Lowe’s home improvement store has announced it’s launching a drone delivery service.
The move makes Lowe’s the first home improvement retailer to launch a drone delivery service.
However, you might not see lumber flying through the air anytime soon.
According to the company, the drone delivery service will begin in North Carolina and will only deliver lightweight items such as paint, hardware, and some tools.
Per CNBC:
Lowe’s is launching a drone delivery service in partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet’s Wing, CNBC has learned exclusively.
The company said the new drone delivery service — a first in the home improvement retail space — will give customers access to over 100 products in a delivery window as fast as 20 minutes. A pilot program is already live in North Carolina, with plans for expansion.
Customers can order products directly through DoorDash, which will have drone delivery listed as an option for eligible customers. The drones currently transport orders of roughly 2.5 pounds per flight and operate within a 5-mile radius of the store in Matthews, North Carolina, according to the company.
Seemantini Godbole, chief information and artificial intelligence officer at Lowe’s, said shoppers often tell the company they realize halfway through a project that they’re missing a crucial item. “Drone delivery fits perfectly because this was one of the friction points, like you’re doing a project, and you’re getting interrupted,” Godbole said. ”[But] you never left your home, you never left your job site, and then you just continued with the project. That’s the whole premise.”
Walmart and Amazon have already launched drone delivery services in some states, but some customers have complained the drones have damaged their packages.
In Texas, one Amazon customer reported that their package was dropped into their pool and that they caught the moment on film.
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An Amazon customer in Texas was not enthused when her first drone-delivered order was dropped into her swimming pool. After hearing the loud buzzing of the drone arriving, she ran outside to record the delivery, and to her surprise, it landed in her pool. pic.twitter.com/6TIcrJIVAR
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) August 19, 2026
The Government Accountability Office has reported in 2025 over 1 million commercial drones were being used in airspace to complete tasks ranging from delivering goods to surveying land.
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