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Tire shops in Pickens County, AL
How Pickens County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,221
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $968 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Pickens County spend about $6.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Pickens County has 3 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Pickens County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 2,255 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Pickens County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 tire shops on map listings, Pickens County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pickens 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.
| Measure | Pickens County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,255 | 4,848 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $968 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $46,274 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $839K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,221−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,764
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $46,274+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,757
- Median home value
- $123,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,396
- Daytime population
- 14,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 82 | 15 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +18.0% | #85 of 1,530 |
| 2Jackson County, AL | 67 | 7 | 3.2 | $3M | +3.3% | #350 of 1,530 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 63 | 15 | 4.3 | $2.4M | +7.1% | #452 of 1,530 |
| 4Cullman County, AL | 63 | 18 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +6.7% | #458 of 1,530 |
| 5Shelby County, AL | 59 | 41 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #557 of 1,530 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 59 | 32 | 4.6 | $2M | +8.6% | #559 of 1,530 |
| 7Baldwin County, AL | 58 | 48 | 4.9 | $2M | +14.8% | #587 of 1,530 |
| 8Chilton County, AL | 56 | 9 | 5.0 | $2M | +5.9% | #634 of 1,530 |
| 9Madison County, AL | 53 | 84 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +11.0% | #713 of 1,530 |
| 10Elmore County, AL | 51 | 19 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #767 of 1,530 |
| Pickens County, AL | Not scored | 3 | 4.4 | $2.2M | −3.9% |
Other business types in Pickens County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Pickens County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 tire shops in Pickens County. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Pickens County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.5M 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 3 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 6,764 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, AL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Pickens County has 4.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,255 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Pickens County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 18,221 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,764 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $46,274 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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. Pickens County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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