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Tire shops in Escambia County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in Escambia County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,473 of 1,530 scored counties
#41 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $824 a household
Spending per listing
$959K
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,665
0.0% 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

For tire shops, Escambia County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #1,473 of 1,530 scored counties and #41 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Escambia County comes to about $10.6M a year: $824 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $959K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 11 tire shops on map listings in Escambia County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Escambia County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 3,202 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Escambia County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Escambia 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 Escambia County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureEscambia CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.65.63.8
Spending per listing$959K$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,2024,8486,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$824$929$958
Median household income$48,225$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score1326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 4
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$534K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Escambia 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 Escambia County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,6650.0% since 2020
Households
12,808
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$48,225+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,450
Median home value
$136,500
Jobs located here
12,506
Daytime population
34,504Residents 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 Escambia 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
41Escambia County, AL13118.6$959K0.0%#1,473 of 1,530

Other business types in Escambia County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Escambia County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 tire shops in Escambia County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

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

About $10.6M a year, or $824 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $959K 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 12,808 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Escambia County has 8.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $959K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Escambia County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,202 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Escambia County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Escambia County at 36,665 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,808 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $48,225 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Escambia County scores 13 for tire shops (low), #1,473 of 1,530 scored counties.

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