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Tire shops in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

The tire shops in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $965 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,549
−2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 tire shop in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Ketchikan Gateway Borough comes to about $5.5M a year: $965 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 tire shop on map listings, Ketchikan Gateway Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKetchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.13.8
Spending per listing$5.5M$5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a10,8216,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.7%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$965$1,043$958
Median household income$92,885$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored76

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
13,549−2.6% since 2020
Households
5,732
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
4,857 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,287
Median home value
$393,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the tire shops on map listings by name and distance.

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Tire shops across Alaska

Every Alaska market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for tire shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AKNot scored11.7$5.5M−2.6%

Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 1 tire shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.5M a year, or $965 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 1 tire shop on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 1 tire shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for tire shops · All 56 business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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