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Tire shops in Colbert County, AL

How Colbert County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #932 of 1,530 scored counties
#16 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
11
4 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $936 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,474
+3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Colbert County spend about $22.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $936 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 tire shops, that is $2.1M per shop, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Colbert County has 11 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Colbert County in 2023. That is one for every 4,050 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Colbert County grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Colbert County is 44 (lower middle), #932 of 1,530 scored counties and #16 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.

How Colbert County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Tire shops in Colbert County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureColbert CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.55.63.8
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,0504,8486,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$936$929$958
Median household income$60,628$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4426

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Colbert County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Colbert County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,474+3.8% since 2020
Households
24,301
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
98
Median household income
$60,628+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,445
Median home value
$171,000
Jobs located here
23,900
Daytime population
58,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for tire shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Colbert County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL82153.7$2.9M+18.0%#85 of 1,530
2Jackson County, AL6773.2$3M+3.3%#350 of 1,530
3St. Clair County, AL63154.3$2.4M+7.1%#452 of 1,530
4Cullman County, AL63185.1$2.1M+6.7%#458 of 1,530
5Shelby County, AL59414.7$2.2M+6.5%#557 of 1,530
6Lee County, AL59324.6$2M+8.6%#559 of 1,530
7Baldwin County, AL58484.9$2M+14.8%#587 of 1,530
8Chilton County, AL5695.0$2M+5.9%#634 of 1,530
9Madison County, AL53845.1$1.9M+11.0%#713 of 1,530
10Elmore County, AL51195.8$1.8M+4.2%#767 of 1,530
16Colbert County, AL44114.5$2.1M+3.8%#932 of 1,530

Other business types in Colbert County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in Colbert County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 tire shops in Colbert County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Colbert County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $22.7M a year, or $936 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,301 households in Colbert County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Colbert County, AL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Colbert County has 4.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Colbert County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,050 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Colbert County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Colbert County at 59,474 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,301 households. The median household income in Colbert County is $60,628 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Colbert County scores 44 for tire shops (lower middle), #932 of 1,530 scored counties.

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