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Tire shops in Tuscaloosa County, AL
The tire shops in Tuscaloosa County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,104 of 1,530 scored counties
#24 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 49
- 12 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $81.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 241,368
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Tuscaloosa County spend about $81.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $907 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Tuscaloosa County has 49 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Tuscaloosa County in 2023. That is one for every 4,093 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Tuscaloosa County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Tuscaloosa County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,104 of 1,530 scored counties and #24 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.
How Tuscaloosa 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 | Tuscaloosa County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,093 | 4,848 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $907 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,231 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 241,368+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 90,052
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 180
- Median household income
- $66,231+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,929
- Median home value
- $248,700
- Jobs located here
- 98,811
- Daytime population
- 249,539Residents 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 |
| 24Tuscaloosa County, AL | 37 | 49 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +3.8% | #1,104 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 tire shops in Tuscaloosa County. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Tuscaloosa County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $81.7M a year, or $907 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 90,052 households in Tuscaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tuscaloosa County, AL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Tuscaloosa County has 5.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Tuscaloosa County would have about 33, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,093 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Tuscaloosa County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Tuscaloosa County at 241,368 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,052 households. The median household income in Tuscaloosa County is $66,231 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Tuscaloosa County scores 37 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,104 of 1,530 scored counties.
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