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Tire shops in Maricopa County, AZ

The tire shops in Maricopa County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #314 of 1,530 scored counties
#4 of 13 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
681
265 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
249
+10.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,050 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,689,558
+5.5% 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 681 tire shops in Maricopa County. 265 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Maricopa County comes to about $1.8B a year: $1,050 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per shop, 7% above 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.

Official counts show 249 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Maricopa County in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. That is one for every 6,951 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Maricopa County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Maricopa County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Maricopa County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #314 of 1,530 scored counties and #4 of 13 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Maricopa County compares

The same measures for Arizona 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 Maricopa County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureMaricopa CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.93.83.8
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,9516,8826,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.2%+4.5%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,050$1,037$958
Median household income$89,300$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score6964

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
226 → 249+10.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,616
Annual payroll, 2023
$144.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
681265 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
726The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,689,558+5.5% since 2020
Households
1,730,696
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
9,202 sq. mi.
People per square mile
496
Median household income
$89,300+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,023
Median home value
$452,800
Jobs located here
2,317,205
Daytime population
4,768,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Arizona

Every Arizona market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for tire shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Maricopa County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ87533.3$3.4M+25.4%#25 of 1,530
2Yavapai County, AZ79302.7$4.1M+6.5%#111 of 1,530
3Cochise County, AZ71132.5$4.1M+0.6%#239 of 1,530
4Maricopa County, AZ696813.9$2.7M+5.5%#314 of 1,530
5Mohave County, AZ69444.3$2.4M+6.5%#318 of 1,530
6Coconino County, AZ64203.6$2.9M−0.6%#417 of 1,530
7Yuma County, AZ64334.2$2.3M+9.2%#428 of 1,530
8Pima County, AZ601643.7$2.6M+2.8%#526 of 1,530
9Santa Cruz County, AZ5974.1$2.6M+4.8%#547 of 1,530
10Graham County, AZ5964.7$2.6M+4.0%#548 of 1,530

Other business types in Maricopa County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Maricopa County, AZ?

There are 681 tire shops on map listings in Maricopa County as of September 2026. 265 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 249 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Maricopa County, AZ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.8B a year, or $1,050 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 681 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,730,696 households in Maricopa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Maricopa County, AZ compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Maricopa County has 3.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Maricopa County would have about 726, against 681 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,951 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Maricopa County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Maricopa County at 4,689,558 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,730,696 households. Median household income in Maricopa County is $89,300, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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. Maricopa County scores 69 for tire shops (upper middle), #314 of 1,530 scored counties.

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