North American Hardware and Paint Association
A nonprofit that has served independent hardware, paint and home improvement retailers since 1900, counting every one of them as a member and supplying the training, benchmarks and trade press a small store cannot build for itself.
Peer societies
Five societies NHPA is read alongside.
NGA
National Grocers Association
The trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, advocating for family owned and…
33 companies named
ABA
American Booksellers Association
The national trade association of independent bookstores, helping indie shops thrive through education…
48 companies named
NAMM
National Association of Music Merchants
A global community of music-product makers and sellers gathered around a shared belief in music making, best…
12 companies named
NBDA
National Bicycle Dealers Association
The professional community for specialty and independent bicycle retailers, strengthening shops through…
59 companies named
ARA
Agricultural Retailers Association
The trade association representing agricultural retailers and distributors, the businesses that sell crop…
33 companies named
Who backs NHPA
Every company NHPA names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Epicor | Award sponsor | IMA NRF NTMA |
| Do it Best | Award sponsor | GFWI SBCA |
| ECI Software SolutionsPublished as eci | Award sponsor | NAHB AMT |
| Orgill | Award sponsor | GMC TCCI |
| Fluidmaster | Award sponsor | ASA |
| Midwest FastenerPublished as Midwest | Award sponsor | NAHB |
| WD-40 CompanyPublished as WD-40 | Award sponsor | STLE |
| American Hardware & Lumber InsurancePublished as AHLI American Hardware & Lumber Insurance | Award sponsor | Only NHPA, so far |
| EttorePublished as Ettore We Do Windows | Award sponsor | Only NHPA, so far |
| The Wooster Brush Company | Award sponsor | Only NHPA, so far |
| True Value | Award sponsor | Only NHPA, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read October 2026
Awards (sponsor banners). Read October 6, 2026. Company sponsors of the Beacon, Top Guns and Young Retailer of the Year awards.
Who backs NHPA's peers, but not NHPA
Companies named publicly by at least one of NHPA's five peer societies, and not found in NHPA's reviewed public records.
| Company | NGA | ABA | NAMM | NBDA | ARA | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Cost Consulting | Named | Named | 2 of 5 | |||
| PartnerShipPublished as PartnerShip-FedEx | Named | Named | 2 of 5 | |||
| 2020 Vision USA | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Above the TreelinePublished as Above the Treeline/Edelweiss | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AbstractbyRabrams | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AGCO | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AGI | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Agvance | GOLD SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AgVantage Software | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AgVend | SILVER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Aligned Ag | GOLD SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| American First Finance | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| American Plant Food | SILVER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Apply Stickers | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| ASGPublished as ASG_logo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Asmus Farm Supply | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Atticus | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Aurora Payments | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Avanti Press | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| AWGPublished as AWG_2017_LOGO-990x653 | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Basso | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Batch Bicycles | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Batch for Books | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bayer Crop Science | PLATINUM SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Beeline Connect | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Beyond Agribusiness Solutions | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BFC SoftwarePublished as BFC Software Logo 2024 - Navy (1) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BGE Financial | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bianchi | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Biblio | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bicycle RetailerPublished as Bicycle-Retailers | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bikase | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bikebook | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BikeFlights | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bivo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BMO | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bonfire | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bookshop | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Bozzuto's | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BR Data | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Brandt | GOLD SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Buddy Pegs | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Budlong | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BULLS Bikes | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| BW Cases of Success | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Capo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Catrike | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Celerant | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| ChicoBagPublished as ChicoBag Company | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Citrus AmericaPublished as Citrus America (1) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Citrus Lime | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Club Ride | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| CNH IndustrialPublished as CNH Industrial America, LLC | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| CoBank | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Coca-Cola | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Constant ContactPublished as Constant Contact Email Newsletters | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Corteva Agriscience | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| CoverHoundPublished as Booksellers Insurance Program by Coverhound | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Creative Kind | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Crowdcast | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| CyberHoot | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| DeFeet | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| DeleteMe | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| DUMACPublished as dumac logo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| eBikes International | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| eBOC Mobility | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Ecolab | official food safety partner | 1 of 5 | ||||
