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Tire shops in San Diego County, CA
How San Diego 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #368 of 1,530 scored counties
#15 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 395
- 153 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 188
- +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,128 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,282,248
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 395 tire shops in San Diego County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in San Diego County spend about $1.3B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,128 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 34% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in San Diego County was 188 in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 6,230 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in San Diego County.
Population estimates put the population change in San Diego County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. San Diego County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #368 of 1,530 scored counties and #15 of 47 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How San Diego 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 | San Diego County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,230 | 5,878 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +1.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,128 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $106,268 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 173 → 188+8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,627
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $97.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 395153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 528The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in San Diego 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 San Diego County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,282,248−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,171,278
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,211 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $106,268+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,250
- Median home value
- $854,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,516,991
- Daytime population
- 3,269,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in California for tire shops, numbered among those based in California, with San Diego County marked.
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 |
| 15San Diego County, CA | 66 | 395 | 3.4 | $3.3M | −0.6% | #368 of 1,530 |
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Questions
How many tire shops are in San Diego County, CA?
There are 395 tire shops on map listings in San Diego County as of September 2026. 153 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 188 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.
How much do households in San Diego County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $1.3B a year, or $1,128 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 395 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,171,278 households in San Diego County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Diego County, CA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
San Diego County has 3.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, San Diego County would have about 528, against 395 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,230 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is San Diego County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Diego County at 3,282,248 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,171,278 households. Median household income in San Diego County is $106,268, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. San Diego County scores 66 for tire shops (upper middle), #368 of 1,530 scored counties.
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