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Tire shops in Anchorage Municipality, AK

How Anchorage Municipality, AK 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 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #158 of 1,530 scored counties
#2 of 4 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
19
11 chain locations (58%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$114.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,054 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 tire shops in Anchorage Municipality. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $114.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,054 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.4 times 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 Anchorage Municipality was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 12,066 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Anchorage Municipality is 75 (high), #158 of 1,530 scored counties and #2 of 4 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Anchorage Municipality compares

The same measures for Alaska 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 Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.13.8
Spending per listing$6M$5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment12,06610,8216,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.7%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,054$1,043$958
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score7576

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1911 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The 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 Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for tire shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK88153.8$3.3M+10.4%#23 of 1,530
2Anchorage Municipality, AK75191.7$6M−1.3%#158 of 1,530
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK7472.9$4M+5.1%#177 of 1,530
4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK7161.7$6.5M−1.4%#237 of 1,530

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

There are 19 tire shops on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. 11 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $114.4M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $6M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Anchorage Municipality has 1.7 tire shops per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $6M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 46, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,066 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 75 for tire shops (high), #158 of 1,530 scored counties.

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