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Tire shops in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #199 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama

Listings
48
25 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$95.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $968 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
267,761
+14.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 tire shops in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 52%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area comes to about $95.4M a year: $968 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 48 tire shops, that is $2M per shop, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 6,161 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area grew 14.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #199 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.

How the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area 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 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureDaphne-Fairhope-Foley metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.95.63.8
Spending per listing$2M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,1614,8486,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$968$929$958
Median household income$78,775$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5226

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
135
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4825 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The 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 the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area, 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 the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
267,761+14.8% since 2020
Households
98,574
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,590 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$78,775+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,378
Median home value
$316,900
Jobs located here
84,738
Daytime population
233,442Residents 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 metro areas in Alabama for tire shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Alabama

Metro areas in Alabama ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Auburn-Opelika, AL56334.3$2.2M+7.1%#169 of 386
2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL52484.9$2M+14.8%#199 of 386
3Huntsville, AL51994.8$2M+12.5%#205 of 386
4Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL31335.2$1.8M+3.5%#312 of 386
5Decatur, AL31375.9$1.7M+2.5%#313 of 386
6Birmingham, AL282645.7$1.7M+1.4%#327 of 386
7Anniston-Oxford, AL26296.4$1.4M−0.3%#336 of 386
8Tuscaloosa, AL25565.3$1.7M+2.9%#341 of 386
9Gadsden, AL25246.1$1.6M+0.4%#342 of 386
10Montgomery, AL251087.1$1.2M+0.9%#344 of 386

Other business types in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area?

There are 48 tire shops on map listings in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area as of September 2026. 25 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $95.4M a year, or $968 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 98,574 households in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area has 4.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area would have about 38, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,161 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area at 267,761 people in 2025, up 14.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 98,574 households. Median household income in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area is $78,775, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.1%, 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. The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area scores 52 for tire shops (upper middle), #199 of 386 scored metro areas.

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