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Tire shops in Marengo County, AL

How Marengo 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 3 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #1,528 of 1,530 scored counties
#44 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $802 a household
Spending per listing
$528K
79% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,311
−5.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Marengo County is 3 (very low), #1,528 of 1,530 scored counties and #44 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Marengo County spend about $6.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $802 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $528K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 79% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Marengo County has 12 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 15.2 per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Marengo County in 2023. That is one for every 1,975 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Marengo County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Marengo 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 Marengo County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMarengo CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.25.63.8
Spending per listing$528K$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment1,9754,8486,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$802$929$958
Median household income$43,825$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$848K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Marengo 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 Marengo County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,311−5.0% since 2020
Households
7,898
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
977 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$43,825+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,748
Median home value
$107,400
Jobs located here
7,402
Daytime population
17,810Residents 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 Marengo 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
44Marengo County, AL31215.2$528K−5.0%#1,528 of 1,530

Other business types in Marengo County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Marengo County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 tire shops in Marengo County. None of them 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 Marengo County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.3M a year, or $802 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $528K 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 7,898 households in Marengo County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marengo County has 15.2 tire shops per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $528K, 79% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Marengo County would have about 3, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,975 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Marengo County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Marengo County at 18,311 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,898 households. The median household income in Marengo County is $43,825 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Marengo County scores 3 for tire shops (very low), #1,528 of 1,530 scored counties.

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