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Tire shops in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #312 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama

Listings
33
10 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$60M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $943 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
37% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
156,609
+3.5% 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

The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #312 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 tire shops in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area comes to about $60M a year: $943 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 27% 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 3,972 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureFlorence-Muscle Shoals metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.25.63.8
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,9724,8486,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$943$929$958
Median household income$61,891$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score3126

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
112
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
156,609+3.5% since 2020
Households
63,559
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,261 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$61,891+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,683
Median home value
$187,400
Jobs located here
54,714
Daytime population
149,641Residents 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area?

The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area has 33 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (30%) 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $60M a year, or $943 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,559 households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area has 5.2 tire shops per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area would have about 24, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,972 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area at 156,609 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,559 households. Median household income in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area is $61,891, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 31 for tire shops (lower middle), #312 of 386 scored metro areas.

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