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Tire shops in Butte County, CA
How Butte County, CA 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #749 of 1,530 scored counties
#33 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 33
- 13 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $86.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,211
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,039 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Butte County spend about $86.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 33 tire shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Butte County has 33 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Butte County classed as tire dealers, down 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 4,901 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $540K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Butte County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butte County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Butte County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #749 of 1,530 scored counties and #33 of 47 scored counties in California.
How Butte County 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.
| Measure | Butte County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,901 | 5,878 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −22.7% | +1.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,039 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,928 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 17−22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $540K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Butte 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 Butte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,211−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 83,312
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $67,928+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,439
- Median home value
- $424,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,172
- Daytime population
- 203,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 90 | 39 | 2.5 | $4.9M | +8.9% | #15 of 1,530 |
| 2Yuba County, CA | 89 | 8 | 2.8 | $4.1M | +8.2% | #19 of 1,530 |
| 3San Mateo County, CA | 78 | 53 | 2.0 | $6M | −2.5% | #120 of 1,530 |
| 4El Dorado County, CA | 77 | 19 | 2.5 | $5.1M | +0.6% | #131 of 1,530 |
| 5Nevada County, CA | 77 | 12 | 2.8 | $4.2M | −0.4% | #134 of 1,530 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 76 | 181 | 2.7 | $4.4M | −0.9% | #149 of 1,530 |
| 7Marin County, CA | 75 | 21 | 2.0 | $5.6M | −2.9% | #160 of 1,530 |
| 8Contra Costa County, CA | 72 | 118 | 2.8 | $4.3M | +0.3% | #220 of 1,530 |
| 9Napa County, CA | 71 | 13 | 2.6 | $4.6M | −3.3% | #238 of 1,530 |
| 10Orange County, CA | 71 | 378 | 3.5 | $3.4M | −1.1% | #243 of 1,530 |
| 33Butte County, CA | 51 | 33 | 4.0 | $2.6M | −0.5% | #749 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Butte County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Butte County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 tire shops in Butte County. 13 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 22.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Butte County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $86.6M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 83,312 households in Butte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butte County, CA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Butte County has 4.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Butte County would have about 35, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,901 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Butte County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Butte County at 209,211 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 83,312 households. The median household income in Butte County is $67,928 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Butte County scores 51 for tire shops (upper middle), #749 of 1,530 scored counties.
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