In 1914, Union Hardware was an old fashioned hardware store serving DC residents. The name was inspired by the growing strength of labor unions. Company founders Abraham and Jennie Goldberg realized that aligning the business with union members would help keep business growing through troubled economic times.

In 1954, their son Charles Goldberg expanded this hammers and nails hardware store to include a small selection of decorative plumbing and hardware products. The demand for these products grew so fast that it wasn't long before the decorative product took over the adjacent building. In 1970, a bold risk was taken to move from the city to the "outskirts" of Bethesda, MD. In 1991, Union Hardware added a showroom in Falls Church, VA.

Grandsons David and Barry serve as Vice Presidents of the company to make Union Hardware a third-generation, family-owned and operated business.