| ECRS | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Empower FreshPublished as Empower Fresh Use This (002) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Eventbrite | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Faegre Drinker | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fairstone | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fantic | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| FedExPublished as FedExLogo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fidlock | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fincretive | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fine Moments | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| FiservPublished as Fiserv Logo Orange RGB JPG | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fixture Lab | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Flashfood | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Fleetmaid | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Flute | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| GallagherPublished as Gallagher (formerly LIG) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| GhostBuyers | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Gravity Payments | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| GROWMARK | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| GTM Payroll Services | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Hayes | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Heartland Tank Services | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Helena Agri-Enterprises | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Heritage Crop Science | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| HLC | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Hubtiger | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Human Powered Solutions | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Ikeono | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Imperial Dade | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Indie Beacon Book Light | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Indigo Maiden | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| InstacartPublished as Instacart_Logo_Kale | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| International Raw Materials | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| John Deere | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| John Deere Financial | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| KellanovaPublished as Kellanova logo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| KeyBank | SILVER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Kimberly-ClarkPublished as Kimberly-Clark_Logo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Kobo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Kraft HeinzPublished as kraftHeinzLogo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| La DomestiquePublished as La-Domestique-LLC | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Letrigo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Libro.fm | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Lightspeed | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Loadsmart | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Lojistic | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Marcus Construction | BRONZE SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Marsh McLennan | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Miso Partners | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Monex | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Morgan Swank Studio | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| MountainFlow | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Murray Equipment | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Musco Family | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Music Insured | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| MVBPublished as MVB US (Pubeasy/Pubnet) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| NCBPublished as ncb-logo-transbk300dpi (002) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| NetGalley | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Page Anchor | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Panoptyc | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| PayUSA | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Paz & AssociatesPublished as The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Pixel + Ink Creative | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Podium | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Progressive Leasing | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Publishers Weekly | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Punchkins | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| PurinaPublished as Purina-Logo | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| QBP | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| QuadPublished as Quad_Wordmark | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| QuickBooks | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Quivers | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| R.I.S.E Cards | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Redox Bio-Nutrients | GOLD SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| ReposiTrakPublished as repositrak2 | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| RepublicPublished as republic logo 2 | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| RISEWITHUS | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Risse Racing | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Ruby Rack | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Satisfactory Printing | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Scattered Slime | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| SemtacPublished as semtac logo 2 | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Shelf Awareness | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Shop Shepherd | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Simplot Grower Solutions | SILVER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Skinner Tank CompanyPublished as Skinner Tank Company (STC) | SUPPORTER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| SPINSPublished as SPINS Logo_2022-Full Color (002) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Square | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| SRAM | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Strider | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Synchrony FinancialPublished as syncrony-financial | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Syngenta Crop Protection | PLATINUM SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Takk | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Tarran | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| The Bike Inn Bentonville | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| The Librarian's Candle Co. | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| TrackFly | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Trail Pilot | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Tropetails | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| UNFIPublished as UNFI-Logo (1) | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| UpshopPublished as UPSHOP~1 | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Upway | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Valent U.S.A. | SILVER SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Valet | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Vault Sports Box | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Vello Bike | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Verdesian Life Sciences | DIAMOND SPONSORS | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Voya Financial | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| W.G. Ellerkamp | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Wakefern Food CorpPublished as Wakefern_Food_Corporation_logo.svg | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Withfriends | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Wolf & Wren Press | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Workstand | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| World Insurance Associates | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| Zidy | Named | 1 of 5 | ||||
| ZingTrain | Named | 1 of 5 |
The outside view
A nonprofit that has served independent hardware, paint and home improvement retailers since 1900, counting every one of them as a member and supplying the training, benchmarks and trade press a small store cannot build for itself.
- Authority
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The League.
Strengths
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