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Tire shops in the Bishop, CA area

How the Bishop, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #362 of 431 scored small-town markets
#7 of 7 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,067 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,158
−4.4% 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

For tire shops, the Bishop area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #362 of 431 scored small-town markets and #7 of 7 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Bishop area comes to about $8.6M a year: $1,067 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 5 tire shops on map listings in the Bishop area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Bishop area in 2023. That is one for every 2,680 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Bishop area declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Bishop area compares

The same measures for California 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 Bishop, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureBishop areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.23.93.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,6805,8786,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,067$1,122$958
Median household income$73,991$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score2852

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$346K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 the Bishop area, 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 the Bishop area

Population, 2025 estimate
18,158−4.4% since 2020
Households
8,040
Median age
45.6
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
10,197 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$73,991
Average household income
$94,111
Median home value
$348,700
Jobs located here
7,330
Daytime population
17,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across California

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for tire shops, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bishop area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA83122.8$4.2M−0.4%#12 of 431
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA8062.8$4.6M+0.9%#21 of 431
2Sonora, CA6952.2$5.2M−4.0%#84 of 431
3Eureka-Arcata, CA65122.2$4.5M−3.4%#110 of 431
4Ukiah, CA64123.4$3M−3.5%#118 of 431
5Clearlake, CA61114.1$2.8M−0.6%#136 of 431
6Red Bluff, CA40145.6$1.9M−1.7%#296 of 431
7Bishop, CA2856.2$1.7M−4.4%#362 of 431

Other business types in the Bishop area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Bishop, CA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 tire shops in the Bishop area. None of them are chain locations. 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 the Bishop, CA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $8.6M a year, or $1,067 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 8,040 households in the Bishop area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bishop, CA area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Bishop area has 6.2 tire shops per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Bishop area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,680 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bishop, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Bishop area at 18,158 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,040 households. The median household income in the Bishop area is $73,991 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Bishop area scores 28 for tire shops (lower middle), #362 of 431 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for tire shops · All 56 business types in the Bishop area

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