--- description: Find out why Home Depot was selected for the inaugural list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Home Depot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd905c811cd1003a/698a18ea09208f084b417e13/home-depot-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Home Depot Improving home improvement by [Eben Shapiro](/author/eben-shapiro/) ## Eben Shapiro Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Eben Shapiro is the former deputy editor of TIME  Bulgac—Getty Images Sales at Home Depot, the Atlanta-based home-improvement giant, grew an astonishing 20% last year, to $132.1 billion, as consumers hunkered down and spruced up their living areas. Best sellers included appliances, vinyl-plank flooring and vanities. Some lockdown initiatives will continue post-pandemic: in moving its how-to workshops online, [Home Depot](https://time.com/4453962/home-depot-amazon-effect-sales/ "undefined") expanded their reach and number. An average of five in-store workshops a month became 40 livestream workshops a month. In 2021, the retailer plans to continue to invest in its supply chain, with a goal of providing same- or next-day shipping to 90% of the U.S. population. Home Depot Is One of the 2021 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953659/home-depot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953659/home-depot/"},"headline":"Home Depot","datePublished":"2021-04-26T15:10:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:48:51.790Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953659/home-depot/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd905c811cd1003a/698a18ea09208f084b417e13/home-depot-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eben Shapiro","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eben-shapiro/"}],"creator":"Eben Shapiro","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd905c811cd1003a/698a18ea09208f084b417e13/home-depot-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953659/home-depot/","name":"Home Depot"}}]}] ```