Tractor Supply opening two Syracuse-area stores
Author: CNY Business Journal (1996+)

S YRACUSE - Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), a national chain of' retail farm and ranch stores with 2004 sales of more than $1.7 billion, is opening two new locations in Onondaga County.

Construction of the stores, which will he located in East Syracuse and Clay, will begin within the next two months. Susan Morgenstern, a spokeswoman for TSCO, says she is not sure of the exact addresses, but says the buildings will be new construction - not renovated, existing structures.

The company already, has 17 stores in New York State, including nine in Central New York Norwich, Fulton, Horseheads, Cortland, Auburn, Oneida, Oswego, Vestal, and Watertown. But these will be its first two stores in Onondaga County.

The stores in East Syracuse and Clay will both be about 22,500 square feet and employ 12 to 15 people each. They will be open by November.

All stores are company-owned. They are not franchises, Morgenstern says.

The company constantly looks for new markets where its stores can succeed and the Syracuse area fits that bill, Morgenstern says. Many TSCO stores are in the suburbs or more rural, outlying areas of cities like Syracuse, according to the company.

By the end of 2004, the company had identified red more than 800 potential new markets, according to its 2004 annual report.