Tractor Supply

Tractor Supply Company is a rural lifestyle retailer that focuses on the everyday needs of recreational farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, and pet and livestock owners across the United States. The chain offers a mix of animal feed, fencing, outdoor power equipment, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, and basic apparel, positioned as a convenient stop for maintaining property, caring for animals, and supporting outdoor living. The company also operates Petsense by Tractor Supply, a small-box pet specialty banner that extends the brand into more conventional neighborhood and small-format retail environments.

The business traces its roots to 1938, when it began as a mail-order tractor parts operation serving working farms. Over the decades, Tractor Supply steadily shifted from a catalog model into a multi-state network of brick-and-mortar stores and ultimately became a publicly traded company, a key milestone that gave it the capital and visibility to grow into the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the country. As the customer base evolved, the assortment expanded beyond core farm and ranch needs into pet and companion animal products, lawn and garden, seasonal goods, and workwear, which helped the brand capture more of the total spend from rural and exurban households.

Today, Tractor Supply operates thousands of stores across nearly every U.S. state, complemented by an e-commerce platform that supports in-store pickup and localized inventory visibility to handle bulky, time-sensitive purchases efficiently. As of December 2025, the chain’s footprint is concentrated in rural, exurban, secondary, and tertiary trade areas, often along highway corridors and community retail nodes that serve a mix of agricultural and residential demand. Sites typically include room for outdoor display and storage, generous parking, and easy truck access, making them visible, high-frequency destinations within small and mid-size trade areas.

Over roughly the past five years, Tractor Supply has continued to open new rural lifestyle stores while remodeling existing units to feature clearer merchandising around pet, livestock, and outdoor power categories, along with updated exterior branding and refined site layouts. During this period, the company has also invested in its omnichannel capabilities, including buy-online-pickup-in-store and curbside pickup, which are particularly important for customers managing heavy or oversized items who still expect quick, predictable service. At the same time, Petsense by Tractor Supply has grown as a complementary small-box concept, extending the brand into additional trade areas and adding flexibility for landlords who may not have the parking or parcel size to support a full-size rural lifestyle box.

From a commercial real estate perspective, Tractor Supply functions as a durable, traffic-driving anchor that fits well within or adjacent to community centers and along high-visibility arterial corridors in smaller markets. The company’s emphasis on non-discretionary and maintenance-oriented categories such as animal feed, pet care, and property upkeep has historically contributed to resilient performance through different economic cycles. As of December 2025, its ongoing strategy to infill in smaller markets and follow population and housing growth in rural and exurban corridors positions Tractor Supply and its Petsense banner as attractive, long-term tenants for developers, landlords, and brokers working in these geographies.