up in store and same‑day delivery in many markets, so customers can shop in whichever way is most convenient.

During roughly the past five years, Tractor Supply has continued to add new Tractor Supply and Petsense by Tractor Supply locations in rural and outer‑suburban markets while also investing heavily in remodels and format refreshes. Garden centers, seasonal assortments, and outdoor project categories have been upgraded and expanded, which makes the boxes more relevant across the year and helps drive consistent traffic. At the same time, the company has used its loyalty program and customer data to deepen share in existing markets, refine assortments, and keep stores productive as communities evolve.

For landlords, brokers, and developers, Tractor Supply brings a stable, traffic‑driving anchor that fits naturally into non‑mall, open‑air environments and can perform well either as a freestanding building or as a key box within neighborhood and community centers. The retailer typically targets rural U.S. markets and outer‑suburban trade areas with strong concentrations of hobby farmers, ranchers, pet owners, and homeowners with acreage, which often aligns with corridors that are still building out basic retail infrastructure. Its focus on hardgoods and repeat‑purchase consumables, along with a long operating history and ongoing expansion, gives projects a dependable tenant that can complement grocery, home improvement, and value‑oriented concepts while extending trade area draw into secondary and tertiary markets.