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Tire shops in Kings County, CA
How Kings 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #933 of 1,530 scored counties
#40 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 24
- 10 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,085 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,327
- +1.0% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Kings County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 tire shops in Kings County. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,085 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Kings County spend about $47.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2M per shop, 20% below 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 Kings County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 4,005 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kings County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kings County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #933 of 1,530 scored counties and #40 of 47 scored counties in California.
How Kings 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 | Kings County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,005 | 5,878 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,085 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $70,995 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,327+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,052
- Median age
- 32.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,359
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,618
- Daytime population
- 145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kings County?
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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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 |
| 40Kings County, CA | 44 | 24 | 5.4 | $2M | +1.0% | #933 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Kings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Kings County, CA?
Kings County has 24 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Kings County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $47.8M a year, or $1,085 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,052 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, CA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Kings County has 5.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Kings County would have about 19, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,005 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in Kings County is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Kings County scores 44 for tire shops (lower middle), #933 of 1,530 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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