| The Home Depot, Inc. (The Home Depot) is a home improvement retailer. The Company operates The Home Depot stores, which are full-service, warehouse-style stores. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials, home improvement and lawn and garden products and provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 104,000 square feet of enclosed space, with approximately 24,000 additional square feet of outside garden area. The Home Depot stores serve three primary customer groups: do-it-yourself (D-I-Y) customers, do-it-for-me (D-I-F-M) customers and professional customers. As of January 29, 2012, it had 2,252 The Home Depot stores located throughout the United States including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories of the United States, Virgin Islands and Guam, Canada, China and Mexico. In October 2012, U.S. Home Systems, Inc. became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Home Depot. In February 2013, it acquired Measurecomp LLC. |
