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Tire shops in Placer County, CA
How Placer 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 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #15 of 1,530 scored counties
#1 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 39
- 20 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $191M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,209 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 442,081
- +8.9% since 2020
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What this means
Placer County scores 90 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #15 of 1,530 scored counties and #1 of 47 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for tire shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Placer County comes to about $191M a year: $1,209 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 96% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Placer County has 39 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Placer County in 2023. That is one for every 7,522 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Placer County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Placer 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 | Placer County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,522 | 5,878 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.9% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,209 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $115,998 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 233
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3920 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 Placer 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 Placer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 442,081+8.9% since 2020
- Households
- 157,954
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 298
- Median household income
- $115,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,239
- Median home value
- $688,100
- Jobs located here
- 187,169
- Daytime population
- 424,461Residents 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 |
Other business types in Placer 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 Placer County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 tire shops in Placer County. 20 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Placer County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $191M a year, or $1,209 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 157,954 households in Placer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Placer County, CA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Placer County has 2.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $4.9M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Placer County would have about 76, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,522 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Placer County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Placer County at 442,081 people in 2025, up 8.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,954 households. The median household income in Placer County is $115,998 a year, 44% above 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. Placer County scores 90 for tire shops (very high), #15 of 1,530 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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