The Home Depot

The Home Depot is a home improvement and construction retailer. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box format stores across the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, ahead of rival Lowe's, and the second-largest general retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. Sears is ahead of Home Depot in appliances.